Now that May is almost out, casting a clout or two seems a risk worth taking; perhaps even an essential one. Those who prematurely did so at the start of the month will have had a nasty shock, and I blame the atrocious weather in mid-month for the failure of the Blue Tits’ breeding attempt in our garden nest box. Skylarks are larking whilst ascending, swallows twittering whilst swallowing no doubt, newly fledged starlings squawking and some swifts screaming. Not having a name starting with S, I have only seen a few House Martins so far.
Exciting bird sightings in April were Ring Ouzels and Wheatears, both in the field above Pit
Common (although they kept well out of sight when I went looking for them!).
Speaking of sightings, in addition to the most recent 100 shown on this site,
we’re now working on an ambitious project to include historical nature
sightings on the Southrepps History Hub website. So far, we have all the animal
sightings we know about since 2005 available, whilst the plants are a major
undertaking in progress. See https://southreppshistory.org.uk/nature-sightings/
We always
want more records, so if you would like to tell us of something you have seen
in our area, please contact us, by using the form on the page linked to above,
or commenting on our sightings page on this site, or by adding your sighting to
the whiteboard at the Lower Street end of the main boardwalk. Please tell us
what you found, as well as when and where. Thank you!
Here’s a striking ichneumon wasp that found its way into our conservatory on the exceptionally warm Friday before the end of May Bank Holiday.
