A hot sunny day with a light variable breeze
Middleton Nature Reserve
Janet checked this morning
Red-veined Darter 1 male on the main pond
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| Emperor on the western scrape |
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| Reed Bunting on the main pond |
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| Ringlet |
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| The most common view of a Pheasant, particularly when you are exercising a dog |
I checked the central marsh area at lunchtime (Malcolm)
Reed and Sedge warblers singing
Emperor 3
Four-spotted Chaser 4
Common Darter 10+
Speckled Wood 2
Red Admiral 1
Ringlet 2
Silver Y 4
Imperial Rd - Malcolm 11:00 11:45
I only had time for a quick passing check yesterday, but managed a couple of glimpses of a "small" Hawker, but both times settling out of sight. Today I checked the same area for 45 minutes without any sign of a dragonfly! Still there were plenty of other things going on.
Buzzard 2. One returned from the SE with a rodent in its bill. A second was calling from the copse then flew to join the incoming bird, before both ended up at the tall trees by the bypass
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| Common Buzzard with a rodent |
Both Buzzards make a show in this clip, plus a Carrion Crow buzzing the Buzzard.
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| These are the trees that the buzzard keeps returning to. They are by the bypass, at the brow of the hill before the bridge over the railway line |
I clearly hadn't gone unnoticed. Shortly after landing the adult flew from the trees straight towards me.
It settled on a pylon close by and gave me a severe mewing at!
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| It then flew off hunting again |
Sedge warbler, Chiffchaff, common Whitethroat and Reed Bunting all present
Painted Lady 4
Red Admiral 1
Meadow Brown 2
Ringlet 6
Small Skipper 1
Large Skipper 1
Silver Y 6
This female Roe Deer was in the vacant horse paddock
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| Spotted Orchid |
Just out of the recording area
33 Mediterranean gulls on Conder pool at 9.00am.
