Sunny, 28º, light W.
Quite a warm day with little breeze, bird wise very quiet
only Yellowhammers singing, the odd Blackcap and a lone Whitethroat.
An adult Black-headed
Gull flew down river and a Kingfisher
at Bow Bridge were of note.
Sparrowhawks
nesting close to the meadow this year and they can be heard calling, they may
have fledged or are very close to fledging and the local Blackbirds have been creating most of the afternoon!
Moorhen and Stock Doves still visiting the garden,
the Stock Doves may well be breeding
by the meadow as well as I could hear one cooing this afternoon, a Green Woodpecker also around the
meadow.
Wren, Robin, Dunnock and several Blue
and Great Tits regular in the garden this week and the odd Goldfinch and Greenfinch, a family of Chiffchaffs
in the garden yesterday and Tawny Owls
quite active in the garden and meadow for past few days.
A good day for insects, several Brown Hawker dragonflies seen, 2 Blue Emperors, 2+ Southern
Hawkers, a couple of Common Darters
and many Banded Demoiselles.
Large, Small, Marbled and Green-veined
Whites, Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral, Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Gatekeeper, a few Large Skippers and several Small
Skippers (did not examine too closely so there may have been a couple
of Essex Skippers ?) and a “Blue”
raced through the garden but did not stop also a Silver-washed Fritillary in the garden yesterday.
Several 6-spot Burnet
moths on the wing.
The “Eastender” reports a family of Chiffchaffs and Green
Woodpeckers in his garden, with Swallows and a regular Hobby visiting.
Several Stag Beetles, a Blue Emperor and Southern Hawker
also noted, good numbers of Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Marbled White, Red Admiral
and Small/Essex Skippers and a complete absence of second broods of Common
Blue, Brown Argus and Small Copper, with just one of the latter seen recently.
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