10/6/2012
A PAIR OF LINNETS WERE SPOTTED AND APPEAR TO HAVE TAKEN UP RESIDENCE FOR THE SUMMER.
THE RSPCA WERE CALLED IN EARLY JUNE TO RE- LOCATE A GRASS SNAKE FOUND ON THE LOWER PLOTS.
18/08/2012
We are currently having visits from a grey squirrel on site (see photos)
April 2014
Fantastic news.
We have sitings of crested and common newts on site , both protected under european law.
WINTER 2014
Small Egret sited in Folkestone water board orchards.
MAY 2015
WE HAD A LITTLE COMPETITION FOR PEOPLE TO SUPPLY THEIR OWN BIRD NESTING BOXES FOR THE CONTAINER IN THE HOPE WE MAY ENCOURAGE MORE BIRDS ON SITE AND THE IDEA WAS TO SEE WHOSE BECAME INHABITED FIRST.
THERE WERE NO PRIZES INVOLVED BUT WITH GREAT DELIGHT A FAMILY OF WRENS WERE FIRST TO MOVE IN TO ANNS NEST BOX IN JUNE 2015.
THE PLANTING OF FLOWERS AND SHRUBS AROUND THE BASE OF THE CONTAINER HAVE BEEN DONATED BY PLOT HOLDERS AND IN THE COMING YEARS SHOULD CREATE AN IDEAL ENVIRONMENT FOR MORE BIRDS AND THE BOXES.
September 2015
KINGFISHER IN BALANCING POND AREA
WE ALSO HAVE SEEN LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER PAIR, JAYS AND SNIPES ON THE PERIMETERS OF THE PLOT