On Prees Heath

Common newts and puffballs

Happy 2017!

 Male stonechat, taken at Whixall Moss

Female bullfinch

Fieldfare, snapped through the car window!

Reed Bunting at Whixall Moss

Fungus Fun!

Looking Like Autumn

Common Puffball

Ruby Tiger moth caterpillar?

 Common Red Darter

 Sulphur Tufts

 Common newt, and below, Common and Great Crested newts.

Shutting Down for the Winter

 Edgeley Road vole

 Badger latrine

 Small Copper butterfly

 Moss? Lichen? Fungus?

Red Admiral butterfly

 Red deer stag

 Small Tortoiseshell butterfly

 Squirrel in our garden, burying acorns

Starlings gathering

As usual, this blog will go quiet for the winter while the voles are underground. Fingers crossed we're up and running next March!

Field Vole, Water Vole, Kingfisher

Thrilled to see this kingfisher on a pond behind Sainsbury's!

 Awful photo taken on my phone, but nice to have the sighting at White Lion Meadow car park.

 Field vole feeding station (too small for water vole)

Dead field vole, probably killed by a cat.

Edgeley Road water vole