Week 7 recorded by Nikki Mahadevan: 4 species – Green-veined White (6), Large White (1), Orange Tip (4), Speckled Wood (3). Several more whites and Orange Tips were seen outside of the transect recording area. 2 Small Tortoiseshells were spotted … Continue reading
A cold (10C) afternoon at the reserve so not a lot of activity. Birds: Blackbird, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Moorhen, Pheasant, Song Thrush, a very scratchy Whitethroat, Woodpigeon. A female duck with 7 or 8 ducklings sailed off down the brook and … Continue reading
Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Blue tit, Great Tit. Large Red damselflies (teneral), a hoverfly (Leucozona lucorum), Nettle tap, Small Yellow Underwing. on ispot: Vetch Piercer (Grapholita jungiella) http://www.ispotnature.org/node/866803 St Marks Fly (Bibio marci) http://www.ispotnature.org/node/796381 Blue Shieldbug (Zicrona caerulea) http://www.ispotnature.org/node/796376 Dusky Slug (Arion … Continue reading
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The moth trap was set up on the evening of 8th May adjacent to the garden hedge (hide end). Minimum night temperature was 10ºC. Moths shown in bold were first records for the site. Hebrew Character Orthosia gothica 1, Clouded … Continue reading
Week 6: John Parlby endured a pleasantly balmy visit to the reserve to count the butterflies. It was 24 degrees Celsius and cloudless, so not surprisingly John produced the best count of the year to date: 33 in total, of … Continue reading
Chiffchaff, Whitethroat, Blue tit, Pheasant, Woodpigeon. Orange tip 5, Green-vein White 4, Peacock 2, Speckled Wood 1. Large Red damselfly. Badger and Tawny Owl seen whilst setting up moth trap later in the day.
Amphibians: Common Frog (MP), Smooth Newt (BP). Birds: Blackbird, Blackcap, Blue Tit, Chiffchaff, Common Whitethroat, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Great Tit, Pheasant, Robin, Woodpigeon. Butterflies: Green-veined White, Orange Tip, Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell. Other invertebrates: Woundwort Shieldbug Mammals: Rabbit (droppings). In flower: … Continue reading
Week 5 and the recent weather more late winter/early Spring than May. Alan Kydd sighted a Peacock, and a white (possibly a female Orange Tip).
Hoverflies: Platycheirus rosarum (male), platycheirus sp. (female), Melanostoma scalare (female). Cantharis nigra, Cantharis Rufus, Large Red damselfly, Azure damselfly, Speckled Wood 3, Green vein White 5, Orange tip 4, Common Carpet 2, Nettle tap, Lattice Heath 1, Grass Rivulet 1, … Continue reading
N. Mahadevan: Whitethroat, Blackbird, Chiffchaff, Songthrush. Green-veined White 4, Orange Tip 4, Red Admiral 1, Small Tortoiseshell 1 (worn), Peacock 1, Brimstone 1, Speckled Wood 1. Small Tortoiseshell caterpillars on Nettles. Moths: plenty of Diamond-back Moth (Plutella xylostella), Silver-ground moth, … Continue reading
