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
The first four weeks of butterfly transect recording coincided with a period of weather not ideally suited to the task. Nevertheless members tried their best to pick out the best conditions, locating: Week 1: a Small Tortoiseshell Week 2: nothing … Continue reading
Whitethroat, Chiffchaff Chaffinch, Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Blue tit, Carrion Crow, Great tit, Mallard, Goldfinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Robin, Tree creeper. Brown Hare, fresh Water Vole droppings. From ispot: Greater Water-moss (Fontinalis antipyretica) – http://www.ispotnature.org/node/792568
Robin, Wren, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, LT Tit, Blue Tit, Coal Tit, Great Tit, Crow, Woodpigeon, Tree Creeper, Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Moorhen, Chaffinch, Dunnock, Common Buzzard, Goldfinch, Whitethroat, Mallard. Peacock, Orange Tip, Green Veined White, Small Tortoiseshell Grey Squirrel P Beard … Continue reading
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Early after emptying the moth trap: Blackbird, Great tit, Blue tit, Chiffchaff, Woodpigeon, Pheasant, Wren, Robin. Also 2 Brown Hare, 1 Rabbit and 1 Squirrel. Additional sightings later am with JD: Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Buzzard, Jay, Carrion Crow, Blackcap heard, Mallard. Orange-tip … Continue reading
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The moth trap was set up for the first time this year on the evening of 19th April. Despite a frosty night, with a minimum temperature around 0ºC, 11 moths were found in the trap in the morning – 10 … Continue reading
Nikki Mahadevan from ispot: Large Dark Olive Mayfly (Baetis rhodani) – http://www.ispotnature.org/node/789364 A freshwater shrimp, Gammarus pulex – http://www.ispotnature.org/node/789385 Maidenhair Spleenwort (Asplenium trichomanes) – http://www.ispotnature.org/node/789349 Pale Stagshorn (Calocera pallidospathulata) – http://www.ispotnature.org/node/789357 Crescent-cup Liverwort (Lunularia cruciata) – http://www.ispotnature.org/node/789356 Common Cord-moss (Funaria … Continue reading
Jay, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Chiffchaff, Wren, Robin, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Crow, Mallard, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Tree Creeper, Nuthatch, Chaffinch, Common Buzzard, Pheasant. (Paul Beard) Rabbit. Dog Lichen (Peltigera sp.) – http://www.ispotnature.org/node/789291. Ground Ivy and Shining Cranesbill in flower … Continue reading
