This is more like it, a beautiful sunny morning albeit with a light north-westerly breeze.
Dave and I strolled around the patch counting about five Chiffchaffs, none of which showed well, before reaching the drying pool where four Little Ringed Plovers remained in situ.
The furthest flash then came up trumps as it held a pair of
Redshanks. A welcome return after an almost complete blank last year.
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| Redshank |
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| The pair |
Inevitably the views were very distant, but the species was identifiable. The nearer flash contained a pair of Shelducks, four Teal, 14 Coot, 17 Lapwings and a Snipe. A single Little Owl was visible in the usual tree.
As the temperature rose we started seeing insects. Several types of bee buzzed around the blackthorn blossom, and a single Dark-edged Bee Fly showed well.
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| Dark-edged Bee Fly |
As for butterflies, we probably saw about 10 Brimstones, but the only other species was a single Small Tortoiseshell.
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| Small Tortoiseshell |
Typically, the day after I took Richard B around (he was keen to see some mammals), we clocked four Roe Deers and several Brown Hares without any effort at all.
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