An evening wander along Chapel Lane gave up 27 species of birds, with a family of long tailed tits observed near Westland Green. Pied wagtails were seen near the golf course and skylarks were heard in open fields west of the Ford.
Butterflies were seen on all plants, especially the flowering brambles found in the Chapel Lane verges. All the expected species were found, with a 6 spot burnet moth witnessed on the Green at Westland Green. In all, meadow brown (100’s), small white (20+), gatekeeper (20+), ringlet (5), large white (10), comma (3), small skipper (40+), essex skipper (6)
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Also of note: 2 red admirals and 1 marbled white were found near Bury Green on a walk back home from Tescos on the 9th and a new bird for my garden; a nuthatch, was watched in the apple tree on the 13th. I also received a report of a hummingbird hawkmoth in a garden in Ford Hill.
Butterflies were seen on all plants, especially the flowering brambles found in the Chapel Lane verges. All the expected species were found, with a 6 spot burnet moth witnessed on the Green at Westland Green. In all, meadow brown (100’s), small white (20+), gatekeeper (20+), ringlet (5), large white (10), comma (3), small skipper (40+), essex skipper (6)
Click on the photo to enlarge and then run the cursor over to see the photo title giving the species.
Also of note: 2 red admirals and 1 marbled white were found near Bury Green on a walk back home from Tescos on the 9th and a new bird for my garden; a nuthatch, was watched in the apple tree on the 13th. I also received a report of a hummingbird hawkmoth in a garden in Ford Hill.
1 comment:
Beautiful butterflies. Hope you had a great time in Poland.
Best wishes,
Magda
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