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| Brimstone |
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| Burnet Companion |
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| Garden Chafer |
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| Common Carpet |
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| Duke of Burgundy |
Moth trap unsurprisingly dismal with just one each of May Bug, White Ermine, H&D, S-sD, Orange Footman and a couple of tatty micros I didn't bother with.
Started at the park with breakfast, coffee and crosswords while it warmed up and the clouds dispersed. Took the path via the underpass and up to the eastern boundary fence of Oxenbourne down, walked northwards and looped back. Desperately short of wildlife with just singles of Buzzard and Sprawk, a couple of heard Willow Warblers and Whitethroats. Double figure counts of Small Heath and Common Blue(all males), Common Carpets, Speckled Yellows, single Grizzled Skipper and plenty of Narrow-bordered 5 Spots plus lots of Garden Chafers. On the way back just a single singing Mistle Thrush.
Back at QECP pretty much zero, no identifiable hovers and just three heard Firecrests and two Bullfinches. The pond still well stocked with tadpoles and Azure Damsels but sign of any dragons.
Up on Butser, laying on the grass with eyes shut felt a bit more like spring with singing Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Cuckoo (1 maybe 2), Yellowhammer and Skylarks. Just this one well-worn Duke of Burgundy and a few more Small Heath.
At the Butser Farm turnoff probably in excess of 25 Med Gulls hawking.
