Yesterday a longer walk than normal out to the harbour and common was pleasant but mostly birdless. Hoped for lockdown list birds such as Sedge Warbler, Reed Bunting, Swift and maybe Common Tern were all absent with just a heard-only Lesser Whitethroat. Invert wise a Small Tortoiseshell was the first this year. At home a Common Mourning Bee (
Melecta albifrions) was presumably looking for its Hairy-foot hosts. The Peg roosted much to the chagrin of a bunch of Starlings who unsurprisingly weren't keen on sharing their ledges with a stone cold killer!!
Today a stroll up the field produced nothing although the singing male Whitethroat was song flighting from the same tree. On return the female Peregrine was calling which alerted me to the male and a third bird which the female chased off. Later, she was circling over the garden and mid afternoon perched on the church.
(Micro moth
Adela reaumurella, Fly
Anthomyia spp, first yellow iris, big noisy gulls)
