Sunday 21 May 2017

21st May

This Reed Bunting which we caught in the Magic Garden last week was already carrying a ring...


John assumed it was one of his own but when he entered the details it had actually been ringed at Silt Fen Farm in Norfolk, 230 kms away. A good movement for this species. Perhaps one or two of Norfolk’s rarities can make the same journey?!
Otherwise it has been a very quiet week for birds so fortunately insects have stepped in to the breach. These included my first damselflies of the year, a single Large Red on Wednesday and around 20 of these Blue-tailed damselflies yesterday…


Three or four Common Carpet moths were in the Magic Garden today…


Along with this Red-headed Cardinal Beetle…


and this striking hoverfly Heliophilus pendulus (also known as The Footballer because of its stripy thorax)…


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