Another warm sunny day with a light variable breeze, although clouds were building by late evening.
Joanne Byrne spotted this Roe Deer yesterday. It was on the embankment to the railway line, to the east of the railway bridge at the start of Moneyclose Lane.
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| It was only small so likely one of this year's young |
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| This shows the location, there were people talking in the gardens..... |
Middleton Nature Reserve
Janet reported one of the two Cygnets was dead on the main pond spit yesterday. The remaining one was looking well, but perhaps lonely, today. The following shots from Rosemary Silvester.
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| The solitary remaining cygnet |
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| Common Blue Damselfly |
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| Male Emperor |
I had a look mid morning (Malcolm)
Two of the summer plumaged adult Little Grebe were together on the "no swimming" pond.
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| One of at least two independent young grebes |
No sign of the Gadwall today.
Butterflies:
Ringlet a few faded ones
Meadow Brown several
Gatekeeper several
Green-veined White 3
Common Blue 3
No sign of the Copper-tip Longhorn moths again
Dragonflies:
Emperor 6
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| Female Emperor in flight, with its reflection below |
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| Female Emperor ovipositoring, again nicely reflected |
Broad-bodied Chaser 2 males
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| Male Broad-bodied Chaser |
Common Darter lots! This pair are ovipositoring.
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| Common Buzzard |
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| Not so many Oystercatcher on the Heliport wall today, but these low neap tides barely reach it |
Ocean Edge beach (Malcolm)
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| The gulls were resting on the dry mud again this evening |
Including 27 Mediterranean gulls. Three were colour ringed, but all seen previously this summer.
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| This German ringed bird (AZ-ZZ) has not been recorded since it arrived 19/07 Clearly they commute between feeding/roosting areas |
Swallows 5 feeding above the rotting strand line.
