The work party due to be held at the Jim Mart reserve on Saturday 18th has been cancelled, in large part due to the coordinator having broken a toe.
After a good spell of warm dry weather, butterfly numbers have increased for week 10 giving Paul Beard a total of 18 individuals from 5 species: Green-veined White (4), Orange Tip (8), Small Tortoiseshell (1), Small White (1) and Speckled … Continue reading
Sawfly larva on Oak leaf Periclista sp. – http://www.ispotnature.org/node/808193 Broad bodied Chaser on Bottom Pond
Jeff Davies carried out the June ‘PondNet’ adult dragonflies survey for the Bottom Pond and recorded a pair of Broad-bodied Chasers with the female ovipositing, and large numbers of Large Red Damselflies [count code D (21-100 individuals)] and Azure damselflies … Continue reading
N.Mahadevan Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Blue tit (feeding young and removing faecal sacs, box 4), Woodpigeon, Mandarin, Long-tailed tit, Moorhen in brook, Robin, Goldfinch, Nuthatch, Great tit. Green-veined white, Speckled Wood, Peacock, Orange tip, Large White, Brimstone, Silver-ground Carpet, Nettle tap, Green … Continue reading
Birds: Whitethroat, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Woodpigeon, juv. Robin, Nuthatch, Great tit, Chaffinch, Blackcap, Blue tit, Chiffchaff, Swallow, Bullfinch, female Mandarin with 3 young in brook. Butterflies and moths: Green-vein White, Small White, Orange tip, Nettle tap, Diamond-back moth, Ancylis Badiana, … Continue reading
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The moth trap was set up on the evening of 4th June at the hide end of the garden hedge. It was emptied the following morning 6:15, min temperature 9.7ºC White Ermine (Spilosoma lubricipeda) 4, Foxglove Pug (Eupithecia pulchellata) 1, … Continue reading
*UPDATED* 2nd June 2016 Birds: Blackbird, Blackcap, Blue Tit, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Goldfinch, Great Tit (box 8), Moorhen, Raven, Robin, Song Thrush, Whitethroat, Woodpigeon. Butterflies: Green-veined White, Large White, Orange Tip, Speckled Wood. Moths: Cocksfoot Moth (Glyphipterix simpliciella), Grass … Continue reading
Week 9 on the rota: Nikki Mahadevan recorded Green-veined White (5), Orange Tip (4) and Speckled Wood (3) in the transect area. Additional sightings outside the transect included a Peacock butterfly and several moths: Common Carpet (2), Grass Rivulet (4), … Continue reading
N. Mahadevan pm: Speckled Wood 3, Green-veined White 5, Orange tip 4, Common Carpet 2, Nettle Tap, Lattice Heath 1, Grass Rivulet 1, Grapholita compositella, White-barred Gold (Micropterix aruncella), Meadow Long-horn (Cauchas rufimitrella). Large Red damselfly, Azure damselfly. Soldier beetles: … Continue reading