Lollingdon

Mainly cloudy, 21°, breezy SW.

A bit of a blustery day out at Lollingdon.

Relatively quiet, 4 singing Yellowhammer and a Corn Bunting, the usual Chiffchaff, Blackcap and Common Whitethroat and a Lesser Whitethroat.

20+ Swift feeding over the hill area along with a few Swallow and House Martin.

2 Mistle Thrush in the meadow.

Mammals: Brown Hare.

Dragonflies: Beautiful and Banded Demoiselle.

Butterflies: Large Skipper, Common Blue, Painted Lady, Small Tortoiseshell, Speckled Wood and Meadow Brown.

Moths: Privet Hawkmoth.

Privet Hawkmoth courtesy Bryan Reagan.

Not a lot!

 Rain at first then sunny spells, 18°, light SW.

Still very quiet along the Bunk area. The usual Chiffchaff, Blackcap and Common Whitethroat, plus a pair of Lesser Whitethroat.

No view of the gravel pit but a Little Ringed Plover heard calling, a Lesser Blackback Gull dropped in and a Lapwing over.

2-3 Herring Gull at CSW and 5 Black-headed Gull flew south.

Several Swallow, House Martin and Swift noted.

A Peregrine over Crescent Way on Weds. Per James Beaumont and 2 Oystercatcher at the gravel pit on Sat. Per Brian Wyatt.

Butterflies: Large Skipper, Large White, Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown and Small Heath.

Sunshine and showers

Sunshine and showers, 15°, breezy SW.

A walk out to the Lees, Long Ditch areas.

5 singing Sedge Warbler and 2 singing Reed Warbler, 6 Reed Bunting, 3 Yellowhammer, several Skylark, Chiffchaff, Common Whitethroat, Blackcap, Jay, a couple of Swallow and 50+ Swift feeding overhead.

Both Barn Owl and Kestrel nest sites located but the Church Road House Martins have mysteriously disappeared from their nesting area!

Mammals: Muntjac Deer.

Dragonflies: Beautiful and Banded Demoiselle and a Black-tailed Skimmer. Unusually no Damselflies, maybe the ditch is too polluted?

Butterflies: Large Skipper, Common Blue, 8+ Painted Lady, Meadow Brown and Small Heath.