Friday 31st May 2024

A few insects from today (all @ RP).

Bishop's Mitre & 
cantharis rustica

Hoverfly chrysotoxum
festivum &
Straw Dot

Thursday 30th May 2024

1100 - 1200 rainy/breezy 12c:  GC Grebe, Little Grebe 2 pairs, Sand Martin 20, Swallow 2, Reed Warbler, etc.  Peregrine Falcon circling over Rushall 1340.   (GR)

Brimstone & Mint moths
on 29/05 (GR)

Southern Marsh Orchid 
29/05 (GR)

Wednesday 29th May 2024

0930-1130 cloudy/some sun 15c:  Oystercatcher 2, Rook 4 over, Pied Wagtail 1 + 2 juvs, Swift 8, Skylark 2 in song at Northywood/Vigo, usual warblers incl Willow 2.

Also Speckled Wood 2, Burnet Companion 2, Mint Moth (P Aurata), Degeers Longhorns 20+, Yellow Shell, Garden Carpet, etc.    (GR)

Painted Lady 20/05 & Red
Admiral 27/05 @ Rushall

Degeers Longhorn today (GR)

Saturday 25th May 2024

 Fairly sunny, mainly insects noted.

House Sparrow & Reed 
Warbler 23/05 (RP)

Mother Shipton & Nettle 
Tap moths today (RP)

Tuesday 21st May 2024

1030 - 1230 overcast after rain, 14c:  M Swan pair with 2 cygnets (1 drowned later on), Gadwall pair, GC Grebe 3, L Grebe 3, LR Plover, Swift 40+, Swallow 2, Sand Martin 20, House Martin 5, Reed Warbler, Willow Warbler, Whitethroat 2, Song Trush pair, Linnet 2 pairs, etc.   (RP / GR)

2 newly-emerged cygnets

Reed Warbler in flight (GR)

Saturday 18th May 2024

1030 on, sunny to 19c:  Gadwall 4, GC Grebe, L Grebe pair, LR Plover 2, Lapwing, a few Swallows & Sand Martins, Swift 2, Jay, Col. Dove, Whitethroat 2, etc.

Swift on 15/05 (RP)

Azure Damsel & Common
Wave on 15/05 (RP)

Wednesday 15th May 2024

1000 - 1230 showery becoming sunny, to 20c:  Oystercatcher 2, LR Plover, Lapwing pair, Gadwall pair, GC Grebe, Kestrel m, Buzzard 3,  House Martin 8, Swift 3, Swallow 2, Jay, Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat 3, Cetti's, R Bunting m, etc.

Red Deer 6, Orange Tip 3, Peacock laying on nettles, Common Wave, Silver Y 2, Broad-bodied Chaser m (photo), Large Red Damsel 3, Azure Damsel 2.   (RP) (GR)

Jay & Stag deer today (GR)

Tuesday 14th May 2024

Morning, cloudy after rain 14c:  Lapwing, LR Plover 2, Swift 17, Swallow 2, Sand Martin 3, Whitethroat 2, Cetti's, Linnet 4, etc.   (GR)

Com Blue Damsel (fresh out)

Wild Briar Rose (GR)

Sunday 12th May 2024

Morning, becoming cloudy, 18c:  Whitethroat 4, Willow Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Swift 2, Swallow 2, Red Kite, Com Sand 2, LR Plover 2, Lapwing 2, L Egret, GC Grebe, Greylag, etc.   (RP)

Kite & Heron today (RP)

Thursday 9th May 2024

Morning, sunny 19c:  Lapwing 2, Kestrel m, Swallow 2, Whitethroat, Linnets.  Also Brimstone f, Orange Tip 4, Gv White 2, Spec Wood, Peacock, longhorn moths dozens, etc.   (GR)

Wednesday 8th May 2024

Morning, fairly sunny 18c:  LR Plover, Kestrel f, Willow Warbler 2, Cetti's, etc.  Also Large Red Damselfly 2, Peacock, S Wood 2, longhorn moths, etc.   (GR)

Willow Warbler today

Large Red Damsel today

Speckled Wood mating pair

Tuesday 7th May 2024

0930 dull & overcast 14c:  LR Plover 2, Common Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, Lapwing, GC Grebe, Mute Swan 16.   (GR)

Songie & Blackies 28/04

GC Grebe (GR)

Monday 6th May 2024

0945-1200 hazy again to 17c:  Ring-necked Parakeet over, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Little Egret, Little Grebe 3 pairs, Heron, Lapwing, Whitethroat, a few Willow Warblers Chiffchaffs & Blackcaps, Reed Bunting 2m, + usuals.

Also Orange Tip 10+, Gv White 2, Peacock 3, Sml Tort, Speckled Wood 5, Silver Y, P Rhediella 3.    (GR)

Whitethroat & insects today

Micro Moth P Rhediella

Flower Beetle O Nobilis

Thursday 2nd May 2024

Sunny breaks, NE breeze 15c:  Yellow Wagtail over, Whitethroat, Cetti's, Willow Wblr, Sand Martin 6, Swallow, Sparrowhawk f, Yellow-legged Gull, LR Plover, Lapwing 2, Oystercatcher, M Swan 19,+ usuals.   

Yl Gull today (GR)

Wednesday 1st May 2024

1000-1200 sunny 13-17c:  Ring-necked Parakeet over, Red Kite drifted high to west, Buzzard 4, Oystercatcher, Lapwing, Jay 2, Willow Warbler 4, poss Garden Warbler, Cetti's Wblr, Sedge Wblr, Reed Bunting m.  (GR)

Also S Wood 2, Peacock, whites & O Tips, Metallic Longhorns 6, Common Pug 2.  Afternoon added - Peacock 2, Sml Tort 3, Brimstone m, Green Carpet moth.   (RP)

Record shots of Red Kite,
Green Cpt & longhorns (GR)