Friday 31st July 2020

0930 - 1100 sunny, 28c; Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, Lapwing 16, Cormorant 2, Buzzard 2, Swift 3, Chiffchaff 2, Coal Tit (Brook Meadow).

Holly Blue 2, Red Admiral 3, Peacock 10, Comma, Ringlet, Speckled Wood 3, Meadow Browns, Large White etc.

               Barns Lane pool (May) & Swan Pool (June)

Wednesday 29th July 2020

0940 - 1200 generally cloudy, to 18c: Green Sandpiper, Oystercatcher 3, Lapwing 17, Cormorant, Heron 4, Little Grebe 5, Jay, Rook 2, Swift 3, Sand Martin 2, Swallow 6, Blackcap 6 incl juv birds, Chiffchaff 3 (1 dead on road).  (RP / GR)

              Green Sandpiper & Oystercatchers today (GR)

Tuesday 28th July 2020

1000 - 1100, 15c cloudy, breezy: Green Sandpiper, Oystercatcher 3, Lapwing 14, Little Grebe 5, Swift 8, House Martin 6, Sand Martin 2, Swallow 2.  (RP)

Ruby Tiger moth larva (RP)

Common Sandpiper 27th July (GR)

  Tufted duck with chick at Rushall on Daw End canal 28th July (GR)

Monday 27th July 2020

1040 - 1200 rain, 16c: Greylag, Com Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, Lapwing 18, LBb Gull 55, Herring Gull 2, Bh Gull c60, Swift 20, House & Sand Martin 25, Kestrel m.  (GR)

Peacock 16th July (RP)

Degeers Longhorn moth (GR)

Sunday 26th July 2020

1000 - 1250 rain shower then fairly sunny & breezy, 16-20c: Oystercatcher 3, Lapwing 12, Little Grebe 4, GC Grebe yesterday, Heron 4, Rook, Sparrowhawk, Swallow 10 including juvs, Swift 15+, a few House & Sand Martins.  Six-spot Burnet 2, Peacock 12+, Comma 4, etc.  (RP / GR)

             Swallow in barn today, and Evening Primrose (GR)

Wednesday 22nd July 2020

1030 - 1230 cloudy 19c: Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Lapwing 15, Oystercatcher, Cormorant, Little Grebe 2, Peregrine.   (RP / GR)

  Funnel web spider a.labyrinthica, Speckled Woods & small toad (RP)

Monday 20th July 2020

1040 - 1130 cloudy: Common Sandpiper 2, Lapwing 4, Yellow-legged Gull, Herring Gull 2, LBb Gull 21, Bh Gull 88, Little Grebe, Cormorant, Swift 12, House Martin 4.   (GR)

  House Martin. Common Sandpipers & Yellow-legged Gull today (GR)

Sunday 19th July 2020

1000 - 1245 sunny, breezy 16 - 21c: Lapwing 22, Cormorant 2, Heron 4, Teal 2, Mute Swan pair+3 cygnets, Little Grebe, Buzzard 2, Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat 3, Linnet 6, Greenfinch, etc.

Holly Blue, Red Admiral, Peacock 12, Comma 3, Silver Y, usual browns & skippers etc, Brown Hawker 10, prob. Southern Hawker.  (RP /GR)

Holly Blue, Comma & Peacock (GR)

Friday 17th July 2020

0915 - 1145 sunny 21c: Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat 2, Blackcap 5, Redstart, Linnet 4, Rook 6, Raven 2, Swift 6, Swallow 2.   Peacock 6, Comma 4, Holly Blue, Brown Hawker 5, Black-tailed Skimmer m, etc.  (GR)

Com Tern & Linnet 12th July

Thursday 16th July 2020

1010 - 1140 & 1315 - 1445 overcast, breezy, 16c: Redstart, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Swift 20, House & Sand Martins 8, Swallow 2, Pied Wagtail, Raven 3, Rook 29, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Lapwing 11, Cormorant 2.   (GR) (RP)

Redstart today (GR)

Tuesday 14th July 2020

1030 - 1140 overcast, 15c: Jay, Rook 5, Collared Dove, Grey Wagtail, Song Thrush, Willow Warbler 2, Blackcap 2, Linnet 2, Swift 20+, Sand Martin 2, Little Grebe 2, Lapwing 5.

Brimstone f & Large White (RP)

Gv White & Small Copper (GR)

Monday 13th July 2020

1020 - 1150 cloudy, humid, rain later, 19c: Teal, Tufted 5, Cormorant 2, Lapwing 12, Coot 33, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Pied Wagtail, Swift 12, Swallow 2, Whitethroat 3, Sedge Warbler, Blackcap 2, Chiffchaff, Linnet 4.

Small Copper, Peacock 3, Red Admiral, Comma 2, Large Skipper 3, Small & Essex Skipper abundant, Meadow Brown & Ringlet abundant, etc.  (GR)

Roadside Rooks 12th July (GR)

Sunday 12th July 2020

0950 - 1250 sunny, 17-20c: Common Tern 2, Little Grebe, Mute Swan pair + 3, Lapwing 8, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Buzzard, Rook 10, Blackcap 8, Chiffchaff 3, a few Swifts & Swallows, Greenfinch, Bullfinch.

Purple Hairstreak 2, Holly Blue, Red Admiral 6, Comma 3, Small Tort. 10, Peacock, Brimstone f, Large & Small Whites, Gv Whites, Small & Essex Skippers, Hedge Brown 5, Ringlets & Meadow Browns abundant, Speckled Wood 2, Vapourer, Cinnabar, Yellow Shell, Mother of Pearl, China Mark moth (e pallidata).

Brown Hawker 12+, Southern Hawker, Black-tailed Skimmer m.  (GR/RP)

 Young birds: Black-headed Gulls, Little Grebe & Little Ringed Plover  (GR)

Saturday 11th July 2020

Morning, becoming sunny, 17c: Lapwing 12, Little Grebe, Cormorant, Heron, Raven, Swift 2, Swallow 4, House Martin, Blackcap 3, etc

Marbled White, Essex Skipper, Hedge Brown (Gatekeeper) 5, Red Admiral, Yellow Shell etc.  (RP)

Ramblers patch 1410 - 1450 sunny, 19c: Purple Hairstreak 2, Hedge Brown m, Ringlets & Meadow Browns, Essex Skipper, Small Skipper 2, Comma 5, Small Tort. 3, Large White 10+ including mating pair, Brown Hawker 4, Emperor dragonfly, etc.  Holly Blue 2nd brood (Winterley Ln).  (GR)

        Marbled White, Hedge Brown & Yellow Shell today (RP)

Friday 10th July 2020

0900 - 1100 cloudy, breezy 13c: Little Ringed Plover juv, Oystercatcher, Lapwing 8, Little Grebe 3, Cormorant, Heron 3, Mute Swan pair + 3, Kestrel, Swift 6, Swallow 4, House Martin 30+, Sand Martin 10, Willow Warbler, Whitethroat, Chiffchaff 3, Blackcap 4.

Ringlet, Meadow Brown, Gv White, Yellow Shell, Spotted Magpie (A.coronata).  (GR)

Gulls at landfill

Machinery at quarry

Thursday 9th July 2020

1030 - 1200 drizzle, 14c: Little Grebe pair + 2 juvs, Tufted 8, Coot 33, Lapwing 10, Swift 10, House Martin 35+, Swallow 4, Sand Martin 4, Blackcap 2, Chiffchaff.

             Dog Rose, Meadow Brown, Shaded Broad-bar (GR)

Tuesday 7th July 2020

1030 - 1230 overcast, rainy, 16c: Hobby, Tufted 12, Little Grebe pair, Lapwing 24, Oystercatcher, Cormorant, Swift 30+, a few Martins & Swallows, Sedge Warbler in song at Boatmans Pool, Blackcap 2, Chaffinch 4.  (GR / RP)

A few Meadow Browns & Ringlets, Green-veined White, Shaded Broad Bar 2.

   Yellow-legged Gull, Common Sandpiper, Black-headed Gulls (GR)