Author Archives: Jen Bousfield

Saw frogs in the field pond a day or two ago and this morning, Pete found the first three clusters; eight days earlier than last year but with frost forecast, I need to push them into deeper water…

I found a link to a copy of ‘Woodwise’, a journal available on the Woodland Trust website at: https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/publications/2019/12/wood-wise-autumn-2019/ This edition looks at deadwood & decay, great subjects for such a dark and wet day but it is fascinating stuff! In depth but readable… have a look

There are two events, one about the work on badger vaccination being carried out in Cornwall (see poster, left), on Weds January 22nd, 7:30pm at Falmouth University and the other (pdf to download below) is a competition for the best short presentation about work with mammals in Cornwall which will take place on April 18th […]

Ian Bennallick had organised a botanical group flower hunt down at Perranporth on Wednesday and I was disappointed that I couldn’t go. So did my own here in Middlewood and successfully entered the nine species! They do ask for nil records as well so am not embarrassed. Ian & co found 72 and were fifth […]

Some moths to look out for in January from Mary Atkinson and her annual report for the year (2019) about her surveys each month. Very weather dependent it seems with July being the best month. Moths Jan 2020 MA Moth report for 2019 MA

A note from Robin: The Today programme is asking people to record observations of bees (any) & ladybirds seen over the mid-winter period but it end Dec 27th! Here’s the link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5bQ4fB3zmvsZWMgf49SmM73/today-s-nature-survey  

Very soon after last week’s frosts, on Tuesday evening (and despite the ice staying on the water bowl in the front garden here all day), in came one of the Lesser Horseshoe bats. After a cold spell, they usually stay in hibernation or torpor for several days before re-emerging when the weather warms up again. […]

The People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) who run the National Dormouse Monitoring Programme (NDMP) and the National Dormouse Database (NDD) have published a new report on the numbers of dormice. While some next box site are holding their own, the general trend is down. Several reasons but here is the full report to download […]

From Mary Atkinson with a footnote from Jen Moths in December

Our November newsletter has just been sent out to our members and these are the links mentioned: Medicinal properties of nectar on pollinating insects: https://www.kew.org/read-and-watch/medicinal-heather-nectar-bumblebees Buglife, new B-lines to put the buzz back into Cornwall: http://buglife.org.uk/news/new-b-lines-to-put-the-buzz-back-into-cornwall/ Report by Rowena on our visit to Armstrong’s Wood https://cornwallwildlifegroups.wordpress.com/2019/10/16/bat-and-dormouse-quest/