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Tony’s Memoirs – India & Nepal Expedition 2019
We are looking forward to the trip enormously – Cherry has always wanted to see the strings of Prayer Flags in Nepal and I have always wanted to see the Indian White Horned Rhino. We should be seeing both over the next 17 days.
Cornwall Nature Conservancy half year report 2019
Late last year the female Jaguarundi died of old age just after producing a kitten. Our keeper Pixie (really Lauren) hand reared this tiny creature very successfully. In January 2019, we introduced him to his father, slowly and carefully. He was accepted ….
My Nature Diary 2019
This year has been very varied in weather. We have had long bouts of dry weather, especially in spring and early summer. At the time of writing, 12th July, we have just experienced unseasonal storms, tremendous gales and heavy rain.
Tonys Memoirs 7 – 2018 visit to the Scillies
As it is such a spectacular “place” to visit, both for the naturalist and others, we booked a week around the longest day of the year. We did this as we left last year, as indeed most visitors do. The place, the Isles of Scilly and the specific break we booked - one...
Tonys Memoirs 6 – Our Scottish Trip
In April 2018, we drove to Cairngorm National Park and spent a ten-day break watching birds, animals and admiring fabulous views. Here is the detailed account of that wonderful trip to Scotland. We drove 2018 miles. We set off from Cornwall at a not unreasonable time....
May 2018 – Summer is arriving
During the first week of May all our Sparrow terraces (a triple nest box construction) were being used and by the 13th of the month young were being fed by their parents. On the 7th of the month the Moorhen who had eaten all of the frogspawn in the small pond near the...
April 2018 – Spring has finally sprung!
Since I wrote the last newsletter we have enjoyed some fabulous weather. With the residual wetness of the rainiest winter and spring many can remember, the sunshine has brought enormous growth of flowers and trees albeit about 3 weeks late. The young Puma born on the...
2018 A great start – Lovejoy the Puma cub, greenfinches are back & youngsters arriving
The first months of 2018 have suffered depressingly poor weather. Very wet and even snow, although for only a few days, is not what our animal collection or wild birds enjoy. We have had to keep several enclosures heated, Rusty Spotted Cats, Lemurs, Tenrecs, Agoutis,...
Summary of 2017 at the Cornwall Nature Conservancy
I have put together various information about 2017 at the Conservancy. At the bottom of our news summary for 2017 I have also summarised: A list of breeding success of our creatures in captivity List of butterflies seen on the Reserve A a list of birds seen and...
Tonys Memoirs 5 – Peahen
Late on a fine Monday afternoon, I was still in the office, when I received a phone call to ask if I would take on a Peahen. The call was from a client who lives further west in Cornwall about 40 minutes from us. Cherry suggested I went straight away as she had an...
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