Sunny, 16º, light S.
A beautiful sunny day with a mild breeze saw plenty of
butterflies and bees on the wing both in the garden and on Lollingdon hill. A
single Comma, several Peacock and double figures of Brimstone and Small Tortoiseshell in total.
Birdwise there were plenty of Buzzards in the air today, scanning from Lollingdon hill saw 11 Buzzard in the air with 3 over the hill
itself, also 5 Red Kite, a Kestrel and a Sparrowhawk. Quite a few Rook
and Jackdaw flying back and
forth over the hill and an almost constant chorus of Skylarks.
The anticipation of summer migrants arriving on the hill was a
little presumptuous as the first Wheatear only arrived on Portland this morning,
hopefully they will be arriving soon.
Still a few winterers around with Redwing (6) and Fieldfare
(20+) seen and still quite a few Lesser
Blackback Gulls still on the floods.
A ♀
Great-spotted Woodpecker noted on
the north side of the hill.
♀
Blackcap still visiting the garden
and feeding on the apples.
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| Small Tortoiseshells |
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| Rook |
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| Fieldfare |
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| Robin (Loren) |
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| Buzzard |
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