St Andrews Park

Beautiful weather this morning but few surprises as regards the birds although there was plenty of song. List as follows:
Mistle Thrush - a pair were watched feeding, but there was no evidence they were feeding young
Robin - 1 seen
Blackbird - a few
Starling - 2 seen from the cafe area
Feral Pigeon - just 1 seen
Woodpigeon - a few
Collared Dove - 1 or 2 noted
Blue Tit - 1 heard
Dunnock - at least 1 seen and heard
Chaffinch - several birds seen and lots of song heard
Goldfinch - a few heard
House Sparrow - a few heard chirping
Carrion Crow - several throwing their weight around
Magpie - several seen including attendance near a nest
Coal Tit - 1 heard
Wren - 2 or 3 singing and 1 seen by a member of the group
Long-tailed Tit - 1 or 2 noted
Lesser Black-backed Gull - seen drifting overhead as usual

A Grey Squirrel sat motionless on a branch for many minutes allowing some decent photographs.

Grey Squirrel

In Fairlawn Road this morning there was a Large White butterfly and a Large Red Damselfly. At the station there were at least 3 Rosechafers on the disused railway platform, 2 Thick-thighed Flower Beetles, 1 Green Shieldbug, a Holly Blue butterfly and a Brimstone butterfly. A moth seen briefly was possibly a Common White Wave. Birds of note at the station were 4 Starlings and a Greenfinch.

Large Red Damselfly

Large White

Rosechafer

The Blue Tits using my nestbox now have young - they can be heard clearly and the adults are feeding regularly. Another pair of Blue Tits are once again nesting in a crack in the veranda of a house in Leopold Road - I've seen them use this site in past years.