Date: 27th August 2024
Time: from 8:45 a.m.
Weather: dry, sunny, light/moderate wind, 17°C to 20°C
This was my first visit to the site since 30th July 2024 due to some personal commitments and weather that has hardly been conducive to recording and photographing butterflies, dragonflies and damselflies.
I had a very successful visit this morning with a new site record, namely Migrant Hawker, plus I also added a further 2 new records for the site for 2024, namely Common Darter and Great Spotted Woodpecker.
I recorded the following during my visit:
Butterflies: Comma (1), Holly Blue (1), Speckled Wood (3), Green-veined White (1), Small White (1), Gatekeeper (2), Meadow Brown (1)
Dragonflies and damselflies: Migrant Hawker (2 mating pairs, at least 5 other individuals and c.5 hawkers that were probably this species too), Common Darter (2)
Generally, but as expected during the summer months, birds were more difficult to see and hear. However, I still managed to record the following: Sparrowhawk (1 seen flying across the track near Thorny Wood), Great Spotted Woodpecker (1 heard calling in the wooded area behind Willow Pond), Blackcap (1 seen very briefly and another heard alarm calling), Mallard (2 eclipse males on Willow Pond), Moorhen (4 on Willow Pond)
As on my last visit, I recorded Edible Frogs at Fox Pond where 2 or 3 jumped in to the water as I approached and I also eventually saw and photographed 2 more although they are exceptionally well camouflaged in the pondside vegetation!
Finally, I saw 2 Grey Squirrels in the woodland behind Willow Pond.
Species recorded during this visit were as follows (heard only records in italics):
Blackcap
Edible Frog
Grey Squirrel
Comma
Migrant Hawker
Here are some photos from my visit ….
Photo: Migrant Hawker
Site totals for 2024 to
date (2023 totals in brackets):
Birds = 36 (36)
Total species list for the site:
Birds = 49
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