Events

Hummingbird Hawkmoth

Juvenile Slowworm  Anguis fragilis crossing sandy path

Good displays by Soprano Pipistrelles Pipistrellus pygmaeus and Noctule bats Nyctalus noctula.  Daubenton’s Myotis daubentonii, Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus, Brown Long-eared Plecotus auritus and Serotine Eptesicus serotinus also detected.  

Sub-adult Brown Long-eared bat Plecotus auritus taken into care after being found grounded  Click for photo

Crab spider folding a flower petal with silk to hide before catching a hoverfly Click for photo

6 well fledged Song Thrushes eating elderberries. About 11 House Sparrows. Plus Wren, Robin etc Also Hedge Sparrow, about 4 Great Tits. Also heard 2 Tree Creepers.  

Wasp Plumehorn hoverfly Volucella inanis Click for photo

Brown Hairstreak butterfly, female searching for suitable egg-laying locations on young Blackthorn

Two large, unidentified deer, possibly Red Deer

Spider Metellina sp.  Click for photo