April 2011 |
| Sightings from Harry Wheate in Downley | April 6th - Orange Tip
April 7th - Comma, Holly Blue April 8th - Red Admiral April 21st - Green-veined white |
| Sightings from Pat Morris at Amersham Hill Drive | Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Magpie, Robin, Nuthatch, Blackcap, Jay x2, Wood Pigeons, Collared Dove x2, Blackbirds, Starlings, Chaffinch, Bramblings x2 (M&F), Greenfinches, Goldfinches x2, Lesser Redpoll( feeding on niger) (came back and spent 1/2 hour on feeder at lunchtime), House sparrow x2, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Long Tailed Tits x3, Coal Tit |
| Eric Britnell reports | When walking in Rose Avenue on Good Friday 22nd April I heard a Cuckoo
calling from above my head. On looking up I saw three Cuckoos , with their
typically long tails, flying north, loosely together, fairly high. This
was the first Cuckoo I have seen for some years.
Otherwise, no other sightings. Lots of non-sightings No Greenfinches in the garden, and rarely see or hear any Song Thrushes. |
| Pat Morris reports | Cuckoo heard calling in Penn Wood on Monday 25th April, at lunchtime, near the cattle enclosures. 30th April Harlequin ladybirds in garden, and another one in |
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