Birds, Moths & Other Wildlife sightings for 2020 (January 3, 2021, 05:13:36 AM)
Birds, Moths & Other Wildlife sightings for 2020
2020 Bird List - first reported date. Great Crested Grebe (4th Jan 2020), Little Grebe (3rd Jan 2020), Cormorant (4th Jan 2020), Bittern (Not recorded in 2020), Grey Heron (1st Jan 2020), White Stork (Not recorded in 2020), Little Egret (4th Jan 2020), Great White Egret (Not recorded in 2020), Mute Swan (1st Jan 2020), Black Swan (Not recorded in 2020), Greylag Goose (4th Jan 2020), Canada Goose (4th Jan 2020), Barnacle Goose (16th Jan 2020), Egyptian Goose (4th Jan 2020), Shelduck (29th Feb 2020), Mandarin (7th Sep 2020), Wigeon (16th Jan 2020), Goosander (Not recorded in 2020), Pintail (Not recorded in 2020), Teal (1st Jan 2020), Gadwall (11th Jan 2020), Garganey (30th Jun 2020), Mallard (1st Jan 2020), Shoveler (4th Jan 2020), Pochard (2nd Feb 2020), Red-crested Pochard (21st Feb 2020), Tufted Duck (4th Jan 2020), Goldeneye (19th Feb 2020), Red Kite (11th Jan 2020), Sparrowhawk (6th Jan 2020), Buzzard (1st Jan 2020), Kestrel (11th Jan 2020), Hobby (23rd Apr 2020), Peregrine Falcon (Not recorded in 2020), Osprey (Not recorded in 2020), Pheasant (11th Jan 2020), Water Rail (1st Jan 2020), Moorhen (4th Jan 2020), Coot (1st Jan 2020), Oystercatcher (19th Feb 2020), Little Ringed Plover (16th Apr 2020), Golden Plover (Not recorded in 2020), Lapwing (31st Mar 2020), Ruff (26th Apr 2020), Snipe (27th Jan 2020), Jack Snipe (Not recorded in 2020), Redshank (14th Mar 2020), Greenshank (24th Apr 2020), Green Sandpiper (2nd Jan 2020), Common Sandpiper (25th Apr 2020), Mediterranean Gull (22nd Mar 2020), Common Gull (5th Jan 2020), Black-headed Gull (4th Jan 2020), Herring Gull (8th Feb 2020), Lesser Black-backed Gull (24th Mar 2020), Greater Black-backed Gull (11th Apr 2020), Common Tern (25th Apr 2020), Arctic Tern (Not recorded in 2020), Stock Dove (4th Jan 2020), Collared Dove (11th Apr 2020), Woodpigeon (4th Jan 2020), Feral Pigeon (Feral Rock Dove) (1st Apr 2020), Ring-necked Parakeet (4th Jan 2020), Cuckoo (25th Apr 2020), Barn Owl (Not recorded in 2020), Tawny Owl (9th May 2020), Swift (21st Apr 2020), Kingfisher (4th Jan 2020), Green Woodpecker (1st Jan 2020), Great Spotted Woodpecker (1st Jan 2020), Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Not recorded in 2020), Swallow (13th Apr 2020), House Martin (30th Apr 2020), Sand Martin (Not recorded in 2020), Meadow Pipit (Not recorded in 2020), Yellow Wagtail (23rd Apr 2020), Grey Wagtail (1st Jan 2020), Pied Wagtail (4th Jan 2020), Wren (2nd Jan 2020), Dunnock (4th Jan 2020), Robin (4th Jan 2020), Blackbird (4th Jan 2020), Fieldfare (23rd Jan 2020), Song Thrush (8th Feb 2020), Redwing (4th Jan 2020), Mistle Thrush (25th Jan 2020), Cetti's Warbler (1st Jan 2020), Sedge Warbler (29th Apr 2020), Reed Warbler (20th Apr 2020), Garden Warbler (4th May 2020), Whitethroat (Not recorded in 2020), Lesser Whitethroat (Not recorded in 2020), Blackcap (23rd Mar 2020), Chiffchaff (16th Mar 2020), Willow Warbler (7th Apr 2020), Goldcrest (3rd Jan 2020), Firecrest (Not recorded in 2020), Spotted Flycatcher (Not recorded in 2020), Stonechat (Not recorded in 2020), Long-tailed Tit (4th Jan 2020), Coal Tit (3rd Jan 2020), Blue Tit (1st Jan 2020), Great Tit (1st Jan 2020), Nuthatch (1st Jan 2020), Treecreeper (5th Jan 2020), Magpie (4th Jan 2020), Jackdaw (4th Jan 2020), Rook (1st Mar 2020), Carrion Crow (1st Feb 2020), Raven (1st Jan 2020), Jay (4th Jan 2020), Starling (25th Apr 2020), House Sparrow (Not recorded in 2020), Chaffinch (1st Jan 2020), Brambling (8th Feb 2020), Greenfinch (2nd Jan 2020), Goldfinch (4th Jan 2020), Siskin (3rd Jan 2020), Bullfinch (Not recorded in 2020), Hawfinch (Not recorded in 2020) and Reed Bunting (3rd Jan 2020).
Dec 1st Dec 31st 2020 (LF = Lynsters Farm) Mallard (1st (good numbers) & 7th (big flock) Dec), Water Rail (1st (2). 6th (2), 13th , 15th (2), 24th & 31st Dec), Snipe (6th (1) Dec), Cettis Warbler (6th Dec), Green Woodpecker (6th & 24th Dec), Greylag Goose (6th (huge numbers on LF) Dec), Canada Goose (6th (huge numbers on LF) Dec), Barnacle Goose (6th (1 on LF) Dec), Egyptian Goose (6th (pair on LF with 5 immature birds) & 24th (7) Dec), Lapwing (6th (50) Dec), Buzzard (12th , 15th & 19th Dec), Sparrowhawk (12th & 15th (trying to take off with a Moorhen) Dec), Great Spotted Woodpecker (12th Dec), Red Kite (15th (2) Dec), Pochard (19th (3) Dec), Tufted Duck (19th (4) Dec), Little Grebe (19th (2) Dec), Ring-necked Parakeet (19th (4) Dec), Great Crested Grebe (20th Dec), Wigeon (20th (15 on LF) Dec), Kingfisher (male a few days before 31st Dec) and Treecreeper (31st Dec).
Brown Rat (1st Oct), Glis Glis (1st (new to the ML Species List - in Nest Box Ha) Oct), Harvest Mouse (1st (2 nests taking total to 4) Oct) and Wood Mouse (1st (a pair under refugia) Oct).
Frog (1st (young one in Plantation) & 13th (1) Oct) and Toad (13th (2) Oct),
Common Darter (1st (2) & 25th Oct), Wasp (1st (on Ivy) Oct), Ivy Bee 6th Oct) and Lunar Caddisfly (25th Oct).
Stickleback (13th (hundreds, if not thousands) & 15th 16th (Adult Great Crested Grebe feeding chick with Sticklebacks) Aug).
Mossy Willow Catkin Gall (14th (new to the ML Species List) Aug and Rigid Hornwort (Ceratophyllum demersum) (24th (new to the ML Species List) Aug).
Jul 1st Jul 31st 2020 (LF = Lynsters Farm) Great Crested Grebe (4th (with at least 2 small young), 5th (still on nest and 1 egg), 14th (pair each carrying a single youngster on their back), 23rd (with a chick) and 30th (pair with single chick low water levels) Jul), Black-headed Gull (5th (124 including 20 or so free-flying juvs plus 16+ juvs still on the rafts), 8th & 14th (almost all young have fledge but one late breeding pair have 1 chick on raft) Jul), Kingfisher (5th (Adults using middle hole of Kingfisher nest box plus juvs from an earlier brood around the old root ball site), 6th (a second brood), 7th (2 juvs), 8th (2 juvs around rotunda pool), 14th (Two immature birds remain near the root ball at Rotunda Hide and an adult male seen carrying a fish), 20th (1) & 23rd (m&f at centre chamber of Kingfisher Nest box - lots of activity at Barge Pond) Jul), Little Grebe (5th (3 chicks, plus another nest being built), 8th (juvs), 14th (2+1+2 immature birds) & 23rd (pair feeding young about the 5th brood so far this year) Jul), Green Sandpiper (5th (2), 7th (4), 8th , 14th (1), 20th (1) & 30th (3) Jul), Lapwing (7th (1), 14th (22 flew in from LF) & 20th (22) Jul), Little Egret (7th & 20th Jul), Chiffchaff (12th Jul), Green Woodpecker (14th (adult and two immature birds) & 20th Jul), Great Spotted Woodpecker(14th (2) Jul), Tufted Duck (14th f with a single duckling) and 30th (with new broods of young, 6 & 2 ducklings. An older brood was also noted so at least three broods so far this year.) Jul), Red-crested Pochard (14th (the immature almost adult size now) Jul), Ring-necked Parakeet (14th (mobile flock of 25) Jul), Song Thrush (14th (2 singing birds plus a bird collecting food near the Chiltern Club) Jul), Greylag Goose (14th (LF) Jul), Canada Goose (14th (LF) Jul), Cettis Warbler (20th Jul), Moorhen (23rd (3 new broods) Jul) and Lesser Black-backed Gull (23rd Jul).
Cinnabar Moth (5th , 7th & 14th (hundreds of caterpillars seemingly everywhere on all recorded dates) Jul), Red Admiral (7th (a few) & 20th (4) Jul), (Peacock (7th & 20th (2) Jul), Ringlet (7th Jul), Meadow Brown (7th & 20th (a few) Jul), Holly Blue (7th (1) & 20th Jul), Small Tortoiseshell (7th (caterpillars) Jul), Small China Mark (12th Jul), Gypsy Moth (14th (caterpillar) Jul), Purple Hairstreak (20th (3) Jul), Small Copper (20th Jul), Comma (20th (6) Jul), Gatekeeper (20th (2) Jul), Large White (20th (2) Jul), Small White (20th (2) Jul), Speckled Wood (20th Jul), Elephant Hawk-moth (20th (caterpillar) Jul), Leopard Moth (23rd (laying eggs in middle of path near Double-decker) Jul), Oak Processionary Moth (27th (nest found in Plantation Forestry Commission aware) Jul) and Jersey Tiger Moth (30th Jul). Common Darter (5th & 20th (pair) Jul), Brown Hawker (7th & 20th (2) Jul), Banded Demoiselle (7th Jul), Ruddy Darter (7th & 20th Jul) and Black-tailed Skimmer (7th (ovipositing) Jul).
Muntjac (7th Jul), Bank Vole (14th (5 young) Jul), Fox (20th Jul) and Common Shrew (30th (found dead) Jul).
Grass Snake (14th (young male about 18 inches long) Jul).
Ladys Bedstraw (Galium verum) (12th Jul), Ragwort (Jul (with Cinnabar Moth caterpillars)), Ash Tree (14th (one large tree not looking good - with very little foliage on it) Jul) and Orange Balsam (14th (50+ cleared from end of outlet stream in the Paddocks) & 20th (cleared from Willow coppice area) Jul). Jul 14th - Scattered some seeds collected in Barn Owl meadow - Knapweed, Ox-eye Daisy, Birdsfoot Trefoil, Yellow Rattle, Meadow Vetchling and Hawkweed. Harts Tongue Fern (Asplenium scolopendrium) (14th Jul).
Jun 1st Jun 30th 2020 (LF = Lynsters Farm) Great Spotted Woodpecker (1st (pair with juvenile) Jun), Hobby (1st Jun), Gadwall (1st (f with 5 ducklings), 7th (20+ including one with 4 ducklings), 13th (80, mostly moulting) & 14th (90+) Jun), Pochard (1st (2f with duckling each) & 19th (brood of 5 ducklings) Jun), Black-headed Gull (1st (40 breeding pairs), 13th (20+ preening),19th (2 chicks now fledged and free flying) & 22nd (12+ chicks or juveniles Jun), Common Tern (1st (pair) Jun), Cettis Warbler (1st , 13th (carrying food) & 21st Jun), Kingfisher (7th (at least 2 plus a juvenile from the reserve), 13th (m), 17th 19th (loads of activity, including mating m&f in and out of nest hole), 21st (m and a juvenile), 22nd , 23rd (3 including 2 fully fledged juvs) & 30th (f) Jun), Great Crested Grebe (7th (nesting pair), 13th (m&f at nest), 19th (sitting tight on nest), 21st & 22nd (on nest) Jun), Canada Goose (7th (with 5 goslings) Jun), Shoveler (7th (pair) & 13th (pair) Jun), Mallard (7th (4), 13th (with 5 young) & 18th Jun), Coot (7th Jun), Moorhen (7th Jun), Little Egret (7th & 13th Jun), Little Grebe (13th (nesting pair plus another pair, with 2 recently fledged young 4th brood on reserve this year) & 21st (with Stickleback in beak) Jun), Lapwing (13th (16 on LF, 8 on bunds) & 29th (5) Jun), Mistle Thrush (13th (2 on cricket pitch) Jun), Treecreeper (13th (family) & 23rd Jun), Reed Warbler (13th & 18th Jun), Reed Bunting (13th & 21st Jun), Nuthatch (13th Jun), Tufted Duck (13th Jun), Red-crested Pochard (18th 19th (juvenile accompanied by a Mallard. Female RCP also seen on shingle ridge on 18th), 21st (f and juvenile), 22nd (juv or female) & 30th (juv) Jun), Egyptian Goose (18th & 22nd (2 adults) Jun), Song Thrush (21st Jun), Mute Swan (22nd (nesting perhaps) Jun), Green Sandpiper (29th & 30th (2) Jun) and Garganey (30th (female or eclipse male) Jun).
Pond Skater (3rd Jun), Water Measurer (3rd (in new pond) Jun), Water Cricket (3rd (in new pond) Jun), 7-spot Ladybird (7th (24) Jun), 10-spot Ladybird (Adalia decempunctata) (7th Jun), 14-spot Ladybird (Propylea quattuordecimpunctata ) (7th Jun), Mint Beetle (Chrysolina herbacea) (7th (5+) Jun), Green Dock Beetle (Gastrophysa viridula) (7th (5+) Jun), Bryony Mining Bee (7th (5+) & 22nd Jun), Harlequin Ladybird subspecies (7th (10+ various forms - Harmonia axyridis conspicua & Harmonia axyridis spectabilis) Jun), Soldierfly Black Colonel (Odontonyia tigrina) (7th Jun), Hoverfly (Chrysotoxum bicinctum) (7th Jun), Hoverfly (Volucella inflate) (7th Jun), Mirid (Deraeocoris flavilinea) (7th Jun), Mirid (Grypocoris stysi) (7th Jun), Nemophora degeerella (Yellow-barred Longhorn Moth) (7th Jun), Potato Capsid (Closterotomus norwegicus) (7th Jun), Red-headed Cardinal Beetle (7th (2) Jun), Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera) - New to the ML Species List (7th (nymph) Jun), Scorpion Fly (7th (2), Jun)), Speckled Bush Cricket (7th (5 nymphs) & 29th Jun), Sawfly species (awaiting ID) (7th Jun), Ichneumon (Ephialtes species) (7th (5) Jun), Ichneumon (Amblyteles armatorius) (7th Jun), Great Diving Beetle (13th (probable larvae) & 23rd (adult caught by Kingfisher) Jun), Water Boatman (13th (lots) Jun), Pied Hoverfly (22nd Jun) and Blue Jewel Wasp (Trichrysis Cyanea) (22nd Jun).
Common Blue Damselfly (7th (lots) & 22nd (lots) Jun), Red-eyed Damselfly (7th Jun), Black-tailed Skimmer (7th (2m), 13th (5) & 22nd (4) Jun), Emperor Dragonfly (13th (pair, f ovipositing) & 22nd (4+ including f ovipositing) Jun), Banded Demoiselle (13th & 22nd (f) Jun), Common Darter (22nd (2) Jun) and Brown Hawker (22nd Jun). Peacock (13th (large cluster of caterpillars) & 29th Jun), Meadow Brown (13th & 22nd (11) Jun), Cinnabar Moth (13th , 22nd (3 and caterpillars) & 28th (caterpillars) Jun), Large White (22nd (4+) Jun), Red Admiral (22nd (3) & 29th Jun), Comma (22nd (6) Jun), Speckled Wood (22nd Jun), Small White (22nd (including pair mating) Jun), Ringlet (22nd (4) Jun), Large Skipper (22nd Jun), Small Tortoiseshell (22nd Jun) and Brimstone (22nd Jun).
Fox (22nd Jun).
Three-spined Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) (17th & 21st (caught by Little Grebe) Jun).
Frog (19th (baby seen previous week) Jun).
Harts Tongue Fern (Asplenium scolopendrium) (13th Jun), Greater Spearwort (Ranunculus lingua) (22nd Jun), Lesser Spearwort (Ranunculus flammula) new to ML Species List (22nd Jun), Water Lily Least Water Lily (aka Small Yellow Pond-lily, Least Yellow Water Lily) new to ML Species List (22nd Jun), Ragwort (22nd Jun), Creeping Cinquefoil (22nd Jun), Vipers Bugloss (22nd (flowering) & 30th Jun), Musk Mellow (22nd Jun), White Water Lily (Nymphaea alba) (22nd (3 flowers) Jun), Rosebay Willowherb (22nd (coming into flower) Jun), Foxglove (22nd (eaten off completely) Jun), Grape Vine (new to the ML species List) (27th Jun) and Hemlock (29th (being cleared from the beehive clearing) Jun).
May 1st May 31st 2020 (LF = Lynsters Farm) Oystercatcher (1st (2 on LF) & 4th (1 on LF) May), Greenshank (1st (1) May), Grey Wagtail (1st (1 on LF), 4th & 18th (adult feeding juv) May), Cettis Warbler (1st (1), 3rd (1), 4th , 6th (1), 7th (possibly 2), 8th (1), 9th (2 singing males), 11th (1), 14th , 16th (1), 20th (1), 22nd (1), 27th & 29th (1) May), Treecreeper (1st (1), 4th (1) & 29th (1) May), Starling (1st (2 on cricket pitch), 3rd (3 on cp) & 11th (5 on cp) May), Canada Goose (3rd (9), 4th (goslings), 8th (2 pairs with broods of four and three goslings), 9th (broods of 3 & 2), 11th (2 pairs with 6 goslings, pair with 10 goslings), 16th (50 on LF), 21st (9 goslings with one of the adult pairs), 23rd (pair with goslings) & 25th (8 on bunds plus 2 with large family) May), Shoveler (3rd (3 and 2 on LF), 16th (3), 21st , 27th & 29th (3) May), Woodpigeon (3rd (28) May), Collared Dove (3rd (1) May), Moorhen (3rd (7), 11th (1 with 3 chicks and another with 6), 14th (with young), 21st (young), 22nd (3 pairs with recently fledged young) & 25th (1) May), Coot (3rd (11), 4th (3 chicks & 2 eggs in nest), 8th (4+ broods), 11th (1 chick), 14th (young), 21st (young), 25th (with 2 young) & 27th (pair with 3 chicks) May), Lesser Black-backed Gull (3rd (4) May), Green Woodpecker (3rd (1), 16th (1) & 22nd 23rd (1) May), Wren (3rd (16) May), Dunnock (3rd (6) May), Robin (3rd (7), 4th & 7th May), Blackbird (3rd (8) May), Song Thrush (3rd (1), 11th (1) & 25th (2) May), Reed Warbler (3rd (1), 6th (1), 7th (at least 1), 8th (1), 9th (3), 13th (at least 3 locations), 14th , 15th (2+), 17th (2), 20th (3), 21st (2 pairs nest building), 22nd (at least 2) & 27th (2 pairs) May), Blue Tit (3rd (7) May), Great Tit (3rd (5) May ), Jay (3rd (1) May), Magpie (3rd (2) May), Chaffinch (3rd (2), 8th (1) & 22nd (8) May), Mallard (4th (ducklings), 11th (with 3 ducklings plus a hybrid with 2 ducklings), 18th (22 including 1 pair with new brood of ducklings), 21st & 25th (6) May), Greylag Goose (4th (goslings), 11th (2) & 22nd (19 on LF) May), Little Grebe (4th , 7th (1 juv), 11th (5 adults including pair with well grown youngster), 21st , 22nd (pair with 4 recently fledged chicks), 25th (calling) & 27th (2) May),
Black-headed Gull (4th (40+), 7th (c16 active nests on raft), 8th (c15 at nests on raft), 14th (lots), 16th (Ringed (EY83219) bird photographed see details below), 20th (2 pairs on second raft put out today), 22nd (6 pairs with nesting material), 26th 27th (with young on raft) & 29th (80 40 breeding pairs on rafts with several recently hatched young) May),
Ringing Scheme - London Ring Number - EY83219 Species of bird - Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) This bird was ringed by T G Ball as age nestling, sex unknown on 13-Jun-2015 10am at Hosehill Lake LNR, West Berkshire, UK OS Map reference SU6469 accuracy -, - co-ordinates 51deg 24min N -1deg -4min W accuracy 1. Colour Marks left below knee WN(21S9) Colour Marks right below knee M It was found on 16-May-2020 time unknown at Maple Lodge, Hertfordshire, UK Finding condition - Sight record by non-ringer Finding circumstances - Identified by Colour Ring(s) Extra Information - It was found 1799 days after it was ringed, 48 km from the ringing site, direction ENE. Bird Ringing in Britain & Ireland is organised by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO). Each year over 900,000 birds are ringed by over 2,500 highly trained bird ringers, most of whom are volunteers. They follow a careful training process that can take several years to complete to ensure that they have the necessary skills to catch and ring birds. The birds welfare is always the most important consideration during ringing activities.
Chiffchaff (4th (1), 7th , 11th (2), 13th 14th & 16th (3) May), Blackcap (4th , 7th , 11th (7 all singing), 13th 14th & 21st (lots) May), Little Ringed Plover (4th (2 on LF), 6th (1 on LF) & 11th (2 on LF) May), Lapwing (4th (Pair on LF), 7th (1 on LF) , 9th (2 on LF),15th (1), 21st (1), 22nd (pair), 25th (1), 27th (1 and 2 on LF) & 31st (2) May), Garden Warbler (4th (1) & 7th May), Jackdaw (4th (c1000 mobile flock arriving to roost) May), Swift (5th (c50) & 11th (4 on LF) May), Hobby (5th (3), 6th (10), 7th (2), 8th (1), 18th (4) & 22nd (1) May), Red-crested Pochard (6th (m) May), Buzzard (6th (2) & 17th (2) May), Red Kite (6th (2) May), Kestrel (6th (2) & 8th (1) May), Kingfisher (7th (Left hole of Nest Box 22 - Kingfisher Bank Nest Box), 8th-9th (m at Left hole of Nest Box 22, eggs possibly being incubated), 11th (1), 13th (m&f entering Nest Box 22 with fish in beak), 14th (1 entering Nest Box 22 with fish), 18th (by Nest Box 22), 20th (1), 21st (pair chasing around), 22nd (1), 25th (observed 3 times in and around Kingfisher pool and in and around root ball area), 27th & 31st (m) May), Cormorant (6th (1), 8th (1) & 16th 17th(1) May). Greenfinch (7th , 9th (1) & 16th (1) May), Mistle Thrush (7th May), Common Tern (7th (1 calling), 8th (2), 14th (6 screaming), 20th (4 - 2 prospecting second raft put out today), 22nd (2, with 1 on raft), 25th (2) & 27th (on raft) May), Great Crested Grebe (7th , 15th (1 from Shell Hide), 23rd (pair), 26th (pair doing mating dance) & 31st (2) May), Pochard (7th , 18th (18), 21st & 27th May), Gadwall (7th , 21st , 22nd (34), 25th (7) & 27th (20+) May), Snipe (8th - 9th (1) May), Ring-necked Parakeet (8th (4) May), Goldfinch (8th (5) May), Mute Swan (9th (2), 11th (2) & 25th (1) May), Tawny Owl (9th (heard at 4am calling from area behind cricket field) May), Goldcrest (9th May), Egyptian Goose (11th (1 with near fully grown gosling), 16th (4 on LF) & 22nd (pair with well grown juv on LF) May). Grey Heron (11th (2) & 21st (2) May), Stock Dove (11th (3) May), Little Egret (15th 16th (1) & 29th (1) May), Herring Gull (17th (2) May), Sparrowhawk (17th (1) May), Long-tailed Tit (17th (pair with recently fledged young), 23rd (pair with recently fledged young) May), Great Spotted Woodpecker (20th (2) & 29th (2) May), Tufted Duck (21st & 25th (4) May), Pied Wagtail (27th May) and Crow (29th (Pair on cricket pitch with 3 fledged young) May).
Muntjac (5th May), Rabbit (7th May) and Fox (8th & 22nd (with broken left front foot) May).
Orange-tip (8th (m&f) & 27th May), Red Admiral (8th & 27th May), Peacock (8th May), Brown Argus (21st & 23rd (2) May), Mint Moth (18th May), Silver-ground Carpet (18th May), Cinnabar moth (21st (2) & 27th (2) May), Small Tortoiseshell (27th May), Green-veined White (27th May), Brimstone (27th May), Mullein Moth (27th (3 caterpillars) May), Speckled Wood (27th May) and Ringlet (29th May). Hairy Dragonfly (8th , 21st 22nd & 27th 28th May), Azure Damselfly (11th May), Common Blue Damselfly (11th (10+), 18th (exuvia in pond), 21st (lots), 27th (100s) & 28th May), Red-eyed Damselfly (16th (immature), 22nd & 27th 28th May), Banded Demosielle (21st (m&f) May), Blue-tailed Damselfly (22nd (1) May), Black-tailed Skimmer (26th & 28th May), Emperor Dragonfly (27th May)and Broad-bodied Chaser (28th May). Red and Black Froghopper (11th , 21st (2) & 27th (2) May), Bryony Bee (18th (several, including a mating pair) May), Red-Headed Cardinal Beetle (18th May), Rove Beetle sp (18th May), Wasp Beetle (Clytus arietis) (21st (2 - one aberrant form) May), St. John's Wort Beetle (Chrysolina hyperici) (21st (new to the reserve) May), Dance (aka Dagger) Fly sp possibly Empis tessellata (23rd May), Yellow and Black Longhorn Beetle (27th May), Fine Streaked Bugkin (Miris striatus) (27th May) and Golden-bloomed Grey Longhorn Beetle (28th May).
Grass Snake (11th ( 4 under refugia 10 inch, 1 foot, 2 feet & 2 feet 6 inches), 21st (swimming towards the Coots nest on the left of Shell Hide) & 22nd (long) May).
Yellow Flag Iris (7th May), Southern Marsh Orchid (14th (at least 50) & 25th (201 Flower Spikes and 53 nibbled spikes) May. Previous years - 2725 on 25th May 2019, 2325 on 26th May 2018, 2093 on 20th May 2017, 1237 on 11th Jun 2016, 1431 on 30th May 2015, 438 on 31st May 2014, 1 on 7th Jun 2013, 100+ on 27th May 2012), Bryony (18th (with Bryony Bees) May), Cinquefoil (potentilla reptans) (18th May) and Amphibious Bistort (Persicaria amphibia) (27th May).
Apr 1st Apr 30th 2020 (LF = Lynsters Farm) Canada Goose (1st (2), 2nd (6), 3rd (11), 6th (57 on LF), 7th (4), 8th (3), 9th (11), 11th (6), 12th (2), 13th (4), 15th (6), 19th (11), 23rd (34 on LF & Pair with 5 goslings), 26th (8), 29th (Pair with 4 goslings) & 30th (2) Apr), Mute Swan (1st (1), 3rd (2), 6th (2), 9th (2), 11th-13th (2), 16th (2), 19th (1), 21st (2) & 30th (2) Apr), Egyptian Goose (1st 2nd (2 & 2 on LF), 2nd-4th (2 on LF) 5th (2 & 2 on LF), 6th (2 & 4 on LF), 7th (4 on LF including pair with 1 remaining gosling), 8th (9 on LF), 9TH (5 on LF), 11th (2 & 2 on LF), 12th (4 on LF), 13th (6 on LF), 14th (2), 15th (4 on LF), 16th (2 & 4 on LF), 18th-19th (4 on LF), 20th (6 on LF), 21st (2 on LF), 22nd 23rd (4 on LF), 24th (5 on LF), 25th (pair & 5 on LF), 26th (2 & 2 on LF), 27TH (4 on LF), 28TH (3 on LF) & 29th 30th (2 on LF, a total of 2 broods hatched young with 1 pair still present with surviving gosling) Apr), Shoveler (1st (4 & 2 on LF), 2nd (10 & 2 on LF), 3rd (4), 4th (5), 5th (1 on LF), 7th (4), 8th (2), 9th (7), 11th (1), 13th (5), 14TH (2 on LF), 16th (4 & 2 on LF), 18th (5 on LF), 20th (3 & 2 on LF), 21st (7), 22nd (1 & 2 on LF), 23rd (1 on LF), 25th (3 on LF), 26th (1), 28th (5 on LF), 29th (5 & 2 on LF) & 30th (5) Apr), Gadwall (1st (5), 2nd (2), 3rd (7), 4th (5), 7th (4), 8th (1), 9th (10), 11th (8), 13th (9), 16th (2), 19th (5), 20th (8), 21st (5), 22nd (7), 23rd (3 & 1 on LF), 25th (6 on LF), 26th (5 & 2 on LF), 27th (13 & 9 on LF), 29th (12 & 4 on LF) & 30th (9) Apr), Mallard (1st (19), 2nd (7), 3rd (20), 4th (4), 7th (18), 9th (Female with 12 ducklings & 2 on LF), 11th (12), 12th (Broods of 3 and 12), 13th (7), 16th, 19th (32 & 2 on LF), 20th (New broods of 6,2 and 3 ducklings), 22nd (1), 23rd (Broods of 10,5 and 2 ducklings), 26th (20), 27 (5 on LF) & 30th (16) Apr), Teal (1st (2), 2nd (4), 3rd (3), 4th-5th (2), 11th (2), 13th (2), 14th (6), 15th (3), 19th-21st (4) & 22nd (6) Apr), Pochard (1st (4), 2nd-3rd (3), 4th (2), 5th (2 on LF), 7th (6), 8th (2), 9th (6), 11th (10), 13th (4), 16th (10), 19th (4), 20th (2), 22nd (1), 26th-27th (4) & 29th (5) Apr), Tufted Duck (1st (14), 2nd (19), 3rd (14), 4th (8), 7th (5), 9th (7), 11th (9), 12th, 13th (8), 15th (2), 16th (4), 19th (11), 20th (9), 22nd (6), 26th (9) & 30th (11) Apr), Goldeneye (1st (1), 6th (1), 7th (Pair displaying), 8th (2)& 10th -12th (2) Apr), Little Grebe (1st (6), 2nd-3rd (4), 4th (3). 5th (5), 6th (4), 7th (6), 9th (2), 11th (7), 12th 9), 14th (3), 15th (7), 16th (5), 19th (5), 20th (3), 21st (8), 22nd (4), 26th (3 plus pair with 2 fledged young seen from Teal Hide) & 30th (2 broods) Apr), Moorhen (1st-2nd (5), 3rd (7), 7th (10), 11th (8), 19th (6), 26th (12), 27th (1 on LF) & 30th (1 observed nest building left of Shell Hide) Apr), Coot (1st (14), 2nd (8 & 5 on LF), 3rd (20), 7th (17), 11th (14), 19th (21), 26th (15 including a pair with fledged young) & 27th (2 on LF) Apr), Feral Pigeon (1st-3rd (1), 8th (1), 9th (5 on LF) & 23rd (2 on LF) Apr), Stock Dove (1st (3), 3rd (8), 7th (4), 10th (2), 19th (3), 21st (4), 22nd (1) & 26th (1) Apr), Oystercatcher (1st (4 on LF), 2nd (3 on LF), 3rd (1 on LF), 4th (2 on LF), 5th (1 & 3 on LF), 6th (2 on LF), 7th (3 on LF), 8th (4 on LF), 9th (1 on LF), 11th (2 on LF), 12th (1), 14th (2 on LF), 16th (1 on LF), 19th 20th (1 on LF), 21st (3), 22nd (1 on LF), 24th-25th (1 on LF) & 30th (1 on LF) Apr), Red Kite (1st (3 & 1 on LF), 2nd-3rd (1), 4th (3), 5th (1), 6th 2), 7th (1), 8th (1 on LF), 9th (1), 10th (4), 11th (2), 12th (1), 15th (2), 19th (2), 20th-21st (1), 22nd (3) & 25th (1) Apr), Buzzard (1st (4 & 1 on LF), 4th (2 & 2 on LF), 5th (1), 8th (3 & 1 on LF), 11th (2 on LF), 13th (1 on LF), 14th 15th (1), 19th (1 & 1 on LF), 20th (1), 21st (1 on LF), 24th (1 on LF), 26th (1 on LF Flushed 3 Ruff), 27th (1), 28th (1 on LF) & 30th (1) Apr), Kingfisher (1st-3rd (2), 5th (1), 7th 9th (1), 11th (1), 19th-20th (1), 22nd (1) & 25th Apr), Green Woodpecker (1st-3rd (1), 5th (1), 6th (2), 8th (1), 12th-14th (1), 19th (2), 22nd (1) & 25th (1), Apr), Jay (1st-3rd (2), 4th (1), 7th (1), 8th (2), 9th (4), 10th (3), 11th (4), 21st (2) & 26th-27th (2) Apr), Chiffchaff (1st-2nd (2), 3rd-4th (4), 5th (5), 6th-7th (3), 8th(1), 9th (2), 11th (2), 12th-13th (3), 15th (4), 19th (1) & 26th (3) Apr), Blackcap (1st-3rd (4), 4th (2), 5th-7th (5), 8th (7), 9th (6), 11th (9), 12th (7), 13th (5), 15th (4), 19th (9), 22nd (2), 26th (11), 29th (1) & 30th (3) Apr), Treecreeper (1 on 1st, 3rd, 6th, 9th & 25th (carrying food) Apr), Song Thrush (1st (2), 3rd (2), 10th (1), 15th (broken egg shell found in Paddock), 19th (3) & 26th (5) Apr), Pied Wagtail (1st (1 & 3 on LF), 3rd (3 on LF), 9th (3 on LF), 16th (2 on LF) & 25th (3 on LF) Apr), Goldfinch (1st (8), 2nd (4), 3rd (3), 8th (2), 19th (1), 22nd (2) & 26th (1) Apr) and Grey Heron (1st (2 on LF), 3rd (1), 5th (1 & 1 on LF), 6th (1), 7th (1 on LF), 9th (1), 11th (2), 13th (1), 14th (2 & 1 on LF), 19th-20th (1), 21st (2), 25th-26th (2) & 29th (3) Apr).
Black-headed Gull (2nd, 3rd (13 & 70 on LF), 5th (90), 7th (56), 11th (49), 13th (78), 19th (28), 25th (4), 26th (22, with 2 pairs on rafts) & 27th (9 nesting pairs on Tern Rafts) Apr), Lesser Black-backed Gull (2nd (2), 3rd (1), 5th (2), 11th (3 on LF), 12th (3), 13th (1 on LF) & 21st-22nd (1) Apr), Great Spotted Woodpecker (2nd (2), 3rd-5th (1), 6th (2), 7th (1), 11th (2), 13th (2), 14th (1), 19th (2), 22nd (2), 25th (1) & 30th (1) Apr), Kestrel (2nd-3rd (1), 7th (1), 8th (2), 9th (1) & 21st (1) Apr), Shelduck (2 on LF on 2nd, 4th-6th & 13th Apr), Little Egret (1 on LF on 2nd, 22nd & 25th Apr), Woodpigeon (3rd (19), 19th (16) & 26th (14) Apr), Snipe (3rd (2), 4th (5 on LF), 5th (8 on LF), 6th (1 & 6 on LF), 7th (4 on LF), 8th (1 on LF), 9th (1 & 1 on LF), 10th (1 on LF), 11th (2), 16th (2), 21st (2), 22nd (1), 25th (1) & 30th Apr), Cormorant (1 on 3rd, 12th-13th, 20th & 29th Apr), Ring-necked Parakeet (3rd (1), 4th (12), 7th (5), 12th (15), 16th (14), 20th 21st (2), 25th (4) & 26th (6) Apr), Magpie (3rd (5), 19th (3) & 26th (1) Apr), Jackdaw (3rd (8), 5th (2 carrying nesting material to old owl Nest box), 15th (2), 19th (2), 22nd (500 large gathering of roosting birds) & 26th (7) Apr), Crow (3rd (2), 19th (2) & 26th (2) Apr), Blue Tit (3rd (4), 6th (1), 19th (7) & 26th (4) Apr), Great Tit (3rd (12), 19th (10) & 26th (4) Apr), Wren (3rd (16), 9th (carrying faecal sac), 19th (11) & 26th (12) Apr), Blackbird (3rd (6), 12th, 19th (6), 22nd (1), 25th (1), 26th (5) & 30th (1, carrying food) Apr), Robin (3rd (4), 10th (1), 19th (4), 26th (8) & 29th (1) Apr), Dunnock (3rd (7), 19th (3), 26th (4) & 29th (Nest with eggs discovered by Thames ecologist) Apr), Chaffinch (3rd (2) & 19th (1) Apr), Red-crested Pochard (3rd (1 on Lynsters Lake), 6th (4 on Lynsters Lake) & 14th (3 on Lynsters Lake) Apr), Sparrowhawk (1 on 4th, 7th, 21st & 23rd Apr), Greenfinch (5th (1) Apr), Great Crested Grebe (1 on 6th, 11th-16th, 19th-23rd, 25th-27th & 29th-30th Apr), Raven (1 overflying on 6th & 26th Apr), Greylag Goose (6th (14 on LF), 10th (2), 13th (2), 19th (Pair with 8 goslings on LF), 20th (LF), 23rd (6 on LF), 26th (4 on LF), 29th (6 on LF) & 30th (6 on LF with a total of 3 broods of goslings) Apr), Willow Warbler (7th (m) Apr), Mistle Thrush (8th (1), 9th (2, carrying faecal sac), 10 (1) & 30th Apr), Reed Bunting (9th (1) Apr), Collared Dove (11th (1) & 30th (2) Apr), Greater Black-backed Gull (11th (immature briefly over LF) Apr), Common Gull (13th (1) Apr), Goldcrest (15th (2) Apr), Lapwing (16th (1 on LF), 21st (1 & 1 on LF), 22nd (1 on LF), 23rd-24th (2 on LF), 25th (1 on LF), 26th (1 & 2 on LF) & 28th-29th (1 on LF) Apr), Little Ringed Plover (16th (2 on LF), 19th (3 on LF), 20th-22nd (2 on LF), 26th (2 on LF) & 29th (2 on LF), Reed Warbler (20th-21st (1) Apr), Swift (21st (4), 22nd (2), 27th (2 & c50 over LF) & 30th (3) Apr), Swallow (13th (1 over LF), 14th (1 over Lynsters Lake), 16TH (1 over LF), 21st (1), 22nd (1 & 2 over LF), 29th (2 over LF) & 30th (2) Apr), Common Sandpiper (21st (1 on LF) & 25th (1) Apr), Cettis Warbler (22nd-23rd (1), 25th 27th (1) & 30th (m&f from Shell Hide), Green Sandpiper (22nd (2 on LF) Apr), Hobby (23rd Apr), Yellow Wagtail (23rd (1 on LF) Apr), Greenshank (24th-30th (1 on LF) Apr), Cuckoo (25th Apr), Starling (25th (4 feeding on cricket pitch) Apr), Grey Wagtail (25th-26th (1) Apr), Common Tern (25th (2) Apr), Ruff (26th (3 Reeves on LF) Apr), Sedge Warbler (29th (m singing in Long Hedge near Lynsters viewing platform), House Martin (30th (over Reserve & c10 over Lynsters Lake & 2 over LF) Apr) and Long-tailed Tit (30th (Adult collecting food) Apr).
Orange-tip (7th (m) & 25th (3) Apr), Brimstone (25th (3) Apr), Red Admiral (25th (2) Apr), Holly Blue (25th (3) Apr), Green-veined White (25th (2) Apr0, Peacock (25th (2) Apr), Large White (25th (2) Apr), Comma (25th (1) Apr) and Speckled Wood (25th (1) Apr). Adela reaumurella - Green Long-horn (Micro moth) (22nd Apr). Common Carder (25th (2) Apr), Buff-tailed Bee (25th (1) Apr) and Rhombic Leatherbug (25th (5) Apr). Common Blue Damselfly (25th (2) Apr). Muntjac (7th (m) Apr). Grass Snake (25th (10 inch youngster) Apr). Vipers Bugloss (Being saved 25th Apr).
Red Admiral (6th Mar), Peacock (22nd Mar) & Comma (22nd Mar). Common Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) (16th Mar) and Bee Fly (21st (1) & 22nd (3) Mar).
Simon Buckingham ran traps at the reserve on 20 Mar 2020. A change in wind direction and a drop in overnight temperatures had the inevitable impact on the moth catch from the reserve last night. Just 6 moths of 4 species were recorded, but these did include the uncommon Dotted Chestnut, first recorded in the reserve in 2018. 3 Common Quaker, 1 Dotted Chestnut, 1 Hebrew Character and 1 Oak Beauty.
Simon Buckingham ran traps at the reserve on 17 Mar 2020. A promisingly mild night yielded a somewhat disappointing haul with just 13 moths of 5 species from the reserve last night. Also in the trap was the ichneumonid Ophion obscuratus. 1 Oak Beauty, 7 Common Quaker, 2 Clouded Drab, 1 Chestnut and 2 Hebrew Character.
Simon Buckingham ran traps at the reserve on 14 Mar 2020. Moth numbers and diversity are picking up as temperatures slowly rise. 24 moths of 8 species from the traps last night. 2 Small Quaker, 10 Common Quaker, 1 Twin-spotted Quaker, 6 Hebrew Character, 2 Clouded Drab, 1 Oak Beauty, 1 Agonopterix alstromeriana and 1 Chestnut.
Simon Buckingham ran traps at the reserve on 7 Mar 2020. The slightly milder temperatures of last night prompted me to get the traps out at the reserve for the first time this year. 18 moths of 7 species were the result, the most common of which was the appropriately named March Moth. 6 March Moth, 3 Oak Beauty, 2 Hebrew Character, 3 Common Quaker, 2 Clouded Drab, 1 Twin-spotted Quaker and 1 Chestnut.