Date: 13th June 2024
Time: from 7:15 a.m.
Weather: dry, sunny/cloudy, light wind, 12°C to 15°C
Compared to my last visit on 8th June 2024, it was slightly warmer and this resulted in greater success with sightings of butterflies, dragonflies and damselflies.
I added 3 new butterfly records for the site for 2024 .... Common Blue, Large Skipper and Meadow Brown
I also added 3 new dragonfly and damselfly records for the site for 2024 .... Four-spotted Chaser, Azure Damselfly and Emerald Damselfly
I walked the complete site and recorded the following:
Northern section including the grassland and pond: Four-spotted Chaser (2), Azure Damselfly (at least 10), Emerald Damselfly (1), Large Skipper (1), Holly Blue (1), Meadow Brown (3)
Church cemetery: Speckled Wood (2), Meadow Brown (3)
Area bordering the church car park: Large Skipper (1), Holly Blue (2), Meadow Brown (3)
Southern section bordering St. Nicholas Lane: Common Blue (1), Meadow Brown (2)
Southern wooded area: Speckled Wood (1)
Having eventually recorded my first Common Whitethroat of 2024 for the site on my last visit on 8th June 2024, albeit an unseen singing male, I finally saw what I assume was the same bird this morning in the northern section of the site.
Chiffchaffs and Blackcaps are still very evident across the site and, although I didn’t see any, I heard at least 4 singing males of both species.
I heard a distant calling Green Woodpecker in the northern section of the site plus a distant calling Great Spotted Woodpecker in the southern section of the site bordering St. Nicholas Lane. I also heard a calling Stock Dove as I walked home through the wooded area in the southern section of the site.
Yet again, I failed to see any Red Fox adults or cubs.
Species recorded during this visit were as follows (heard only records in italics):
Common Whitethroat
Common Blue
Azure Damselfly
Site totals for 2024 to date (2023 totals in brackets):
Birds = 40 (47)
Total species list for the site
Birds = 65
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