Week 16 of the butterfly transect recording produced a big count for Nikki Mahadevan on the 16th: Comma (11), Gatekeeper (10), Green-veined White (15), Large Skipper (2), Meadow Brown (41), Red Admiral (2), Ringlet (37), Small Skipper (4), Small Tortoiseshell, Unidentified White (3).
The excitement must have been too much, prompting another visit on the 18th: Comma (4), Essex Skipper, Gatekeeper (9), Green-veined White (12), Large White, Meadow Brown (28), Red Admiral (3), Ringlet (21), Small Skipper (8), Small Tortoiseshell, Small White, Unidentified White (9).
This week’s Adult Dragonfly (and damselfly) was of the Hide Pond: Azure, Blue-tailed and Emerald Damselflies, Brown Hawker dragonfly.
Ogston Sightings
- Monday 6th May 2024
Common Sandpiper (4), Cormorant (2), Gadwall (3), Garden Warbler (2), Goldcrest, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Lapwing,…
- Sunday 5th May 2024
Blackcap (8 – Brackenfield), Buzzard (2 – Brackenfield), Common Sandpiper (4), Gadwall (2), Garden Warbler,…
- Saturday 4 May 2024
2 Goldfinch, 7 Tufted Duck, 2 Cormorant, 7 Tufted Duck, 4 Greylag 17 Gosling, 1…
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