January
Water Rail in the reed bed
Seasonal sights to look out for:
- Birds on the feeders including great tit, blue tit, coal tit, long-tailed tit, willow tit, marsh tit, chaffinch, brambling, robin, blackbird
- Flocks of siskin and redpoll in the alder tops
- Water rail at feeding stations
- Redwing
- Hazel catkins
- Scarlet elf cup fungus
- Roosting long-eared owl
- Marsh marigold in flower
February
Seasonal attractions to look out for:
- Birds on feeders
- Siskin and redpoll in the alder tops
The stunning Scarlet Elf Cap fungi
- Water rail
- Redwing
- Tawny owls calling
- Hazel catkins
- Cuckoo pint leaves
- Scarlet elf cup fungus
March
Seasonal attractions to look out for:
- Returning marsh harriers
- Water rail calling
- Lesser and great spotted woodpecker drumming
Notice the particularly long wings on barn owls. © Pete Walkden
- Chiffchaff calling
- Barn owl hunting
- Alder and poplar catkins
- Bumble bees emerging from winter hibernation
- Frog and toad spawn in pond
- Violets in flower
- Blackthorn in flower
- Elder in leaf
- Early butterflies: brimstone and small tortoiseshell
May
Seasonal attractions to look out for:
- Marsh harriers nesting
- Cuckoo calling
- Grasshopper warbler singing
- Hawthorn in flower
- Cuckoo pint, cowslip and red campion flowering
- Damselflies emerging
June
Seasonal attractions to look out for:
- Yellow flag iris, hemp agrimony and other plants in flower
- Young fledglings
- Young barn owls fledging
- Dragonflies and damselflies in flight
- Hobby hunting over reed bed
July
Banded Demoiselle
Seasonal attractions to look out for:
- Many plants in flower
- Young fledglings
- Young frogs and toads
- Butterflies and moths
- Banded Demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens)
- Emerald Damselfly (Lestes sponsa)
- Small Emerald Damselfly (Erythromma viridulum)
August
Seasonal attractions to look out for:
- Young marsh harriers
- Young sparrowhawks
- Hemp agrimony flowers attracting butterflies and other insects
- White admiral butterflies
- Glow worms and moths at night
September
Seasonal attractions to look out for:
- Berries on elder, hawthorn and guelder rose
- Sycamore keys and acorns
- Damselflies and dragonflies
October
Seasonal attractions to look out for:
- Harriers leaving
- Siskin and redpoll returning
- Fieldfare and redwing
- Rosehips and alder cones
- Fungi
November
Seasonal attractions to look out for:
- Autumn leaves on the trees
- Berries and fruits
- Fungi
December
Seasonal attractions to look out for:
- Birds on the feeders including great tit, blue tit, coal tit, long-tailed tit, willow tit, marsh tit, chaffinch, brambling, robin, blackbird
- Flocks of siskin and redpoll in the alder tops
- Water rail at feeding stations
- Redwing
- Roosting long-eared owl
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