Bird highlights were minimal with the high street House Martins actively nesting on the usual buildings in Arundel and later in the WWT one pair of Oystercatchers with a large but unfledged youngster; couldn't see the second pair in a brief look. Lots of acro-activity mostly from Sedge Warblers ans a few juvenile BHGs, some recently fledged and some soon to be.
Dragonflies were, unsurprisingly, the most obvious inverts with Brown Hawker and Common Darter NfY, Black-tailed Skimmer and Four-spot the most numerous plus a few Broad-bodied, this one photographed having picked up some right side damage. This fresh BTS was perched inside a hide. Despite some flowering Buddleia few butterflies with Large White the only one photographed.
The large bee hotel had attracted this small swarm of Honey Bees although further around this well camouflaged Crab Spider had reduced the population by one!
And finally it's that time of year when the ragwort has shot up and is now being munched by Cinnabar moth caterpillars.
