Thursday, 25 May 2017

All Peachy today

This Peach Blossom was the best in the trap along with Great Prominent, Poplar HM, Elephant HM, Silver-ground Carpet, White Ermines, Bufftip, Straw Dots etc etc - 25spp in total.




















Lots of Common Terns on or around the rafts and a brief Kingfisher.






First Red-eyed Damselflies of the year were a mating pair outside Ivy South and a couple of impressive Hornets were in addition to two at Pulborough yesterday.

Earlier, on Acres Down three Gos and a bunch of Buzzards but no Honeys despite 18+ pairs of eyes!! Two flyby Hawfinches followed a little later by two Crossbills, a male and a female. Cuckoo was the best of the rest with an audible backdrop of Meadow Pipit, Tree Pipit, Wood Lark, Redstart and later Firecrest.

Down on the pond a male Emperor Dragonfly was my first of the summer.