Vertebrate Sightings 2024 (excluding Birds)
First Photo of Each Species in chronological order
Spotted so far this year - a couple of deer, a fox (sadly dead), a shrew (also dead), frogspawn and later tadpoles in the Jubilee pond and an adult frog, a lizard, bank voles and 4 species of bats (not photographed) Common Pipistrelle, Soprano Pipistrelle, Serotine, Natterer & Leisler.
On 11th October a Weasel was spotted (sadly not photographed) by Rosalyn Heaton. This is the first sighting since that in May 2022 by Ruth Budd. Sadly, neither managed to catch a photo so a Weasel is not in the gallery below or our Vertebrates gallery but both sightings are recorded in the full list below.
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5 November 2024 - Bats - A short survey of the records shows Common Pips, Soprano Pips, Serotines and Natterers still active. Numbers are down obviously but to be expected. This'll be the first time the winter period has been assessed in some detail for bats and we're interested to see if activity halts for any time completely or continues, albeit at low levels. The new passive detector makes this possible over our original kit that's not weatherproof or able to do more than 2-3 sessions at a stretch.
30 March 2024 - Bats - Ruth and I did an impromptu walk around bat survey this evening starting at Pool Grove, along Smith Grove and into Great Field. Despite the brevity of the walk about we still confirmed four species actively hunting:
Not bad for a short 'look see' and great that the bigger bats are out (Serotine and Leisler) as that indicates that the Selsdon 2024 bat season is properly underway...
Vertebrate Sightings 2023 (excluding Birds)
Evidence of 13 species spotted this year - including five bats detected.
A Common Pipistrelle and a Leisler were recorded on 17th March.
A Common Pipistrelle, Soprano Pipistrelle, Natterer and Brown Long Eared were detected on 9th April.
- see the Full List above.
Vertebrate Sightings 2022 (excluding Birds)
The Trail Cam on 10/2/22 recorded videos of the fox and badger and also of a rat which was too small to cut a still image.
A video of the Brown Long-eared Bat is available at https://www.facebook.com/lucinda.offer/videos/3095503964038135/?
On 8/5/22 Ruth & Steve saw a Weasel at the junction of Middle Gorse and West Gorse.
The photograph of a Common Frog by Louise Hunt on 21/9/22 is the best photo of a frog ever taken in our wood.
