A pleasant afternoon at the reserve with autumn sunshine and next to no wind, 13 degrees C. Birds: Blackbird, Carrion Crow, Common Buzzard, Magpie, Mallard (pair), Robin, Woodpigeon. Butterflies: Comma, Speckled Wood. Dragonflies: A Hawker, presumed to be Southern, working … Continue reading
Sightings from this morning’s work party members (updated 19th October): Birds: Common Buzzard, Goldfinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, Long-tailed tit, Woodpigeon. Butterflies: Comma, Speckled Wood. Moths: Grey Dagger (larva), Ruby Tiger (larva), Nut Leaf Blister Moth Phyllonorycter coryli (blister-like … Continue reading
This gallery contains 4 photos.
The moth trap was set up on the evening of 16th October and emptied before the work party the following morning. It was a modest catch with just four moth species, however, all were new records for the site: 1 … Continue reading
Although the temperature only rose to 11 degrees Centigrade this morning, there were still 10+ Speckled Wood flying in the sheltered areas near the brook, but no other butterflies to be seen. A single Common Darter was in the same … Continue reading
A Dipper was seen flying up and down the brook during the morning, by Dick Johnson. This was the first record of Dipper for the reserve.
With the good weather continuing into October, butterfly transect recording has continued beyond the normal 26 week period. In week 28 the reserve produced a good turnout of butterflies for Nikki Mahadevan with 3 Comma, 2 Red Admiral and 9 … Continue reading
The week 25 and week 26 transect walks were reported by Nikki Mahadevan. For week 25 see Nikki’s earlier post headed 20th September (the Common Blue mentioned was unfortunately outside of the transect recording area). Nikki produced two records for … Continue reading
The trap was set up by the garden hedge at the hide end on the evening of 3rd October. Only one moth was attracted by the trap, 1 Angle Shades, and this was on the outside of the trap in the … Continue reading
This gallery contains 3 photos.
Blue tit, GS Woodpecker, Wood Pigeon, Long-tailed tit, Great tit, Blue tit, Buzzard, House Martin, Wren. 1 Small Copper, 1 GV White, 3 Red Admiral, 5 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Peacock, 1 Comma, 4 Speckled Wood, 1 Common Blue. (The majority of the … Continue reading
Sightings from this morning’s work party members: Birds: Blue Tit, Carrion Crow, Common Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Great Tit, Jay, Long-tailed Tit, Mallard, Moorhen, Raven, Robin, Woodpigeon. Butterflies: Comma (basking on Broad-leaved Pondweed in the Bottom Pond), Red Admiral, Small … Continue reading
