Tuesday 21 September 2021

Summer leaving and Winter arriving

Sunny intervals, 19°, light NNW.

Looks as though most summer breeders have now moved on, a walk along the Bunk line today turned up just a few Chiffchaff, Blackcap and Yellow Wagtail and a few Swallow passing overhead.

2 Grey Heron, a Little Owl and several Meadow Pipit and Pied Wagtail logged.

Alan at Cholsey Marsh/Meadows: Chiffchaff, Reed Bunting, Yellow Wagtail & Stonechat.

Dragonflies: Willow Emerald, Southern Hawker, Migrant Hawker & Common Darter.

Butterflies: Large White, Red Admiral, Comma, Speckled Wood and a single Meadow Brown.

Moths: A Hummingbird Hawkmoth in Alan’s garden.

Meadow Pipit
Migrant Hawker courtesy Alan
Out of interest Alan photographed this Wryneck at Lark Hill near Wantage today. A species of migratory woodpecker, Breeds across Europe and Asia but now lost to the UK as a breeding species.

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