The final week of the 2017 butterfly recording season has arrived. John Parlby spotted Comma (8), Green-veined White (2), Red Admiral (3) and Speckled Wood (4). On the Bottom Pond, the Adult Dragonfly survey yielded Brown Hawker and Southern Hawker … Continue reading
From logbook – Jeff Davis 10.00-14.30 Sunny and mainly warm at bottom. 7+ Commas in brambles C42, 4+ Speckled Woods C6B. Several G.V. Whites moving through reserve. 1 Grey Wagtail flow from Hide Pond. 3 Long-tailed + 1 Blue tit … Continue reading
The main tasks for this weekend’s work party will be cutting back the brambles encroaching onto the margins of the Middle Pond as well as raking up hedge cuttings and other cut and dead vegetation around the site. We also … Continue reading
N. Mahadevan Noon fly, Southern Hawker, Common Darter, 7-spot Ladybird, Nettle Tap moth, Common Marbled Carpet Moth, Speckled Wood, Comma, UID White, Red Admiral. Woodpigeon, Rooks, Chiffchaff, Long-tailed tit, Blue tit.
The penultimate week for the transects. Still a few butterflies around on the reserve, mainly on the brambles and the last few buddleia flowers according to Nikki Mahadevan. On the butterly transect the count was Comma (3), Painted Lady, Red … Continue reading
From the logbook – Jeff Davis Cold wind at top, warmer by stream. 9.30-12.45 c50 House Martins over field, Robin singing, Chiffchaff calling, Rooks and Crows flying over. Several Speckled Woods, in bushes adj. stream, + Red Admirals on stingers … Continue reading
John Parlby recorded for week 23. Just two species were seen during the walk, although in good numbers for a small site: Red Admiral (7) and Speckled Wood (14). No dragonflies or damselflies were seen during the survey of the … Continue reading
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9.30 am 4 Red Admiral, 10 Speckled Wood, 2 Peacock, 3 Green-veined White, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Small Copper, 1 Straw Dot, Brown China-mark. 5+ Southern Hawker (including mating pair), Brown Hawker, Emerald damselfly, 10+ Common Darter. Tachina fera (fly), … Continue reading
Week 22 of the butterfly transect. John Parlby recorded Comma (2), Gatekeeper (2), Green-veined White (9), Red Admiral (3), Peacock (5), Small Copper (2) and Speckled Wood (8). On the Bottom Pond, the dragonfly survey yielded a Brown Hawker and … Continue reading
From the logbook – Jeff Davis pm warm and breezy Both Brown and Southern Hawkers egg laying in Bottom Pond.
