Hello
Butterflies continue to provide local interest with a Clouded Yellow and a Chalkhill Blue seen at Twywell Hills and Dales today and good numbers of Silver-washed Fritillaries included a 'valezina' form at Old Sulehay yesterday. Two more Clouded Yellows were in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton again this afternoon.
Birds today included two Common Redstarts at Blueberry Farm, Maidwell with the male still in the Scaldwell Bay field hedge this morning at Pitsford Reservoir where there were also two Red-crested Pochard.
A Yellow-legged Gull was noted at Wicksteed Park at the main lake and a Pink-footed Goose at Ravensthorpe Reservoir is probably the returning summering bird of the past few years.
As well as the Garganey at Stanford Reservoir today there was also a juvenile Mediterranean Gull, four Ravens, two Hobbies and three broods of Tufted Ducks and a Clouded Yellow butterfly.
Regards
Neil M
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| Clouded Yellow. |
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| Garden Tiger. |
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| Jersey Tiger. |
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| Hornet devouring a longhorn beetle courtesy of Robin Gossage. |
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