Date: 5th June 2026
Time: from 8:30 p.m.
Weather: dry, cloudy/bright/sunny, moderate wind, 14°C to 16°C
For this morning’s visit, I walked the whole site. Despite the cool and breezy weather, the brief sunny intervals did allow me to record some butterfly, dragonfly and damselfly species, including 2 further additions to my 2026 site list: Small Heath and Azure Damselfly
I recorded the following butterfly, dragonfly and damselfly species:
Small Heath: 1 in the northern section of the site
Common Blue: 1 in the northern section of the site
Large Skipper: 1 in the grassland area in the southern section of the site
Meadow Brown: 1 in the northern section of the site and 2 in the grassland area in the southern section of the site
Azure Damselfly: 2 males and 1 female at least around the pond in the northern section of the site
Hairy Dragonfly: 2 in the northern section of the site and at least 3 exuvia on reed stems in the pond
The notable birds during my visit were as follows:
Lesser Whitethroat: 1 male heard singing distantly in the paddock in the northern section of the site but unseen
Common Whitethroat: 1 male heard singing distantly in the paddock in the northern section of the site but unseen
Blackcap: at least 5 singing males heard across the site but none seen
Chiffchaff: 2 singing males seen in the northern section of the site and 3 other singing males heard across the site
Green Woodpecker: 1 seen flying through the central section of the cemetery
Great Spotted Woodpecker: 2 seen together in a tree in the southern section of the site and single birds heard calling but unseen in the northern section of the site and in the woodland adjacent to Hilly Road
With regard to mammals, I saw 2 Reeves’ Muntjacs (presumed male and female) moving through the eastern and central sections of the cemetery plus 5 Grey Squirrels across the site
Species recorded during this visit were as follows (heard only records in italics):
Here
are some photos from my visit ….
Photo: Cinnabar moth
Photo: Hairy Dragonfly exuvia
Photo: Great Spotted Woodpecker
Site totals for 2026 to date (2025 and 2024 totals in brackets):
Total species list for the site
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