On the reserve today: 1
Grey Wagtail on brook carrying food - nest with young nearby presumably
, 4
Chiffchaffs, 2
Common Buzzards being mobbed by 2
Ravens over cutting, 1
Starling over Boiling Wells, 1 singing
Blackcap ash wood, 1
Long-tailed Tit, 1 singing
Coal Tit, 1
Greenfinch, 2 copulating
Magpies.
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| Common Buzzard |
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| Chiffchaff |
Lots of insects mainly various
Andrena species most of which I can't ID apart from Tawny Mining Bee and Orange-tailed Mining Bee. An expert on Facebook says another bee I saw is Andrena scotica. Hoverflies included Eristalis pertinax, Syrphus, Eupeodes and Platycheirus.
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| Orange-tailed Mining Bee |
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| Platycheirus |
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| Eupeodes |
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| Eristalis pertinax |
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| Syrphus |
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| Tawny Mining Bee |
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| Andrena scotica |
Red Deadnettle,
Common Vetch,
Cow Parsley and
Spanish Bluebell all coming into flower.
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| Cow Parsley |
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| Red Deadnettle |
Away from Narroways, a good swathe of
Spanish Bluebell at Hurlingham Road and a singing
Chiffchaff nearby.
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| Spanish Bluebells |
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