On the way back from a shopping trip at Littlemoor, I parked up in Nightingale Drive, Broadway and took Ted for a walk around the Soldiers Ponds here.
The name Soldiers Ponds is what the locals call it, but in fact it is a man-made balancing reservoir for the local roads and housing estates.
The highlights here were a pair of Little Grebes, 5 Chiffchaffs singing, 1 Green-veined White, 2 Red Admiral and a Peacock.
The name Soldiers Ponds is what the locals call it, but in fact it is a man-made balancing reservoir for the local roads and housing estates.
The highlights here were a pair of Little Grebes, 5 Chiffchaffs singing, 1 Green-veined White, 2 Red Admiral and a Peacock.
On the otherside of the A354 alongside Icen Lane are the Jurassic Pools here. The only highlights here were two Chiffchaffs singing and a Brimstone butterfly
Birds Recorded:
2 Little Grebe
Birds Recorded:
2 Little Grebe
2 Mallard
2 Moorhen
2 Coot
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Dunnock
Blackbird
Song Thrush
7 Chiffchaff
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Rook
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
One of the two Little Grebes on the Soldier Ponds
Also on the ponds were a pair of Moorhens and a............
...........pair of Coots.
One of the many Chiffchaffs singing around the Ponds and Pools
Butterflies Recorded:
1 Green-veined White
1 Brimstone
2 Red Admiral
1 Peacock
1 Green-veined White
1 Brimstone
2 Red Admiral
1 Peacock
A Brimstone by the Jurassic Pools
And a Peacock butterfly by the Soldier Ponds
Bees Recorded:
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
General Shots:
The Soldier Ponds
The Soldier Ponds looking north and..........
................looking south from........
..........the Queens Canopy.
And on the otherside of the A354 the Jurassic Pools
Ted
Yes Ted I'm coming.