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Woodcock © Robin Sandham

Species Focus - Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)

01 Nov 2026

Species Focus November

The November full moon, also known as the “Woodcock Moon”, appears on 24th November and sees their faithful return to favoured fields. The Woodcock is a robust and rotund woodland wader, averaging around 300g. Its usually only seen when flushed from the leafy woodland floor - a blurry ghost of rusty browns but alive and memorable, prompting a pause and realisation of the moment. However, at dusk t...

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Fieldfare
Species Focus November

Species Focus - Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)

The Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) is the larger and more colourful of the two thrush species which are winter vis...

01 Nov 2025

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November Species Focus

Species Focus - Oedemera femoralis

Autumn is a good time to keep an eye out for one of our more distinctive beetle species. Oedemera femoralis is...

01 Nov 2024

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November Species Focus

Species Focus - Greater White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura russula)

For the past 10 years I have been recording the small mammal population of a private woodland adjacent to my c...

01 Nov 2023

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© Naomi Chapple-Parry © Dave Winnard
November Species Focus

Species Focus - Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria) and Earthstars (Geastrum)

Fungi are a complicated group of species to identify at times and with many look-a-likes it can often take sev...

01 Nov 2022

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© Andy Shotts
November Species Focus

Species Focus - Harvestman (Opilio canestrinii)

Have you encountered these miniature War of the Worlds machines in your garden? Unlike their sci-fi lookalikes...

01 Nov 2021

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