Date: 19th June 2025
Time: from 7:15 a.m.
Weather: dry, sunny, light wind, 20°C to 22°C
Prompted by the success of my last visit on 15th June 2025 and the very warm early morning weather, I had another visit to the site with butterflies and dragonflies and damselflies being my main target groups of species.
It proved to be another very successful visit and I recorded 4 new species for the site for 2025: Marbled White (at least 10), Small Tortoiseshell (1), Ringlet (1), Common Blue Damselfly (at least 1 but possibly more with c.5 Common Blue and/or Azure Damselflies seen but identification not confirmed)
During my visit, I recorded 11 butterfly species and 6 dragonfly/damselfly species. The number of butterfly species that I have recorded in 2025 (19) is already in excess of that recorded in 2024 (17).
The other highlights during my visit were as follows:
Swift: 1 “screaming” bird seen flying high over the church
Chiffchaff: singing male seen in the northern section of the site, another bird seen feeding around the pond in the northern section of the site plus 5 unseen singing males
Blackcap: male and female seen in the northern section of the site plus 4 unseen singing males
Goldcrest: singing male heard in the wooded area between the access track from Larkins Tyres and the eastern section of the cemetery
Stock Dove: calling male heard in wooded area at the far end of the northern section of the site and another calling male heard in the wooded area in the southern section of the site
Green Woodpecker: 1 seen in the eastern section of the cemetery
Great Spotted Woodpecker: calling bird seen flying high over the northern section of the site and another seen in the western section of the cemetery
Blue Tit: at least 20 (including many juveniles) seen feeding around and bathing in the pond in the northern section of the site
Robin: 4 juveniles seen along the access track from Larkins Tyres
Butterflies (in addition to the above): Large Skipper (at least 4), Small Skipper (at least 8), Essex Skipper (at least 1), unidentified “golden skipper” species (at least 50), Comma (1), Holly Blue (1), Meadow Brown (at least 65), Large White (at least 5), Small White (at least 2)
Dragonflies and damselflies (in addition to the above): Emperor Dragonfly (1), Four-spotted Chaser (2), unidentified darter species (3), Common Blue and/or Azure Damselflies (c.5), Blue-tailed Damselfly (1)
Species recorded during this visit were as follows (heard only records in italics):
Swift
Marbled White
Five-spot Burnet
Emperor Dragonfly
Here are some photos from my visit:
Photo: Marbled Whites
Photo: Marbled Whites
Photo: Ringlet
Photo: Small Skipper
Photo: Small Skipper
Photo: Small Skipper
Photo: Small Skipper
Photo: Small Skipper
Photo: Small Skipper
Photo: Small Skipper
Photo: Large Skipper
Photo: Large Skipper
Photo: Large Skipper
Photo: Essex Skipper
Photo: Small White
Photo: Meadow Brown
Photo: Meadow Brown
Photo: Four-spotted Chaser
Photo: Four-spotted Chaser
Photo: Four-spotted Chaser
Photo: Four-spotted Chaser
Photo: Five-spot Burnet
Photo: Five-spot Burnet chrysalis case
Photo: Five-spot Burnet
Photo: Five-spot Burnets
Photo: Burnet Companion
Site totals for 2025 to
date (2024 totals in brackets):
Birds = 43 (49)
Total species list for
the site
Birds = 69
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