Jeff Davies reports that a female Mandarin with 7 ducklings was at the reserve this afternoon, and that the ducklings looked younger than the ones seen earlier in the month. The incubation period for this species is 28-30 days, and … Continue reading
Keith Turton was the recorder for week 8, seeing 14 individuals of six species: Green-veined White (4), Orange Tip (5), Peacock (1), Small Tortoiseshell (1), Small White (1), Speckled Wood (2).
Sightings made by Simon Moody: Birds: Blue Tit (nesting in box 441), White Throat, Wren, Blackbird, Chaffinch, Bullfinch, Nuthatch, Swallow (OTT), Carrion Crow, Moorhen (back pool), Long-tailed Tit, Song Thrush, Wood Pigeon, Blackcap, Robin, Great Tit, Magpie. Butterflies: Peacock, Orange … Continue reading
Chiffchaff, Blackbird, Carrion Crow, Mallard, Blue tit, Great tit (feeding young). Moths: Common Carpet, Ancylis Badiana, Cocksfoot Moth (Glyphipterix simpliciella) on Hawthorn blossom. Slender Ground-hopper (Tetrix subulata) http://www.ispotnature.org/node/800268 Tenthredo (Eurogaster) mesomela http://www.ispotnature.org/node/800338 Eutomostethus ephippium http://www.ispotnature.org/node/800339 Chrysolina polita http://www.ispotnature.org/node/867833
Sightings from this morning’s work party. Amphibians: Froglet. Birds: Blackbird, Blackcap, Blue Tit, Bullfinch, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Moorhen, Song Thrush, Woodpigeon, Wren. Butterflies: Green-veined White, Orange Tip, Speckled Wood. Damselflies: Azure (recently emerged), Large Red. Other … Continue reading
2 juvenile Tawny Owl
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The moth trap was set up on the evening of 18th May by the garden hedge. There were a few light rain showers overnight and the minimum temperature was 9ºC. Only two moths were trapped: 1 Grass Rivulet Perizoma albulata and … Continue reading
An afternoon strimming some of the paths, so not that much wildlife noted down; Birds: Chiffchaff, Great Tit, Song Thrush, Woodpigeon. Butterflies: Green-veined White, Large White, Orange Tip, Peacock(2), Speckled Wood. Odonata: Large Red Damselfly, a female (f.melanotum) basking on … Continue reading
Whitethroat, Goldfinch. Orange Tip 5, Green-vein White 5, Speckled Wood 1, Peacock 1, Grass Rivulet 2, Small Yellow Underwing 2, Vetch Piercer (Grapholita jungiella), Adela reaumurella, Pearled Dwarf (Elachista apicipunctella), Red-headed Cardinal Beetle (Pyrochroa serraticornis), a hoverfly (Rhingia campestris), a … Continue reading
P.Faulkner Birds: Blackbird, Blackcap, Bullfinch, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Common Whitethroat, Mallard, Moorhen, Robin, Song Thrush. There is also a Blackbird nesting in the Old Pumphouse. Butterflies: Green-veined White, Orange Tip, Peacock(2), Speckled Wood. Damselflies: Large Red. Amphibians: Toad(let) Plants … Continue reading
