Category Animals
With the sudden increase in temperature, look out for frogs spawning in still water. This also heralds the start of the migration of amphibians from the Tufa Field as they end their hibernation and seek out water to breed in. … Continue Reading →
The Big Garden Birdwatch results for 2025 are in. Documenting our wild bird species numbers is a vital part of monitoring our ecological health. When places like the Tufa Field disappear, the knock-on effects to wildlife even in our gardens… Continue Reading →
This week’s videos and pictures from the Tufa Field. For other pictures, visit our Gallery and News Pages. Despite the cold, the Tufa Field is beginning to wake up. Green shoots from the roots of shrubs and trees removed by… Continue Reading →
The night is when the Tufa Field comes alive. Here’s the sound of a Vixen calling. Sound travels far at night, but we also caught the sound of probably illegal poaching nearby. The Meandering Badger… with the sound of a… Continue Reading →
So another embarassing event for BathNES Council. The Council has concluded its ‘investigation’ and decided that ‘no slow worms were harmed during the clearance of the Tufa Field’. We are left to conclude that this was in fact an act… Continue Reading →
The Tufa Field is home to many protected species of plant and animals. September 2020, during pre-development ‘ecology’ work, saw the wilful destruction of much of the margins of the Tufa Field and brought about the death of many Slow… Continue Reading →
