An eagerly awaited Cuckoo turned up at Cholsey Marsh early this morning and 2 Oystercatcher flew up and downriver possibly looking for somewhere to settle. Been quite a few in the county recently.
Also Cetti’s Warbler. Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Chiffchaff and Willow Warbler. Per Alan Dawson and Brian Wyatt.
TW has been out to the south west of the village several times recently and has had up to 10 separate Lesser Whitethroat, good numbers of Common Whitethroat, Blackcap and Chiffchaff and several Wheatear. A single Raven and a female Ring Ouzel (that makes 4 this spring, a record).
Also still a flock of c20 Fieldfare with 6 Starling and a Song Thrush associating with them.
2 catches from TR’s Moth trap last night included a Purple Thorn Moth and a Cockchafer.
And a couple of insect pics from Alan.
Purple Thorn (TR)
Cockchafer or MayBug/JuneBug (TR)
Sedge Warbler (AD)
Reed Warbler (AD)
Large Red Damselfly (AD)
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle (AD)
Alder Fly sp (AD) Thanks to Vicky Gilson for the ID.
A scarce sight these days (AD)
No comments:
Post a Comment