Big Butterfly Count 2019

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The Big Butterfly Count For the third year running, FOSPNR and Green Abbey joined forces to organise our own local contribution to the nationwide Big Butterfly Count. The FOSP...

Moorhen

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The Saintbridge Pond and Nature Reserve is in full Spring Bloom It’s always nice to have a stroll around the pond looking for new things. I was lucky...

Ducks – F.W. Harvey

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I f you find yourself around the pond and looking out over the reed beds towards the island, a famous poem comes to mind from a local...

Wildlife Watching

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Kingfishers Kingfishers are small unmistakable bright blue and orange birds of slow moving or still water. They fly rapidly, low over water, and hunt fish from riverside perches,...

Little Egrets Sightings

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The Little Egret - Egretta garzetta   We have three resident birds on our reserve so here is a little information for you. Whether they will breed or not...

Three Spined Stickleback in The River Twyver

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The picture above is of a 1994 Faroe Islands postage stamp with three-spined stickleback.  Its Scientific name: Gasterosteus aculaeatus. A diminutive but aggressive predator, the three-spined stickleback...

Bluebell Planting 2019

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Today, the team pulled together to plant 2000 British Bluebell bulbs. The weather was overcast as FOSP members started out but it began to brighten up. We...

Spring/Summer News Updates 2019

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It has been a busy time at the pond and in our allotments. The FOSP AGM provided us with an opportunity to look at what we have...

Hawker Dragonfly

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  This little beauty was spotted in Barbara's Pond. It was brilliant to see such a beautiful predator in such a small area. I wonder what other species...