Date: 22nd
June 2023
Time: from 9:45 a.m.
Weather: dry, sunny, light wind, 21°C
to 24°C
After my very early
morning visit yesterday to watch and photograph Red Foxes, this morning’s visit started
much later with the hot and sunny weather with very light winds making butterflies,
dragonflies and damselflies my principal targets.
It proved to be an
exceptionally good visit ….
New site records –
butterflies: Small Heath
Additions to 2023 site
list – butterflies: Marbled White, Large Skipper, Small
Skipper, Holly Blue, Red Admiral, Meadow Brown, Large
White
New site records – dragonflies
and damselflies: Emerald Damselfly
Additions to 2023 site
list – dragonflies and damselflies: Ruddy Darter
I recorded the following
during my visit ….
Woodland between my
flat and “Hilly Road”: Speckled Wood (1), Holly Blue (1)
Southern section
between “Hilly Road” and St. Nicholas Lane: Small Heath (at least 2), Marbled
White (at least 5), Large Skipper (at least 2), Small Skipper (at least 2), unidentified “golden skipper” species (Large Skipper and/or Small Skipper and/or Essex Skipper) (at
least 10), Meadow Brown (at least 15), Large White (2), Ruddy
Darter (1 female), Black-tailed Skimmer (1 female), unidentified dragonfly
species (c.10 in flight)
Photo: Small Heath
Photo: Marbled White
Photo: Marbled White
Photo: Marbled White
Photo: Small Skipper
Photo: Small Skipper
Photo: Meadow Brown
Photo: female Ruddy Darter
Photo: female Black-tailed Skimmer
Photo: female Black-tailed Skimmer
Church and cemetery: Red
Admiral (1), Holly Blue (1), Meadow Brown (at least 15)
Northern section and
pond: Large Skipper (at least 2), unidentified “small skipper” species
(Small Skipper and/or Essex Skipper) (at least 5), Holly Blue
(at least 5), Red Admiral (2), Meadow Brown (at least 30), Emerald
Damselfly (1), unconfirmed Common Darter or Ruddy Darter (1 “red”
male), Emperor Dragonfly (4), Four-spotted Chaser (at least 2), “Blue
damselfly” (Azure Damselfly and/or Common Blue Damselfly) (at
least 30), Blue-tailed Damselfly (at least 2)
Photo: Large Skipper
Photo: Holly Blue
Photo: Holly Blue
Photo: Holly Blue
Photo: Emerald Damselfly
Photo: Emerald Damselfly
Photo: Emerald Damselfly
Photo: Azure Damselflies
Photo: Azure Damselfly
Photo: Azure Damselfly
Photo: Azure Damselflies
Photo: Four-spotted Chaser
Photo: Four-spotted Chaser
Photo: Emperor Dragonfly
Photo: Emperor Dragonfly
Woodland adjacent to
the track to Larkins Tyres: Speckled Wood (3)
Bird activity was again reasonably
subdued but I did record the following: Blackcap (4 singing
males heard), Chiffchaff (3 singing males heard), Green
Woodpecker (1 seen in the western section of the cemetery and 2 others
heard calling), Great Spotted Woodpecker (1 seen flying over the
southern section of the site)
Species recorded during this visit were as follows
(heard only records in italics):
Blackcap
Chiffchaff
Blue Tit
Robin
Wren
Blackbird
Song Thrush
Green Woodpecker
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Magpie
Woodpigeon
Small Heath
Marbled White
Small Skipper
Large Skipper
Holly Blue
Red Admiral
Meadow Brown
Large White
Emerald Damselfly
Ruddy Darter
Black-tailed Skimmer
Emperor Dragonfly
Four-spotted Chaser
Azure Damselfly
Blue-tailed Damselfly
Site totals for 2023 to date (2022 totals in
brackets):
Birds = 41 (45)
Mammals = 3 (5)
Butterflies
= 15 (17)
Dragonflies
and damselflies = 8 (7)
Reptiles = 0 (0)
Amphibians = 0 (0)
Total species list for the site:
Birds = 63
Mammals = 7
Butterflies
= 24
Dragonflies
and damselflies = 11
Reptiles = 1
Amphibians = 0
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