After the plumber let me down, by failing to turn up, I ended up trying to fix the leaking pipes to the kitchen taps myself. The good news is we have cold water upstairs and downstairs, plus hot water upstairs, but not to the kitchen sink yet. That will be tomorrow's task.
So it was a very late walk for me and Ted (5:30pm - 6:30pm), and it will come as no surprise that there were no invertebrates noted, other than a wasp sp.
On the bird front I came across at least 6 Chiffchaffs and 2 Goldcrests calling as they settled into their roosts.
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
6 Chiffchaff
2 Goldcrest
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
11 Linnet
12 Goldfinch
So it was a very late walk for me and Ted (5:30pm - 6:30pm), and it will come as no surprise that there were no invertebrates noted, other than a wasp sp.
On the bird front I came across at least 6 Chiffchaffs and 2 Goldcrests calling as they settled into their roosts.
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
6 Chiffchaff
2 Goldcrest
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
11 Linnet
12 Goldfinch
Escapees, Ferals, Possibles Etc.
Feral pigeon
Feral pigeon
Wasps, Ichneumon Wasps, Parasitic Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
1 Wasp sp.
1 Wasp sp.
Slugs and Snails Recorded:
Large Red Slug Arion ater
Large Red Slug Arion ater
As evening drew in so the slugs began to appear. This is a Large Red Slug Arion ater
Trees and Shrubs:
Ash Fraxinus excelsior
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus
Blackthorn Prunus spinosa
Buddleia Buddleja davidii
Scarlet Firethorn Pyracantha coccinea
Cotoneaster Cotoneaster sp.
Dog Rose Rosa canina
Bramble Rubus fruticosusa
Scarlet Firethorn Pyracantha coccinea
Other Plants:
Brown Knapweed Centaurea jacea
Hawkweed Oxtongue Picris hieracioides
Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum
Ivy Hedera helix
Large Bindweed Calystegia silvatica
Wild Clematis Clematis vitalba