Monday, 16 May 2016

Fowlmere

A very quick lunchtime visit to Fowlmere where I got the year's first identifiable Dragonflies: Azure and Large Red, both along the Shep. Also a Speckled Wood to add to new insects for the year. Usual array of birds, including a Little Egret on the mere. Also some nice views of a Weasel.
Large Red Damselfly Azure Damselfly Azure Damselfly
Little Egret Speckeld Wood

Fowlmere
16 May 2016 13:15 - 14:25
Patchy cloud 15C 9NW
Greylag Goose, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Grey Partridge, Little Egret, Moorhen, Coot, Woodpigeon, Turtle Dove, Green Woodpecker, Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit (heard), Great Tit (heard), Skylark, Swallow, Cetti's Warbler (heard), Long-tailed Tit (heard), Chiffchaff (heard), Willow Warbler (heard), Blackcap (heard), Whitethroat (heard), Sedge Warbler (heard), Reed Warbler, Treecreeper, Wren (heard), Starling, Blackbird, Song Thrush (heard), Robin, Dunnock (heard), Chaffinch, Linnet, Bullfinch (heard), Reed Bunting (heard), Corn Bunting, Rabbit, Brimstone, Orange Tip, Small Tortoiseshell, Speckled Wood, Large Red Damselfly, Azure Damselfly, Weasel