2 Common Redstart still present on Lollingdon hill, other than that pretty quiet out there.
Alan found a Whinchat along the Bunk Line this morning. The first of the autumn passage.
I went along there later in the afternoon and Alan was watching it but it abruptly disappeared not to be seen again! “C’est la vie”.
Migrants appear to be on the move but in dribs and drabs so far.
Mammals: Brown Hare.
Dragonflies: Banded Demoiselle, Brown Hawker and Common Darter.
Butterflies: Small Skipper, Brimstone, Large White, Small White, Brown Argus, Common Blue, Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock, Comma, Speckled Wood, Marbled White, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown and Ringlet.
Tony Rayner undertook a butterfly count in his site today.
The results are - Red Admiral 1, Small Copper 1, Small Heath 1, Holly Blue 1, Comma 1, Small/Essex Skippers (probably Essex) 2, Clouded Yellow 2, Large White 3, Ringlet 3, Green-veined White 3, Marbled White 4, Peacock 5, Common Blue 9, Brown Argus 12, Meadow Brown 41, Gatekeeper 52.
Also present but not seen on this occasion Small White, Small Tortoiseshell, Speckled Wood. WLH - flight season now considered to be over. The Clouded Yellows were the first of the year in Cholsey this year.
One Beautiful Demoiselle seen in garden and a male Emperor Dragonfly three days ago.
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