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Coombes & Churnet Valley
Birds, Butterflies, Wildflowers, and a Very Steep Learning Curve!
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5 days ago
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This week I was faced with a familiar problem – what to do with my midweek day off when everyone else on site is working? The problem was solved for me though, when Holly and Simon suggested that I come with them on the morning’s target bird...
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Great crested newt survey news!
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12 days ago
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Holly Arnfield
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Active management is vital to provide wildlife with optimal habitat. Here at Coombes we primarily manage our woodland for bird species in decline due to deterioration nationally of woodland habitat. But other habitat types also need active management...
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Tree pipit arrives!
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19 days ago
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Holly Arnfield
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Although we at Coombes Valley like looking beyond birds to the rest of this wonderful woodland ecosystem, we thought you’d like to hear about this morning’s bird highlight- out surveying target bird species, we saw our first tree pipit of...
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A Visit from BBC Radio 4!
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19 days ago
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You don't need to be an expert to enjoy the magical atmosphere created by the dawn chorus at Coombes Valley, and we want everyone to experience it, so come along as early as you like! BBC Radio 4's 'The Living World' team have visited...
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The migrants are here!!!!!
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26 days ago
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Simon
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Over the last week the staff and visitors at Coombes Valley have been bringing back reports of a couple of our target species, Pied Flycatchers and Redstarts! Along with a whole host of other migrant species that have traveled a great distance to take...
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Mosses – bring autumn colour and texture to Coombes Valley…. and...
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Bex Elliott
Sunbeams
Sunbeams through a tree on the edge of the churnet.
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15 Aug 2010
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Poplar Hawk-moth
Poplar Hawk-moth that was caught in the mothtrap run at Coombes.
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15 Aug 2010
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Red Deer Churnet Valley
A Red Deer I just saw on the edge of the Churnet Valley! I then went for a walk in Booths wood and saw...
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30 Sep 2010
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Ladybird
A ladybird on a bluebell I saw in the churnet valley last year.
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ukmjk
Pied Flycatchers
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6 Jul 2011
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Male Pied Flycatcher
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Woodpecker feeding young
Taken at the end of May 2011
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7 Jul 2011
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ukmjk
Pied Flycatcher
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Woodpecker and chick
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Prepearing to feed....
Another mouthfull for the hungry chick taken May 2011
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