4 Apr 22

Penns Wood, St Andrew's Church, Church Ope Cove, Church Ope Cove Wood, Penn's Weare, Penn's Copse, Rufus Castle and Museum

At long last the wind direction has changed and instead of the north-easterlies we have endured for the past few weeks, it has now swung round to the west.

However there is still a nip in the air, but it certainly didn't put the Summer migrants off, with 8 or more Chiffchaffs noted, plus a Willow Warbler and a male Blackcap in the church grounds and a female Black Redstart on the beach.

On the downside there were no butterflies, Honey Bees or hoverflies seen.


Birds Recorded:
Buzzard
Oystercatcher
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Wood Pigeon
1 Rock Pipit (singing)
Dunnock
Robin
1 Black Redstart
1 Blackcap
8+ Chiffchaff
1 Willow Warbler
Long-tailed Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch

A female Black Redstart at the cove

A male Blackcap in the grounds of St Andrew's Church, where there...........

...............were a few Chiffchaffs feeding in amongst the Alexanders.

Another Chiffchaff at the back of the cove.

Bees Recorded:
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Early Bumblebee (Bombus pratorum)


Plants:

Ivy-leaved Toadflax (Cymbalaria muralis)

Ivy-leaved Toadflax. Also known as Kenilworth Ivy, Coliseum Ivy, Oxford Ivy, Mother of Thousands, Pennywort and Wandering Sailor.


Ted:

The grounds of St Andrew's Church where there were a few Chiffchaffs, a Blackcap and Ted.