Today on the reserve: Pair of
Robins near brook, 1 male
Grey Wagtail on brook carrying food, lots of
Raven activity, 1
Common Buzzard over cutting, 1 or 2
Greenfinches (cutting), 1
Chiffchaff orchard, pair
Long-tailed Tits near Ashley Hill entrance.
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| Long-tailed Tit |
1
Brimstone butterfly (cutting), 1
Small White and 2
Holly Blue butterflies at Ashley Hill entrance.
Lots and lots of
Cryptocephalus beetles - every buttercup on the cutting had one! Also my first
Thick-thighed Flower Beetleof the year
and lots of Pollen Beetles on hawthorn blossom. 1 Harlequin Ladybird.
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| Holly Blue |
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| Cryptocephalus |
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| Myathropa florea |
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| Pollen Beetles |
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| Celery Fly |
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| Adela reaumurella |
A couple of
Andrena spp.,
Buff-tailed Bumbles and
Common Carder Bees mainly in Simons Grove. Hoverflies - first
Myathropa florea of the year,
Rhingia rostrata plus loads of
Syrphus sp.
A couple of
Celery Flies at Simon's Grove.
Several long-horned moths
Adela reaumurella near Ashley Hill entrance plus a
Green Shieldbug.
In St Andrews Park there was an
Andrena sp., a
Holly Blue, several
Tadpoles in the pond and a single
Lesser Black-backed Gull.
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| Andrena sp. |
In Fairlawn Road a
Blackcap was singing and a
Harlequin Ladybird was basking on a leaf.
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