It's that time of year when our guests start to arrive at the caravan. So this afternoon Dawn and I did a bit Spring cleaning before the first guests arrive.
And afterwards as we normally do, we had a walk past the farm, both coves before heading back to the caravan.
With bright sunny conditions and the temperature around 14.0°C, I did hope there would be a few Willow Warblers and Blackcaps about. Sadly not and the best I could do was a single Chiffchaff singing.
Other highlights were 3 Curlew flying up the Fleet, plus a few Peacock and Comma butterflies.
Birds Recorded:
1 Little Egret
2 Shelduck
1 Sparrowhawk
3 Curlew
Black-headed Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Wood Pigeon
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
1 Chiffchaff
3 Long-tailed Tit
Wren
Magpie
Rook
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
A Little Egret in Lynch Cove.
It saw me and Ted and........
........took off with a hard bank to the right.........
.........before straightening up and heading towards Tidmoor Cove, where.......
.........it landed and started feeding again.
Just two Shelduck..........
.........seen. Both in Lynch Cove.
A Curlew flying across the Fleet.
And a Long-tailed Tit.
Feral pigeon
Butterflies Recorded:
3 Peacock
2 Comma
My first Comma of the year.
moth sp.
moth sp.
As above
And another viewpoint
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
Hoverflies Recorded:
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Tapered Dronefly (Eristalis pertinax)
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Many unidentified flies
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
Gorse Shieldbug (Piezodorus lituratus)
A Gorse Shieldbug (Piezodorus lituratus) on Gorse of course.
Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa). Also known as Sloe
Cowslip (Primula veris)
Lesser Celandine (Ficaria verna)
Wild Cherry (Prunus avium)
Gorse (Ulex europaeus)
My first Cowslip (Primula veris) of the year
Hmm looks like Ted has spotted something.