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Tag Archives: TOADS
North Pond This Evening
I shot this image earlier, an hour before sunset, whilst checking the cattle. The sky looked heavy, like a deluge might descend on the marsh at any moment, but it didn’t happen. The heronry was unusually quiet. Shining a torch … Continue reading
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April 4, 2018
Tagged Belted Galloway Cattle, Conservation Cattle, nature, Nature Conservation, Nature Photography., Photography, Shetland Cattle, Stourport on Severn, TOADS, Wilden Marsh, Wilden Marsh Nature Reserve, wildlife photography, Worcestershire Wildlife Trust, Wyre Forest District Council Rangers, Wyre Forest Grazing Animals Project
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The toads have arrived at North Pond. (2 images)
Sunrise: 06.39 Sunset: 07.46 The toads arrived at North Pond yesterday. I checked out the pond on Wednesday, but no toads. They were 22 days earlier last year.
Bits and Pieces.
Sunrise: 07.17 Sunset: 05.30 I walked over to North Pond this evening on a toad hunt, but they hadn’t yet arrived for their annual mating fest. At some point over the next 2 – 3 weeks I expect the pond … Continue reading
Posted in TOADS, Wild Plants, Wilden Marsh Nature Reserve, Wildlife Photography
Tagged Kidderminster, nature, Nature Photography., Photography, Snake Millipede (Julidae)., Stourport on Severn, TOADS, Wilden Marsh, Wilden Marsh Nature Reserve, wildlife photography, Woodlice, Worcestershire Wildlife Trust
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Down on North Pond.
Sunrise 06.41 am Sunset: 05.59 pm
The male toads are waiting for the females to arrive at the pond.
8th March 2012: It was a beautiful moonlit night yesterday, but this evening the full moon was hidden by clouds. I should have visited the marsh last night, but I didn’t – I went tonight. I had three things on my mind: toads, otters … Continue reading
Wilden Marsh: March in Hoo Wood and Wilden Marsh Nature Reserve – Part 2.
WEDNESDAY 16 MARCH – 18:12: On Sunday I noticed four wild bee nests: one in Hoo Wood, one further along at the rear of the Roxel site and two at the lagoon side of the north marsh pond. The nest at … Continue reading
