All pics courtesy Alan
Broad-bodied Chaser (f)
Broad-bodied Chaser imm male
Bee Orchid
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Cuckoo
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Sunday, 26 May 2024
Sunday, 29 May 2022
Quiet times locally
Mainly cloudy, 14°, light N.
Have not got out much this week but Alan has been out most days.
Little change birdwise as most if not all our summer visitors are in now.
A few Gulls still hanging around with 2 Herring Gull, up to 10 Black-headed Gull and the odd Lesser Blackback Gull.
Alan added a few new insects for the year, Common Blue Damselfly, White-legged Damselfly, Broad-bodied Chaser and Blue Emperor.
Have not got out much this week but Alan has been out most days.
Little change birdwise as most if not all our summer visitors are in now.
A few Gulls still hanging around with 2 Herring Gull, up to 10 Black-headed Gull and the odd Lesser Blackback Gull.
Alan added a few new insects for the year, Common Blue Damselfly, White-legged Damselfly, Broad-bodied Chaser and Blue Emperor.
All Dragons courtesy Alan Dawson
Tuesday, 8 June 2021
A little samey
Sunny with variable cloud, 21°, light SW.
A bit samey out at Lollingdon today, all the usual’s present including 2 singing Lesser Whitethroat and Chiffchaff a bit more vocal today.
Alan with a similar situation, Chiffchaff more vocal, plus Cetti’s Warbler, Garden Warbler, Blackcap, Treecreeper, Kingfisher etc. plus a few Dragons etc.
Dragonflies: Banded Demoiselle, Azure & Large Red Damselfly, Four-spotted Chaser, Broad-bodied Chaser (river) & a Southern Hawker (Lollingdon).
Butterflies: Brimstone, Large White, Small White, Green-veined White, Orange Tip, Red Admiral, Peacock, Speckled Wood and Small Heath.
A bit samey out at Lollingdon today, all the usual’s present including 2 singing Lesser Whitethroat and Chiffchaff a bit more vocal today.
Alan with a similar situation, Chiffchaff more vocal, plus Cetti’s Warbler, Garden Warbler, Blackcap, Treecreeper, Kingfisher etc. plus a few Dragons etc.
Dragonflies: Banded Demoiselle, Azure & Large Red Damselfly, Four-spotted Chaser, Broad-bodied Chaser (river) & a Southern Hawker (Lollingdon).
Butterflies: Brimstone, Large White, Small White, Green-veined White, Orange Tip, Red Admiral, Peacock, Speckled Wood and Small Heath.
Spindle Ermine caterpillar?
Broad-bodied Chaser
Saturday, 9 May 2020
Dragons
Sunny with high cloud, 23°, light E.
Some Dragonfly photos of Alan's from this week.
Broad-bodied Chaser
Azure Damselfly
Club-tailed Dragonfly
Monday, 27 April 2020
Bunk Line & Marsh
Sunny spells then clouding over with showers later, 16°, light N.
A walk along the Bunk line today with 46 species seen.
Common Whitethroat, Blackcap, Chiffchaff and Yellowhammer among the more vocal songsters.
2 Sparrowhawk, a Kestrel, 3 Buzzard, a Grey Heron, a Green Woodpecker, 4 Swallow, 6 Starling, a single Lapwing, 2 Bullfinch, a Sedge Warbler, Grey Wagtail, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, a Raven overhead and surprisingly 2 Herring Gull still around CSW.
One of the Church road Swallows is back and has been perched up on an aerial singing away.
Alan was on the Marsh this morning with the Cuckoo in good voice. Also Common Whitethroat, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler and Cetti’s Warbler.
Mammals: Brown Hare, Muntjac Deer, Roe Deer.
Dragonflies: a Broad-bodied Chaser seen by Alan along the river.
Butterflies: During the few sunny spells there were a few butterfly on the wing and between us we saw: Brimstone, Large White, Orange Tip, Red Admiral, Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell and Speckled Wood.
A walk along the Bunk line today with 46 species seen.
Common Whitethroat, Blackcap, Chiffchaff and Yellowhammer among the more vocal songsters.
2 Sparrowhawk, a Kestrel, 3 Buzzard, a Grey Heron, a Green Woodpecker, 4 Swallow, 6 Starling, a single Lapwing, 2 Bullfinch, a Sedge Warbler, Grey Wagtail, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, a Raven overhead and surprisingly 2 Herring Gull still around CSW.
One of the Church road Swallows is back and has been perched up on an aerial singing away.
Alan was on the Marsh this morning with the Cuckoo in good voice. Also Common Whitethroat, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler and Cetti’s Warbler.
Mammals: Brown Hare, Muntjac Deer, Roe Deer.
Dragonflies: a Broad-bodied Chaser seen by Alan along the river.
Butterflies: During the few sunny spells there were a few butterfly on the wing and between us we saw: Brimstone, Large White, Orange Tip, Red Admiral, Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell and Speckled Wood.
Other: Devil's Coach Horse
Quite a few photos today!
Lapwing
Brown Hare
Chiffchaff in full flow
Chaffinch
Linnet pair
Yellowhammer
Cuckoo (courtesy Alan)
Broad-bodied Chaser f (courtesy Alan)
Devil's Coach Horse
Wednesday, 22 May 2019
Stay optimistic!
Mostly sunny, 19°, light SW.
I always go out with a certain amount of optimism hoping to find something unusual, especially at this time of year.
There have been rare and scarce birds turning up recently, especially at coastal sites and islands and to a lesser extent large bodies of water.
However here in middle earth we can boast no such species, in fact the walk out today was very quiet indeed.
The best I could muster was a singing Lesser Whitethroat out at Little Lollingdon and a Little Owl being mobbed by a couple of Blackbird.
The hill was very quiet with just the usual resident and summer visitors around.
There has been very little passage noted this spring as if we have been bypassed with birds getting directly to their breeding areas.
Still, ever hopeful that a rare or scarce one will turn up one day!
The Song Thrush is back in the garden and singing well and Nuthatch visiting more regular and a Coal Tit heard singing nearby.
Dragonflies: a single Broad-bodied Chaser flew past me near Cholsey brook and a Brown Hawker flew through the allotments on Station road and a Club-tailed Dragonfly, Hairy Dragonfly and Broad-bodied Chaser between Cholsey Marsh and Bow Bridge (per Alan).
Butterflies: Brimstone, Green-veined White, Orange Tip, Small Copper, Brown Argus, Common Blue, Holly Blue, Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock and Speckled Wood.
I always go out with a certain amount of optimism hoping to find something unusual, especially at this time of year.
There have been rare and scarce birds turning up recently, especially at coastal sites and islands and to a lesser extent large bodies of water.
However here in middle earth we can boast no such species, in fact the walk out today was very quiet indeed.
The best I could muster was a singing Lesser Whitethroat out at Little Lollingdon and a Little Owl being mobbed by a couple of Blackbird.
The hill was very quiet with just the usual resident and summer visitors around.
There has been very little passage noted this spring as if we have been bypassed with birds getting directly to their breeding areas.
Still, ever hopeful that a rare or scarce one will turn up one day!
The Song Thrush is back in the garden and singing well and Nuthatch visiting more regular and a Coal Tit heard singing nearby.
Dragonflies: a single Broad-bodied Chaser flew past me near Cholsey brook and a Brown Hawker flew through the allotments on Station road and a Club-tailed Dragonfly, Hairy Dragonfly and Broad-bodied Chaser between Cholsey Marsh and Bow Bridge (per Alan).
Butterflies: Brimstone, Green-veined White, Orange Tip, Small Copper, Brown Argus, Common Blue, Holly Blue, Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock and Speckled Wood.
Chiffchaff
female Broad-bodied Chaser (courtesy Alan Dawson)
Newly emerged Mayfly (courtesy Alan Dawson)
Silver-ground Carpet (courtesy Alan Dawson)
Collared Dove
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