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Diary & Latest WILDLIFE Sightings
A diary of Garden Wildlife Sightings and Out And About Wildlife Sightings sighted mainly in North Somerset.
More information about these sightings can be found by using the appropriate Garden Wildlife Sightings or Out And About Wildlife Sightings links.
The information includes images, how often seen, when last seen, notes and where seen in the case of Out And About Wildlife Sightings.
Wildlife seen daily may no-longer be reported in the Diary.
MAY 2026
Diary Entry May 30 Weather
12.1C Min, 22.4C Max. Sunny with cloudy intervals, winds from the West averaging 2.9MPH and gusting to 13.1 Max with no precipitation.
Female Mallard continues entering the vegetation beside the garden pond. Definitely a nest site.
Diary Entry May 23 Weather
12.8C Min, 19.4C Max. Cloudy with sunny intervals, winds from the South West averaging 4.4MPH and gusting to 17.6 Max with precipitation.
A Male Broad Bodied Chaser Dragonfly spotted loitering around the garden pond.
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Diary Entry May 18 Weather
8.4C Min, 13.8C Max. Cloudy with winds from the South, South West averaging 4.4MPH and gusting to 17.6 Max with precipitation.
An evening visit to the garden disturbed a Grey Heron whilst fishing in the Land Yeo which flows adjacent the garden.
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Diary Entry May 13 Weather
8.5C Min, 15.8C Max. Sunny with winds from the West averaging 7.0MPH and gusting to 23.2 Max with precipitation.
Nest box disturbed again by an unseen predator. Investigated after seeing little activity during the day and opened the box to find 7 dead Blue Tit chicks.
Diary Entry May 12 Weather
4.0C Min, 16.4C Max. Sunny with winds from the West, South West averaging 3.7MPH and gusting to 17.6 Max with no precipitation.
Lesser Stag Beetle seen in the house. Cinnabar Moth and Speckled Wood Butterfly seen in garden. Blue Tit activity continues around nest box despite the box being disturbed by an unseen predator.
Bats seen again during the evening.
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Diary Entry May 05 Weather
10.2C Min, 16.9C Max. Cloudy with winds from the North averaging 5.2MPH and gusting to 20.8 Max with no precipitation.
Red Admiral and Speckled Wood Butterflies seen in garden. Blue Tit activity continues around nest box.
Diary Entry May 03 Weather
10.7C Min, 19.3C Max. Cloudy with winds from the West, North West averaging 1.1MPH and gusting to 9.3 Max with precipitation.
Female Mallard seen entering the vegetation beside the garden pond. Possible nest site?
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Diary Entry May 02 Weather
9.2C Min, 17.5C Max. Sunny with cloudy intervals, winds from the North West averaging 1.6MPH and gusting to 8.7 Max with precipitation.
Blue Tits still visiting the nest box. Orange Tip Butterfly and Large Red Damselfly seen in the garden. Bats seen and heard (with detector) again in the evening.
APRIL 2026
Diary Entry April 24 Weather
5.3C Min, 21.8C Max. Sunny with winds from the North, North East averaging 4.3MPH and gusting to 15.5 Max with no precipitation.
Large Red Damselfly and Small White Butterfly seen. Bats seen and heard again in the evening.
Diary Entry April 23 Weather
6.2C Min, 21.1C Max. Sunny with winds from the North, North East averaging 5.1MPH and gusting to 20.5 Max with no precipitation.
Another good day for Brimstone, Holly Blue and Orange Tip Butterflies in the garden this year. Today I transferred my Buckfast Bee nuc into their National Hive and spotted the Queen whilst moving a frame.
In the evening bats were again seen and heard at 48kHz.
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Diary Entry April 22 Weather
5.6C Min, 18.5C Max. Sunny with winds from the North, North East averaging 6.0MPH and gusting to 21.6 Max with no precipitation.
First Swallow of the year seen flying over Moor Lane whilst on my way home from Yatton after delivering my Grandson's first Birthday card.
Diary Entry April 21 Weather
5.1C Min, 15.5C Max. Sunny with cloudy intervals with winds from the West, South West averaging 6.7MPH and gusting to 23.3 Max with no precipitation.
Today my Buckfast Bee nuc arrived via Royal Mail. Later in the evening bats were seen and heard at 45 and 55 kHz.
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Diary Entry April 20 Weather
5.7C Min, 15.7C Max. Sunny with cloudy intervals with winds from the North, North East averaging 3.0MPH and gusting to 13.6 Max with no precipitation.
Whilst trimming the grass around the bee hive an Orange Tip was seen nectaring on the wild garlic growing on my bank of the Land Yeo.
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Diary Entry April 19 Weather
4.0C Min, 16.3C Max. Sunny with winds from the West, South West averaging 2.1MPH and gusting to 12.3 Max with no precipitation.
Orange Tip Butterfly seen in the garden for the first time this year along with a Large Red Damselfly Later a Grey Heron was seen being mobbed by Herring Gulls whilst it was fishing in the Land Yeo.
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Diary Entry April 16 Weather 9.4C Min, 16.7C Max. Sunny with cloudy intervals with winds from the South West averaging 3.3MPH and gusting to 13.1 Max with precipitation.
Small White and Holly Blue Butterflies seen and a Large Red Damselfly was seen egg laying in the garden pond.
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Diary Entry April 09 Weather
8.6C Min, 13.5C Max. Cloudy with winds from the West, South West averaging 4.9MPH and gusting to 17.8 Max with no precipitation.
Mallard ducklings 7, seen on the Land Yeo adjacent my garden for the first time this year. Large White and Holly Blue Butterflies also seen.
Diary Entry April 08 Weather 9.5C Min,
20.0C Max. Sunny with winds from the West, South West averaging 1.74MPH and gusting to 13.1 Max with no precipitation.
A good day for Holly Blue and Brimstone butterflies and the first sighting of a Speckled Wood in the garden for the first time this year.
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Diary Entry April 06 Weather
9.8C Min, 16.7C Max. Sunny with winds from the South East averaging 3.0MPH and gusting to 15.2 Max with no precipitation.
A pair of Blue Tits, Robins, Blackbirds and the obligatory Wood Pigeons seen in the garden this morning. A Peacock, Holly Blue, Large White and Brimstone butterfly appeared in the garden in the afternoon along with a Large Red Damselfly..
In the evening a Bat was seen and heard at 45kHz, likely to of been a Daubentons given its proximity to the Land Yeo which flows adjacent to the garden.
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MARCH 2026
Diary Entry March 31 Weather
9.7C Min, 15.4C Max. Sunny with cloudy intervals with winds from the West, South West averaging 4.3MPH and gusting to 16.5 Max with no precipitation.
First sighting of a Bee Fly in the garden this year.
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Diary Entry March 29
Weather 2.8C Min, 10.5C Max. Cloudy with winds from the South West averaging 5.0MPH and gusting to 20.8 Max with precipitation.
It seems we may have tenants in our garage wall small hole nest box.
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Diary Entry March 21 Weather
4.9C Min, 16.7C Max. Sunny with winds from the North, North East averaging 1.2MPH and gusting to 10.7 Max with no precipitation.
Holly Blue butterfly seen in the garden whilst having an afternoon coffee on the patio. Blue Tits again seen frequently visiting the the garage wall small hole nest box.
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Diary Entry March 18 Weather
5.8C Min, 20.6C Max. Sunny with winds from the East, North East averaging 2.4MPH and gusting to 12.0 Max with no precipitation.
Peacock butterfly seen loitering around my soon to be occupied bee hive.
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Diary Entry March 17 Weather
7.2C Min, 14.6C Max. Cloudy with sunny intervals, winds from the South averaging 4.2MPH and gusting to 17.0 Max with no precipitation.
Blue Tits seen again inspecting the garage wall small hole nest box.
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Diary Entry March 15 Weather
4.4C Min, 12.0C Max. Sunny with cloudy intervals, winds from the South West averaging 5.7MPH and gusting to 26.8 Max with precipitation.
1 female and 2 male Robins seen squabbling in garden presumably over pairing issues.
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Diary Entry March 13 Weather
6.7C Min, 10.9C Max. Cloudy with sunny intervals, winds from the West, South West averaging 6.8MPH and gusting to 35.1 Max with precipitation.
Unfertilised Frog spawn seen in the garden pond, but only one clump.
Diary Entry March 10 Weather
9.3C Min, 12.3C Max. Cloudy with winds from the South averaging 3.98MPH and gusting to 19.6 Max with precipitation.
Siberian Squill in flower.
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