Birds settling down for Winter

Dungeness and Conningbrook Late October and early November is a great time for spotting the smaller birds; the leaves are almost off the trees making things more visible and most of our feathered friends are now returning to their favourite Winter residences. Stonechat A trip down to the area around Dungeness Old Lighthouse produced the […]
A walk from Conningbrook to Home
Grey Wagtails back, Reptiles doing well
Mid August bubbling with Wildlife
Spotted Flycatchers Fledged
Egyptian Goose at Conningbrook

Another nice surprise Conningbrook Lakes is definitely coming up with a few surprises at present, in the last few weeks I’ve seen a Goldcrest close up, a Bittern and now Egyptian Geese. Fair enough they’re not endangered, not are they ‘official’ but the fact remains that up to a few years ago they were only […]
Bittern on North Lake Conningbrook
Birdsong in the Garden again
Winter kicks in at Conningbrook Lakes

After a relatively mild December and early January Winter finally kicked in and has given us to date more than a week where temperatures have only just got above freezing during the day and downwards to Minus 7c at night ! Conningbrook Lake Luckily I got a lift to the main entrance which enabled me […]