14 Oct 24

Thumb Lane and Avalanche Hump

It was a change of scenery today and a very pleasing one with my first Yellow-browed Warbler of the Autumn, followed by a lone Redwing. Also seen were around 20 Chiffchaffs

Mammals Recorded:
5 Grey Squirrel


Birds Recorded:
1 Pheasant
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
2 Collared Dove
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
1 Redwing
20+ Chiffchaff
1 Yellow-browed Warbler
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
5 Siskin
Goldfinch

A Pheasant makes a run for it when he saw me and Ted walking alongside one of the horse paddocks it was in.

Below are just a few of the Chiffchaffs at Thumb Lane and Avalanche Hump. Sadly no photo of the Yellow-browed Warbler, which was in amongst them.









Butterflies Recorded
:
6 Red Admiral

Despite a light drizzle there were at least six Red Admirals flying about.


Moths Recorded
:
1 Diamond-backed Moth (Plutella xylostella)
1 Rush Veneer (Nomophila noctuella)

Rush Veneer (Nomophila noctuella)


Bees Recorded:
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)


General Shots:

The southern edge of the copse at Thumb Lane