Already this morning on Portland there had been sightings of Pied Flycatcher, Corn Bunting, Common Redstart, Wheatear and Common Whitethroat, so I thought I would give my local patch a go to see if I could add anything else.
Well I sort of did, with a male Stonechat, a Common Whitethroat, a male Blackcap and 2 Chiffchaff on the butterfly reserve, but unfortunately for me, but great for the kids, there was an Easter Egg hunt in progress. Oh well there's always tomorrow.
Elsewhere there were 3 other Chiffchaffs singing, plus a Willow Warbler singing close to Wakeham Wildlife Site, and another Blackcap singing from Wakeham Railway Cuttings (east).
Birds Recorded:
1 Cormorant
2 Buzzard
1 Kestrel
Herring Gull
Stock Dove
Wood Pigeon
Dunnock
Robin
1 Stonechat
Blackbird
2 Song Thrush
1 Common Whitethroat
2 Blackcap
5 Chiffchaff
1 Willow Warbler
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
Escapees, Ferals, Possibles Etc.
Feral pigeon
Well I sort of did, with a male Stonechat, a Common Whitethroat, a male Blackcap and 2 Chiffchaff on the butterfly reserve, but unfortunately for me, but great for the kids, there was an Easter Egg hunt in progress. Oh well there's always tomorrow.
Elsewhere there were 3 other Chiffchaffs singing, plus a Willow Warbler singing close to Wakeham Wildlife Site, and another Blackcap singing from Wakeham Railway Cuttings (east).
Birds Recorded:
1 Cormorant
2 Buzzard
1 Kestrel
Herring Gull
Stock Dove
Wood Pigeon
Dunnock
Robin
1 Stonechat
Blackbird
2 Song Thrush
1 Common Whitethroat
2 Blackcap
5 Chiffchaff
1 Willow Warbler
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
A male Kestrel along Bumpers Lane
And a Stock Dove in Silklake Quarry
Feral pigeon
Butterflies Recorded:
1 white sp.
Bees Recorded:
6 Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
1 white sp.
Bees Recorded:
6 Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Hoverflies Recorded:
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
2 Syrphus sp.
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
2 Syrphus sp.
#1. Syrphus sp.
#2. Syrphus sp. and and below it a Small Black Ant (Lasius niger)
Many unidentified flies
Ants Recorded:
Small Black Ant (Lasius niger)
Flowering Plants:
Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum)
Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa)
Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta)
Common Daisy (Bellis perennis)
Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
Cowslip (Primula veris)
Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum)
Lesser Celandine (Ficaria verna)
Primrose (Primula vulgaris)
Red Dead-nettle (Lamium purpureum)
Wayfaring-tree (Viburnum lantana)
Ted:
Ted waiting for me again.
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