Birds

Chaffinch, Herring Gull, Wren, Goldfinch, Buzzard, Magpie, Raven, Jackdaw, Canada Goose, Chiffchaff, House Martin.

In the evening of 9th - August: 80+ Swallow, 5 Mistle Thrush, 30 + Goldfinch, House Sparrow, Barn Owl, Mallard; plus Grey Heron and Green Sandpiper calling.

Plants coming into flower

Poppy, Buddleia davidii, Creeping Thistle (4th); Rough Hawks-beard (7th); Narrow-leaved Hawkweed (25th).

Plants continuing to flower

Enchanter’s Nightshade, Common Knapweed, Catsear, Creeping Cinquefoil, Tutsan, Spear Thistle, Montbretia, Bramble, Selfheal, Red Campion, Meadow Vetchling, Greater Birdsfoot Trefoil, Lesser Trefoil, Yarrow, White Clover, Ragwort, Perforate St John’s Wort, Ribwort Plantain, Daisy, Herb Bennet, Herb Robert, Common Willowherb, Common Hemp-nettle, Scentless Mayweed.

Insects from a mothing session in the evening of 9th August, 8.45 pm to 11.45 pm:

Macro-moths: 7 Cloaked Minor, 3 Brimstone, 2 Least Yellow Underwing, 2 Ruby Tiger, 1 Single-dotted Wave, 1 Vestal, 1 Oak Eggar, 21 Flame Shoulder, 4 Common Rustic aggregate, 1 Knotgrass, 3 Dark Arches, 2 Purple Bar, 3 Straw Dot, 1 Elephant Hawk-moth, 1 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, 1 Dingy Footman, 1 Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet, 1 Small Fan-footed Wave, 1 Lychnis, 1 Spectacle, 1 Sallow Kitten; 1 Least Yellow Underwing.

Micro-moths: 3 Garden Grass-veneer, 2 Agapeta Zoegana, Eupoecilia angustana, Eudonia mercurella, Pammene aurita, Nomophila noctuella.

Beetles: 2 Dor Beetle, 2 Orange-legged Furrow Bee;

Butterflies: 1 Wall Brown;

Others: Limnephilus marmoratus (caddis fly), Green Lacewing, Ophion minutus (Ichneumon wasp), House Fly.

Other Insects

Gatekeeper, Large White, Meadow Brown, Dark Arches, Field Grasshopper, Common Green Grasshopper, Red Soldier Beetle, Red-tailed Bumblebee, Garden Bumblebee, Meadow Brown, Red Admiral, Dark Arches, Notch-horned Cleg, Flesh Fly, Bluebottle (4th); Speckled Wood, Peacock (7th); Southern Hawker (25th).

Other creepy-crawlies

Harvestman, Common House Spider, Centipede

Reptiles and Amphibians

Common Frog

Mammals

2 Pipistrelle (9th)