Garden toys

Today in Tony’s Garden.

Nothing much on the bird front except for a lot of Canada Geese flying over.

Butterflies: in our meadow - Small White 2, Large White 1, Red Admiral 1, Small Copper 5.

Reptiles: Grass Snakes 6, Slow-worms 31.

Small mammals: Wood Mice found in 3 places. Bank Voles found in 3 or possibly 4 places.

I continue to find Fox toys in our meadow - must be from nearby gardens.

These are toys that a Fox has been bringing into Tony's garden.

Another Lady

Cloudy with several light showers, sunnier later, 18°, blustery NW.

Another light but steady passage of Swift over the hill this afternoon with 100+ moving SW. Also 5 Swallow and 6 Lesser Blackback Gull moving in the same direction.

Little else of note other than several species still in song, Song Thrush, Whitethroat, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Yellowhammer and Corn Bunting.

The sun came out late afternoon and prompted a flurry of butterflies.

Mammals: Red Fox, 2 Bank Voles.

Dragonflies: a few unidentified Damselflies.

Butterflies: Large Skipper, Large White, Small White, Green-veined White, a Red Admiral, a Painted Lady (6th this year), Small Tortoiseshell, Comma, Speckled Wood, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown and Ringlet.

Eastender news: Green Hairstreak butterfly, Garden Tiger Moth, Stag Beetle and Noctule Bats all recently.

Painted Lady (above & below)

Comma

Sunshine at last!

A sunny day at last, 9º, light wind.

Spent a few hours at Cholsey marsh this afternoon/evening, the Thames is in flood again and around fifty metres along Ferry rd and the marsh is under water again!

Spent most of the time chatting to various people who turned up, a couple of birders and dog walkers etc.

Approximately sixty Corn Bunting roosting this evening some in the Phragmites and some in the Sedge along with the Reed Bunting.

A Barn Owl again hunting at dusk, a Chiffchaff calling and the usual dusk chorus of Water Rail.

A couple of garden scarcities today a Goldcrest and a Bank Vole.