Young Swallows 18/06 (GR) |
Gv White & Ringlet (GR) |
Young Swallows 18/06 (GR) |
Gv White & Ringlet (GR) |
Late morning, sunny/light cloud 26c: Marbled White m (first one seen yesterday), Ringlet frequent, Meadow Brown common, Speckled Wood 2, Large Skipper 2, Small Skipper common, Common Blue m, Large White, Red Admiral, Comma, Silver Y 6, Burnet Companion 4, Blood-vein moth, Grass Pyralids abundant, Black-tailed Skimmer 20, Emperor 2, Red-eyed Damselfly 2.
Lapwing 25, Oystercatcher, Heron 3, Buzzard, Swallow 4, Swift 8, etc. (RP / GR)
Blood-vein & Silver Y (RP) |
Reed Warbler 15/06 (RP) |
1030-1210 sunny to 23c: Comma 2 new brood, Red Admiral 2, S White, Small Skipper 6, L Skipper 4, Ringlet 10, M Brown 30+, Speckled Wood 2, Emperor Dragonfly, BT Skimmer 12, Brown Hawker, Welsh Chafer hundreds, Field/Meadow Grasshopper nymphs thousands. Red Deer 3 stags.
Mute Swan cygnets down to 3. Also Grey Wagtail, Jay, Lapwing 29, Tufted 14, Reed,Sedge & Cetti's Warblers, etc. (GR)
"rosy" Magpie on 10/06 (GR) |
1030 - 1230 light cloud 20c: L Egret 2, Lapwing 18, GC Grebe 2, L Grebe 2, Oystercatcher, Swift 14, Swallow 7 (5 juvs), Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat 2, Blackcap 2.
Also Black-tailed Skimmer 12, Banded Agrion 2, Small Tortoiseshell new brood, S Wood 2, M Brown 10, L Skipper, Cinnabar, Welsh Chafer Beetle dozens. (RP / GR)
Banded Demoiselle & Black-tailed Skimmer (RP) |
Late morning, dull 19c: Heron 7, Cormorant 7, Lapwing 11, Oystercatcher 2, Mallard 2 pairs with 19 small ducklings, M Swan pair + 4, GC Grebe 2, Little Grebe 3, Reed Warbler 2, Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat 5, (no Cetti's again), Swift 6, Jay, etc.
Also Black-tailed Skimmer 5, Meadow Brown 10, Ringlet at Rushall. (RP)
Welsh Chafers swarming 14/06 |
Minnows or Sticklebacks (GR) |
1000 - 1200 sunny to 25c: Cormorant 14, Heron 3, Little Egret, Greylag 6, GC Grebe, Little Grebe juv, Lapwing 7, Jay 2, Buzzard, Swift, Sedge Warbler pair at nest.
Also Banded Demoiselle, Emperor Dragon, Black-tailed Skimmer, Broad-bodied Chaser, Red-eyed Damselfly, etc. (RP)
Sedge Warbler at nest |
Cormorants & Greylags (RP) |