Monday 3 June 2019

D3





















(Brown Argus, Ruby-tailed Wasp and Cut-leaved Cranesbill)


A shopping trip to Chichester produced both adult Peregrines, silently soaring overhead and later some Swift activity from above the tea terrace. The Ravens were silent so presumably departed with the family to pastures new.

At Arundel the highlight easily was catching up with B+RR for the first time in years. A Hobby was 'going supersonic' up river and today's background soundtrack was the continuous high-pitched cackle of .... you've guessed it... two Cackling Geese!! A female Tufted Duck was marshalling its infants and scolding me from the ditch just behind the bee hotel where several Ruby-tailed Wasps were 'prospecting'. Little else here and a brief look at the new fenceline adjacent to the riverbank produced just this Brown Argus.