BirdsChaffinch, 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 flowerPoppy, Buddleia davidii, Creeping Thistle (4th); Rough Hawks-beard (7th); Narrow-leaved Hawkweed (25th).Plants continuing to flowerEnchanter’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 InsectsGatekeeper, 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-crawliesHarvestman, Common House Spider, CentipedeReptiles and AmphibiansCommon FrogMammals2 Pipistrelle (9th)
Birds: Herring Gull, Rook, Wood Pigeon, House Martin, Jay, Magpie, Collared Dove, Buzzard, flock of 40-50 Swallows (evening of 18th), Tawny Owl (evening of 18th), Wren, Goldfinch.Plants coming into flower: Enchanter’s Nightshade, Common Knapweed, Catsear, Creeping Cinquefoil (7th); Trailing Tormentil, Geranium sp probably Dovesfoot Cranesbill, Tutsan, Creeping Bent (10th); Spear Thistle (14th); Hedge Bindweed, Field Bindweed, Montbretia, Tufted Vetch (28th)Plants continuing to flower: Hogweed, Cow Parsley, Hedge Bedstraw, Red Campion, Field Rose, hybrid Rose, Greater Birdsfoot Trefoil, Meadow Vetchling, Herb Robert, Creeping Buttercup, Nipplewort, Ragwort, Goosegrass, Common Field Speedwell, Yarrow, White Clover, Common Vetch, Ribwort Plantain, Perforate St John's Wort, Greater Hawkweed, Fuchsia, Foxglove, Common Willowherb, Common Sorrel, Herb Bennet, Selfheal, Daisy, Lesser Trefoil, Common Hemp-nettle, Cocksfoot, Scentless Mayweed.Insects from a mothing session in the evening of 18th July, 9.30 pm to 1.00 am: Magpie Moth, Dingy Footman, Buff Arches, Ichneumon wasp (probably Heteropelma amictum), Common Carpet, Mottled Sedge, Barred Straw, Grass Veneer, Strawberry Seed Beetle (Harpalus rufipes), Green Lacewing, Smoky Wainscot, Knotgrass, Ruby Tiger, Small Magpie, Foxglove Pug, V-Pug, Bright-line Brown-Eye, Small Fan-footed Wave, Swallowtail, Marbled White-spot, Flame Shoulder, Cloaked Minor, Red Twin-spot Carpet, Clay, Limnophilus lunatus (caddis fly), Green Pug, Fan-foot, Eudonia micro-moths probably E. mercurella and E. lacustrata, Sandy Carpet, Cnephasia sp. tortrix, Agapeta zoegana yellow tortrix, Double-striped Pug, Slender Brindle, Elephant Hawk-moth, Dark Arches, Dot Moth, Uncertain, July Highflyer, Riband Wave, Smoky Wainscot, Spectacle, Barred Straw, Common Footman, Small Rivulet, Shuttle-shaped Dart, Large Yellow Underwing, Grey Dagger, Lackey, Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet, Silver Y, Cloaked Minor, Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, Heart and Dart, Peppered Moth, Coronet, Lychnis, Pale Prominent, Clouded Silver, Pretty Chalk Carpet, True Lovers’ Knot, Ear Moth, Common Rustic, Bee Moth, Common Red Soldier Beetle, European Corn Borer.Other Insects: Meadow Brown, Small Skipper, Red Admiral, Seven-spot Ladybird, Halictus sp bee, probably Orange-legged Furrow Bee, White-tailed Bumblebee, Honey Bee, Common Darter, Common Red Soldier Beetle, Five-spot Burnet, Common Earwig, Yellow Meadow Ant, Field Grasshopper (all 7th); Gatekeeper (10th); Peacock butterfly (14th); Notch-horned Cleg, Common Carder Bee, Large White, Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Southern Hawker, Silver-washed Fritillary (21st); Small Black Ant, Flesh Fly, Common Wasp, Red-tailed Bumblebee (28th)Other “creepy-crawlies”: Woodlouse, Centipede.Mammals: 2 small bats (probably one of the Pipistrelle species), 2 large bats (probably Noctules), evening of 18th.Reptiles and Amphibians: Common Toad (in church porch)
Insects released from a light trap set overnight 7th to 8th of June by Dougy Wright: 1 Poplar Hawk-moth, 3 Elephant Hawk-moth, 2 Lobster Moth, Rusty-dot Pearl, Common Carpet, 4 Marbled Minor, 7 Buff Ermine, Snout, Green Carpet, 3 Cinnamon Sedge, Willow Beauty, 2 Mottled Beauty, 2 Dark Sword-grass, 3 Large Yellow Underwing, 2 Grey Pug, Purple Bar, Beautiful Golden Y, Burnished Brass, Riband Wave, Angle Shades, Middle-barred Minor, Flame Shoulder, Ingrailed Clay, Small Square-spot, White Ermine.Other insects: Painted Lady (9th and 23rd); Large White, Speckled Wood, many Meadow Browns, Andrena sp. mining bee, Nomada sp. nomad bee, White-tailed Bumblebee (23rd); Emperor Dragonfly (30th).Birds: Nuthatch, Goldfinch, Robin, Dunnock, Herring Gull, Rook, Jackdaw, Chiffchaff, Greenfinch, Blackcap, Song Thrush (both the last two still singing strongly on 23rd), Magpie, hen Pheasant (with young calling from the undergrowth at the bottom of the churchyard extension on 23rd), Swallow, House Martin, Blackbird, Wood Pigeon.Plants coming into flower: Yarrow, White Clover (5th); Stinking Iris, Ox-eye Daisy, Restharrow, English Stonecrop, Meadow Vetchling, Common Cleavers (Goosegrass), Bramble (9th); Lady’s Bedstraw, Honeysuckle, Silverweed, Common Hemp-nettle, Ragwort, Pineapple Mayweed, Scarlet Pimpernel, Figwort (23rd); Field Rose, Perforate St John’s Wort (30th).Plants continuing to flower: Primrose (last few), Red Campion, Scentless Mayweed, Common Dog-violet, Common Field Speedwell, Three-cornered Garlic, Herb Robert, Navelwort, Bluebell, Greater Stitchwort, Honesty, Ribwort Plantain, Wild Strawberry (some also bearing fruit from 23rd), Wild Carrot/Queen Anne’s Lace, Common Sorrel, Sweet Vernal-grass, Cocksfoot, Meadow Foxtail, Annual Meadow-grass, Selfheal, Common Vetch, Hedge Bedstraw, Fuchsia, Creeping Buttercup, Foxglove, Herb Bennet, Lesser Trefoil, Greater Birdsfoot Trefoil, Hogweed, Sow-thistle.Reptiles and Amphibians: Common Toad
Birds: Goldfinch, Pheasant, Robin, Dunnock, Chiffchaff, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Blackbird, Blackcap, Buzzard (seen harassing 2 Carrion Crows on 26th - usually the other way round), Wren, Greenfinch (family party 8th), Chaffinch, Blue Tit, Herring Gull, Rook, Wood Pigeon, Swallow, House Martin (22nd) Swift (also 22nd); Great Tit, Mistle Thrush (4 on 26th, probably family party).Plants coming into flower: Fuchsia, Beech, Creeping Buttercup (5th); Foxglove (8th); Herb Bennet, Lesser Trefoil, Guelder Rose, Greater Birdsfoot Trefoil (12th); Star-of-Bethlehem (14th); Saxifraga rosacea (19th); Lesser Quaking-grass, Cat’s-ear (22nd); Rose (garden hybrid) (26th).Plants continuing to flower: Primrose, Primula, Dandelion, Red Campion, Scentless Mayweed, Common Dog-violet, Lesser Celandine, Ivy-leaved Toadflax, Hairy Bittercress, Groundsel, Common Field Speedwell, Three-cornered Garlic, Herb Robert, Potentilla sp. possibly Yellow-flowered Strawberry, Navelwort, Bluebell, Greater Stitchwort, Honesty, Ribwort Plantain, Wild Strawberry, Blackthorn, Wild Carrot/Queen Anne’s Lace, Field Wood-rush, Lady’s Smock/Cuckooflower, Common Sorrel, Weigelia, Sweet Vernal-grass, Cocksfoot, Meadow Foxtail, Annual Meadow-grass, Selfheal, Common Vetch, Hedge Bedstraw.Insects: Silverfish (3rd); Orange Tip, small black beetle (possibly Nebria brevicollis), Large White, Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Mining Bee (Andrena sp) (5th); Common Sun Beetle (Amara aenea), Yellow Meadow Ant (12th); Yellow Dung-fly and Cocksfoot Moth (both on Star-of-Bethlehem flowers), Speckled Wood, White-tailed Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee (14th); Red Admiral (19th); Garden Chafer (22nd); Pearly Underwing, Meadow Brown, Holly Blue (26th).Other “creepy-crawlies”: Springtail (not identified); Woodlouse.Ferns: Maidenhair Spleenwort, Hart’s-tongue, Common Polypody, Bracken
