Date: 29th June 2024
Time: from 8 a.m.
Weather: dry, sunny, light wind, 14°C to 17°C
Following my last visit to the site on 23rd June 2024, the continuing warm and sunny weather is still providing opportunities to record and photograph butterflies, dragonflies and damselflies.
I had a very successful visit with a further 4 new records for the site for 2024: Ruddy Darter, Black-tailed Skimmer, Common Blue Damselfly, Green-veined White
This morning, I only visited the northern section of the site including the grassland and pond and recorded the following:
Dragonflies and damselflies: Emperor Dragonfly (1), Black-tailed Skimmer (1), Ruddy Darter (3), Azure Damselfly (at least 10), Common Blue Damselfly (at least 2), Emerald Damselfly (4)
Butterflies: Marbled White (1), Small Heath (1), Large Skipper (5), Holly Blue (1), Comma (1), Green-veined White (1), Small White (3), Meadow Brown (at least 30)
In addition, I saw a single Speckled Wood along the access track from Larkins Tyres.
Having seen and heard a singing male Common Whitethroat on my last 3 visits, I failed to record this bird during this morning’s visit.
Chiffchaffs and Blackcaps are still very evident across the site and I heard at least 3 singing males of the former and saw 1 singing male and heard 2 other singing males of the latter.
I also heard a calling Great Spotted Woodpecker in the northern section of the site.
Finally, I saw 2 Grey Squirrels, the first in the trees adjacent to the access track from Larkins Tyres and the second in the wooded area at the end of the track.
Species recorded during this visit were as follows (heard only records in italics):
Chiffchaff
Marbled White
Emperor Dragonfly
Grey Squirrel
Here are some photos from my visit ….
Photo: Black-tailed Skimmer
Photo: Ruddy Darter
Photo: Ruddy Darter
Photo: Ruddy Darter
Photo: Ruddy Darter
Photo: Emerald Damselfly
Photo: Azure Damselfly
Photo: Azure Damselfly
Photo: Azure Damselfly
Photo: Azure Damselfly
Photo: Azure Damselfly
Photo: Common Blue Damselfly
Photo: Common Blue Damselfly
Photo: Common Blue Damselfly
Photo: Common Blue Damselfly
Photo: Comma
Photo: Comma
Photo: Comma
Photo: Comma
Photo: Comma
Photo: Comma
Photo: Holly Blue
Photo: Large Skipper
Photo: Large Skipper
Photo: Large Skipper
Photo: Large Skipper
Photo: Green-veined White
Photo: Small White
Photo: Small White
Photo: Meadow Brown
Photo: Meadow Brown
Site totals for 2024 to date (2023 totals in
brackets):
Birds = 40 (47)
Total species list for the site
Birds = 65
Love nature .... act now
Stay safe, stay well, stay strong, stay connected with nature
No comments:
Post a Comment
If you feel like commenting on my blog, you can contact me by completing the comment form below. I will respond to all comments and enquiries and constructive criticism will always be welcomed.