After a few odd jobs at the caravan, Me, Dawn and Ted had a walk around the "Block".
Highlights on the bird front were:
Little Egret - 1 over Lynch Cove
Oystercatcher - 1 heard
Green Woodpecker - 1 "yaffling" opposite the farm
Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 calling close to Tidmoor Cove
House Martin/Swallow - 10 heading south
Yellow Wagtail - 6 heading south
Wheatear - 2 in the horse paddocks
Common Whitethroat - 1 at Tidmoor Cove
Blackcap - 1 calling at the farm
5 Chiffchaff/Willow Warbler - calling along our walk
A Little Egret heading towards the far beach at Lynch Cove
In the horse paddock were these.........
............two Wheatears
8 Black-headed Gull
2 Herring Gull
1 Great Black-backed Gull
Wood Pigeon
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
3 Rook
Carrion Crow
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Dragonflies and Damselflies Recorded:
1 Migrant Hawker
10+ hawkers & chasers sp.
An immature male Migrant Hawker
Large White
Small White
Green-veined White
2 Speckled Wood
6 Meadow Brown
1 Gatekeeper
4 Red Admiral
5 Holly Blue
A Speckled Wood
A pristine Gatekeeper. I suspect this from a second brood this year.
And a colourful Red Admiral
Bees Recorded:
Common Carder Bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum)
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
Hoverflies Recorded:
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
A Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax) on Common Fleabane (Pulicaria dysenterica)
Plants:
Pink Sorrel (Oxalis articulata)
Pink Sorrel (Oxalis articulata) next to the caravan
Gone has "Sally Smart Car" and now Dawn has "Ida Ignis". I think Ted is pretty happy to. Though....
..........he looks like he's got a bit of the devil in him here.