Category Archives: JMNR News

From logbook – Jeff Davis, Sunny and warm with strong wind, 10-12:30 3 Speckled Woods, 1 Red Admiral, 1 unidentified White, Comma, Chiffchaff singing, 1 Jay calling from trees behind reserve C5b. 1 Moorhen called from Hide Pond. 1 unidentified … Continue reading →

From logbook – ?, sunny occasional shower 14ºC 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Swallow, 1 Moorhen, Pair Mallard landed Hide Pond. 1 Male Kestrel over, 1 Carrion Crow, 4 Wood pigeon.

Nikki M 23 C Midday, wind B2 W Butterfly transect undertaken, species recorded: Speckled Wood, Common Blue, Small Copper, Painted Lady, Small White, GV White, Gatekeeper, Large White. Moths: Straw Dot. Ruddy Darter, Common Darter, Southern Hawker (male and female … Continue reading →

John P A first site record of a Wall Brown (male) bringing the total of butterfly species recorded on the site to 27. Also a Painted Lady.

Nikki M Large White butterfly, a hoverfly (Leucozona laternaria), a hoverfly  Cheilosia illustrata), a fly (Tachina fera). Common Darter.

From logbook – Jeff Davis Mint moth on reeds right of bridge.

Nikki M Painted Lady, Gatekeeper, Holly Blue, Small Copper, GV White, Small White, Speckled Wood, Ringlet, Gold Spot, Blood-vein, Straw Dot, Silver-y, Udea Lutealis, Brown China-mark, Shaded Broad-bar, Mint Moth (Pyrausta aurata). Brown Hawker, Ruddy Darter, Southern Hawker, Common Darter. … Continue reading →

From logbook – Nikki M, 20ºC, wind B5 Small White, GV White, Large White, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Speckled Wood, Peacock, Painted Lady, Comma, Common Blue, Holly Blue, Small Copper, Essex Skipper (14 species butterfly). Moths: Silver-y, Shaded Broad-Bar, Udea … Continue reading →

From logbook – Ian W 3 Bullfinch, 2 Blackbird, 2 Great tit, 6 Swifts, 2 Kestrel, 1 Buzzard, 1 Wren.

From logbook – Roy Frost 1 pair Moorhen and 2 juveniles,  1 Kestrel, young Dunnocks calling. 1 immature Painted Lady, 1 Ringlet, 1 Small/Essex Skipper, 3 Gatekeeper, Small/GV Whites. 2 Male Southern Hawkers. Field, Meadow and Common Green Grasshoppers stridulating. … Continue reading →