Sunday 30 May 2021

Sunday 30th May 2021

1000-1300 sunny, breezy 12-19c: Hobby, Sparrowhawk 2, Heron, Cormorant, Lapwing 4, Swift 25, Swallows & Martins 10, Mistle Thrush pair, Willow Warbler 4, Whitethroat 3, etc.

Dingy Skipper 4, Small Heath, Orange Tip 2m, Gv White 2, Speckled Wood, Small Tortoiseshell 4, Mother Shipton moth, Alderfly.  Large Red Damselfly 3, Azure Damselfly f.   (GR/RP)

Germander Speedwell flowers (GR)


Saturday 29th May 2021

Afternoon, sunny 15c: Lapwing 3, Raven 2.  Dingy Skipper 2, Small Heath 2, Cinnabar, Burnet Companion, Large Red Damselfly etc.   (RP)


Dingy Skipper & Small Heath (RP)


Thursday 27 May 2021

Thursday 27th May 2021

Quarry 1230-1430, sunny 19c: Small Heath 3, Common Blue m, Burnet Companion, Metallic Green Longhorns.  Lapwing 4, Heron, Green Woodpecker, Willow Warbler 2, Swallow 2, etc.

Also seen: Small Copper (photo), Orange Tip m, Speckled Wood, Peacock 2.  Whitethroat pair mobbing Jay at nest site.   (GR)


 


Wednesday 26 May 2021

Wednesday 26th May 2021

1100-1230 cloudy/breezy/cool 10-13c: Alder Fly, Green Dock Beetles, Dock Bugs, Thick-legged Beetle, 14-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybirds, Green-veined Whites, Common Carder Bee, Red-tailed Bumblebee, etc.   (RP)

GC Grebe, Lapwing, a dozen LBb Gulls, Herring Gull 2, Buzzard 4, Collared Dove 2, Swift 4, a few martins and swallows, usual warblers, etc.   (GR)



Alderfly & beetles today (RP)


Tuesday 25 May 2021

Tuesday 25th May 2021

Morning, becoming sunny but cold wind, 10c: Common Tern, Sparrowhawk, Swift 6, usual warblers.  Common Tern along Daw End canal in evening.  (GR)

During the afternoon a Cuckoo flew low over to the southern copse.  (RP)


Tern & Starlings today (GR)


Sunday 23 May 2021

Sunday 23rd May 2021

1000-1150 cloudy cold breeze, 10c: Cormorant, Lapwing 2, LR Plover 2, Swift c40, House Martin c25, Swallows & Sand Martin 20, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail juv., usual warblers, Song Thrush 2, Linnet 6.   (RP)

Terns on 15th May (GR)


Wednesday 19 May 2021

Wednesday 19th May 2021

1100-1230 sunny after heavy shower, to 14c: Heron, GC Grebe, LR Plover, Swift 3, Swallows Sand & House Martins 20, Mistle Thrush pair, Whitethroats Willow Warblers & Blackcaps 7, Chaffinch 2m in song.  Also Brimstone 2m, Orange Tip 5m & f, Gv White 2, Small White 3.   (GR)


 


Tuesday 18 May 2021

Tuesday 18th May 2021

1000-1200 fairly sunny, rain later, 13c: GC Grebe 3, Little Grebe, Swift 6, Swallow 4, Whitethroat, Blackcap, Willow Warbler, Linnet 4.   (RP / GR)


Mistle Thrush on 15th May


Saturday 15 May 2021

Saturday 15th May 2021

1000-1200 rain, 9c: Mute Swan 3, Cormorant, GC Grebe pair, LR Plover, Lapwing 2, Common Tern 2, Mistle Thrush pair, Pied Wagtail 5 incl 1 fledged bird being fed (photo), Swifts & the 3 Hirundines c200, Whitethroat 2, Willow Warbler 2, Bullfinch pair.   (GR)




Thursday 13 May 2021

Thursday 13th May 2021

0820-1000 cloudy, cold NE wind, 9c: Cormorant, Goosander over, GC Grebe, Oystercatcher, LR Plover, Swift 30+ incl. mating pairs, Swallow 8, martins c20, Willow Warbler, Whitethroat 3, Sedge Warbler, etc.   (GR)

One of several fledged Long-tailed Tits


Wednesday 12 May 2021

Wednesday 12th May 2021

1115 fairly sunny, 15c: Common Sandpiper, GC Grebe 2, Kestrel (photo), Collared Dove 2, Swift 4, Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat 2.  Peacock, Orange Tip 2, Small White.   (GR)



Tuesday 11 May 2021

Tuesday 11th May 2021

1100 - 1140 rainstorm, 9c: GC Grebe pair, LR Plover 2, Com. Sand., Swift 5, all 3 hirundines c25, Mistle Thrush pair, Pied Wagtail 7, Whitethroat 2, Reed Bunting.    (GR)

Sunnier days... (GR)


Monday 10 May 2021

Monday 10th May 2021

1111 - 1133 11c, windy, showers: Lapwing, GC Grebe, Collared Dove 2, a few Swallows & Martins, usual warblers, etc.   (GR)



    Common Sandpipers, fox and an Orange Tip male, early May (GR)


Sunday 9 May 2021

Sunday 9th May 2021

1000-1130 sunny/windy, 16c: Com. Sand., LR Plover, Lesser Whitethroat 2, Whitethroat 4, Yellow Wagtail, Swift 7, Sparrowhawk, Mistle Thrush pair, etc.  Holly Blue, Orange Tip 2, Small Tort. 2, Peacock.    (RP / GR)


Swallows 3rd May  (GR)


Wednesday 5 May 2021

Wednesday 5th May 2021

1000 - 1200 hail showers, 5-7c: LR Plover 3, Com Sand. 2, Lapwing, Swallows & Martins c50, Yellow Wagtail 2, Pied Wagtail 10, usual warblers & finches etc.   (RP / GR)

Coot on nest in hailstorm


Wagtails today (GR)


Monday 3 May 2021

Monday 3rd May 2021

1100-1200 rain, 7c: Yellow-legged Gull, Yellow Wagtail, Pied Wagtail 11, LR Plover 2, Lapwing, Swallow c50, House Martin 10, Sand Martin 20, Mistle Thrush pair, Linnet 4.   (GR)


Blackcap & Yellow Wag.(GR)


Sunday 2 May 2021

Sunday 2nd May 2021

1000-1200 sunny to 11c: Snipe 3, LR Plover, Lapwing, Dabchick, Swift 2, Swallow 8, Sand Martin 5, Sparrowhawk 2, Buzzard pair at nest, Willow Warbler 2, Whitethroat 4, etc.  Also Large Red Damselfly (photo), Peacock 8, Small Tort. 4, Speckled Wood 5, Orange Tip 12+, Small White 4, Common Shrew, Fox & a small Toad (photo).   (RP / GR)




Saturday 1 May 2021

Saturday 1st May 2021

0800 - 0930 cloudy, 5c: GC Grebe 2, LR Plover 2, Common Sand., Common Tern 2 + another high over, RN Parakeet, Swallow 30, Sand Martin 20, House Martin 8, Sedge Warbler, usual warblers, Linnet 6 (some with nesting material).   (PN / GR)

A Garden Warbler was present during the afternoon.   (RP)

 


Tern & Parakeet today (GR)