I had a call from a lady whose property is 75 m from Moldrams Ground nature reserve. She followed up with a couple of pics she took showing a dormouse eating nuts from her squirrel-proof peanut feeder. Not only was this in daylight (dormice are nocturnal), but there is no arboreal route to the reserve, but only a wooden fence. When the dormouse had eaten its fill, it went to sleep between the inner and outer sections of the feeder. Concerned for its safety, she struggled to wake it up. It then scampered up into the tree. This is a very rare event. Pics attached.
Presumably from the winter storms we missed there are a couple of trees down blocking both foot paths from the village end entrance. However it’s not looking too bad elsewhere. Hopefully we can join a work party to help tidy up once the ground has dried up and we can devise away to work together but 2m apart
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Rene pointed out this fun webcam to watch barn owls in a nesting box, location somewhere in East Somerset.
http://www.somersetwildlife.org/barn_owl_web_cam.html
May 8, 2014
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Msg from Bernard
I had a call from a lady whose property is 75 m from Moldrams Ground nature reserve. She followed up with a couple of pics she took showing a dormouse eating nuts from her squirrel-proof peanut feeder. Not only was this in daylight (dormice are nocturnal), but there is no arboreal route to the reserve, but only a wooden fence. When the dormouse had eaten its fill, it went to sleep between the inner and outer sections of the feeder. Concerned for its safety, she struggled to wake it up. It then scampered up into the tree. This is a very rare event. Pics attached.
Jun 6, 2015
Stella Parcell
Presumably from the winter storms we missed there are a couple of trees down blocking both foot paths from the village end entrance. However it’s not looking too bad elsewhere. Hopefully we can join a work party to help tidy up once the ground has dried up and we can devise away to work together but 2m apart
Mar 18, 2020