It was back to the butterfly reserve today, to see what was about and there was with two female Common Redstarts passing through.
Other highlights were 3 Common Buzzards interacting with each other, high above the reserve, there were at least 5 Common Whitethroats singing from different parts of the reserve and horse paddock, the Lesser Whitethroat again, the pair of Blackcaps at the "bump", where the male Chaffinch was "trilling" away again.
Mammals Recorded:
Bunny
3 Buzzard
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
5 Swallow
Dunnock
Robin
2 Common Redstart
Blackbird
5 Common Whitethroat
1 Lesser Whitethroat
2 Blackcap
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Common Buzzards
Here a few images and a video of the 3 Buzzards interacting.
It looks the Common Whitethroats have taken over the reserve and Lower Horse paddock, with at least 5 males singing from their respective territories.
I heard the male Chaffinch on the "bump" before I got there and after I left, but not whilst I was there. This was it trilling away as I left the reserve.
Butterflies Recorded:
Orange-tip
Large White
Small White
Green-veined White
2 Wall Brown
1 Speckled Wood
Moths Recorded:
Swan-feather Dwarf (Elachista argentella)
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
Wasps Recorded:
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
Hoverflies Recorded:
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Spring Epistrophe (Epistrophe eligans)
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Yellow Dung Fly (Scathophaga stercoraria)
Spiders Recorded:
spider sp.
Plants:
Common Daisy (Bellis perennis)
General Shots:
Ted:
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This female Common Redstart was busy catching insects on the reserve.
Here she is again, showing off those bright red tail feathers.
And it s not just Common Whitethroats in good voice, but also several Wrens.
Orange-tip
Large White
Small White
Green-veined White
2 Wall Brown
1 Speckled Wood
A female Green-veined White on a Common Daisy
Moths Recorded:
Swan-feather Dwarf (Elachista argentella)
Swan-feather Dwarf (Elachista argentella)
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
Wasps Recorded:
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
A Common Wasp resting a bramble leaf
Hoverflies Recorded:
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Spring Epistrophe (Epistrophe eligans)
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Yellow Dung Fly (Scathophaga stercoraria)
A male Yellow Dung Fly
Spiders Recorded:
spider sp.
It doesn't look like I will be able to ID this spider.
It is upside down between the leaf and the web it is constructing.
Plants:
Common Daisy (Bellis perennis)
Common Daisy (Bellis perennis)
Common Daisy (Bellis perennis)
Empty egg shell
A good sign, I hope, that a Song Thrush has been successful in hatching out at least one chick.
Ted "resting" his front right paw. Funny dog!!