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
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: Emerald Damselfly
Photo: Emerald Damselfly
Photo: Emerald Damselfly
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):
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