Category Archives: JMNR Sightings

Week 2 – John Parlby recorded Comma (1), Orange-tip (15), Peacock (2), Small Tortoiseshell (3), Small White (1), Speckled Wood (1). This was the largest number of butterflies recorded in week 2 since we started the transect in 2013. Despite … Continue reading →

The start of the 26 week butterfly transect recording season. This year our volunteer team will also be recording adult dragonflies and damselflies. Week 1 – Nikki Mahadevan saw 3 Peacock and 2 Comma butterflies on the transect, and later … Continue reading →

Midday 15C Small Tortoiseshell, a bumblebee, Mandarins and Mallards on Brook, Chiffchaffs, Blue tit, Nuthatch, Wren, Great tit, Wood pigeon. Frogs mating – Bottom pond. Wood Anemone, Dogs Mercury, Coltsfoot in flower.

N. Mahadevan Comma butterfly.

Sightings from today’s work party members. Birds: Blackbird, Blue Tit, Chiffchaff (singing), Goldfinch, Grey Heron, Mandarin (a pair did three flyovers), Nuthatch, Raven (heard calling), Redwing, Robin, Woodpigeon, Wren. Invertebrates: Shoulder Stripe moth Earophila badiata. This is only the second … Continue reading →

From log book – Jeff Davis 13.00-14.45 Sunny, light winds 1 Chiffchaff moving around C2-C4, 1 Buzzard flew over, 4 Great tit, 1 Blue tit in central hedge, 1 Cock pheasant, 1 Nuthatch in trees  C6b, 1 Moorhen. Small group … Continue reading →

N. Mahadevan pm 11C In flower: Snowdrops, Crocus, Celandine. Long-tailed tit, Great tit, Blue tit, Robin, Buzzard, Kestrel, Moorhen. Frogspawn Bottom Pond. Fungi (Jew’s Ear). Millipede – Polydesmus sp. (ispot: https://www.ispotnature.org/communities/uk-and-ireland/view/observation/757953/millipede)

Sightings from today’s work party: Blue Tit, Common Buzzard, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Mallard (pair), Robin, Wren.

N. Mahadevan pm, Sunny but cold 5C 2 Great tit, 3 Blue tit, 5 Carrion Crow, 5 Long-tailed tits, 1 Dunnock, 1 Woodpigeon, Nuthatch, Bullfinch. Hazel catkins and flowers, Alder catkins.

From log book – Jeff Davis 10.30-13.00 3 Buzzards displaying over field r/o stream. Blue tits moving through central hedges. Painted bat box r/0 hide