Date: 26th July 2024
Time: from 11:30 a.m.
Weather: dry, sunny, light wind, 20°C to 22°C
The main purpose of my short visit this morning was to again record and photograph butterflies, dragonflies and damselflies.
This morning, I only visited the northern section of the site including the grassland and pond and gained 2 new site records for 2024, namely Ringlet and Common Darter.
I recorded the following during my visit:
Dragonflies and damselflies: Emperor Dragonfly (1), Ruddy Darter (4), Common Darter (1), Azure Damselfly (at least 10), unidentified “blue” damselflies (at least 20 but probably most or all were Azure Damselflies given that I had no photos of Common Blue Damselfly), Blue-tailed Damselfly (at least 5), Emerald Damselfly (1)
Butterflies: Ringlet (1), Small White (at least 5), Gatekeeper (at least 20), Meadow Brown (at least 20)
In addition, I saw a single Red Admiral and 2 Speckled Woods from along the access track from Larkins Tyres.
Generally, but as expected during the summer months, birds were more difficult to see and hear and I only recorded 8 species!
Up until my visit on 29th June 2024, singing male Chiffchaffs and Blackcaps were still very evident across the site. However, on this visit, I only heard 2 calling Chiffchaffs and 2 alarm calling Blackcaps.
In addition, I heard but did not locate a “screaming” Swift and I also heard a calling Green Woodpecker and a calling Pied Wagtail.
Species recorded during this visit were as follows (heard only records in italics):
Swift
Ringlet
Emperor Dragonfly
Here are some photos from my visit ….
Photo: male Ruddy Darter
Photo: female Ruddy Darter
Photo: female Ruddy Darter
Photo: female Common Darter
Photo: female Common Darter
Photo: female Common Darter
Photo: mating male and female Azure Damselflies
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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