Mid-summer county wildlife.

Hello

This morning's birds in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton included the usual Barn Owl but also an adult male Peregrine.

At Pitsford Reservoir this morning there was a juvenile Redshank on the dam and three Yellow-legged Gulls on the buoys; a further Yellow-legged Gull was north of the causeway. Marbled White butterflies were active in the meadow between the causeway and Maytrees Hide.

Five Black-tailed Godwits were at Summer Leys LNR this morning.

Butterfly sightings in the county were dominated by Purple Emperors with a couple at Salcey Forest and as many as twenty in the Fermyn/Souther/Lady Wood complex. Three late Black Hairstreak butterflies were seen at Fermyn Wood and Wood Whites were on the wing in small numbers at Salcey Forest.

Regards

Neil M

Emerald Damselfly.

Marbled White.

Ruddy Darter.

Marsh Tit.

Otter.