Cloudy with few sunny spells, 23°, fresh SE.
Bunk line walk.
Little Ringed Plover heard calling at gravel pit and
Sand Martin,
House Martin,
Swallow and
Swift feeding overhead.
Chiffchaff,
Blackcap,
Common Whitethroat,
Lesser Whitethroat, and
Garden Warbler.
A single
Lapwing,
Kestrel and 4
Yellowhammer and
3
Herring Gull and 5
Black-headed Gull at CSW.
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Hobby low over the garden this morning.
Reed Warbler singing on the brook just off Church Rd just now, and 5
Mallard families there (currently 32 ducklings in total), with another nest in our garden due to hatch this week. G
rey Wagtails on 2nd brood at Church Rd/brook bridge (first was successful).
Nuthatch calling yesterday.
Goldcrest bred again alongside our garden – fledglings were noisy all last week. Loads of
Chub and
Minnow in the brook – there’s also been a big shoal of
Minnow spawning at the Bullshole tunnel, with
Chub hunting them. Otter scats in the garden and on the steps into the brook in the meadow.” Per Richard Broughton.
Mammals:
Muntjac Deer.
Dragonflies:
Beautiful and
Banded Demoiselle,
Common Blue Damselfly and a
Hairy Dragonfly.
Butterflies:
Large Skipper,
Small Skipper,
Large White,
Common Blue,
Red Admiral,
Painted Lady,
Small Tortoiseshell,
Peacock,
Marbled White,
Speckled Wood,
Meadow Brown and
Small Heath.
Twin-lobed Deer Fly Chrysops relictus
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