July 2010 |
| 01/07/10 | 5 singing male yellowhammers around hedgerows 1 pair bullfinches 1 tawny owl calling Butterflies noted include:- marbled whites, small heaths, ringlets and meadow browns |
Beacon Hill - Lude Farm area |
| 11/07/10 | At six o'clock today, delighted to see two green woodpeckers digging I
presume ants out of our front garden. One seemed to be on lookout duty but
then the other one who had seemed much hungrier suddenly began to feed it
and I presume it was mum and baby. After that event, the mum came right
upto the front door step whilst junior pottered off to the pavement and
began attacking a juicy patch of tarmac! The pavement coating is at least
seventeen years old so has many areas where plant have colonised it, hence
insects. As soon as I started breathing again and then got my camera, it would not focus through the double glazing and then a car went by and they flew off. We have seen solitary birds before, across the road in garden of number 25 which is closer to trees, and escape cover, but today was charming and i thought worth noting. Weather overcast ans still |
Recorded by Sue Mahy |
| 18/07/10 | Willow beauty | Tylers Green |
| 20/07/10 | Purple Emporer (Female) | Commonwood early afternoon - it was resting on bracken on the edge of the wood. |
| 20/07/10 | 8 Whitethroat including juveniles | Puttenham Farm |
| 29/07/10 | 4 Small Copper | Grange Farm |