Lollingdon very quiet today:
6 Yellowhammer, 7 Blackcap, 5 Common Whitethroat, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Swallow, a Jay and a Corn Bunting etc.
A couple of fields out Lollingdon way have flooded over the last few winters and the crop has failed and allowed other plants to break through. The fields have then not been managed into the spring and cut in the autumn and have allowed at least 2 pair of Lapwing to breed. This year the “farmer” has cut the growth in the fields in the middle of the Lapwing breeding season. Subsequently, no Lapwing this year!
Mammals: Brown Hare.
Dragonflies: Banded and Beautiful Demoiselle.
Butterflies: very few on the wing. Brimstone, Small White, Common Blue, Red Admiral, Peacock and Speckled Wood.