June 2011

05/06/11 Hummingbird hawkmoth seen in James Donald's garden

Seen by Harry Wheate 3/6/11 - Hummingbird Hawkmoth

16/6/11 - Nuthatch & Song thrush

Otherwise the regular visitors are Great spotted woodpecker, Green woodpecker, Blue, Great, Coal & Long-tailed Tits (and young of the first three recently), Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Dunnock,
House sparrow, Blackbird, Jackdaw, Starling, Sparrowhawk, Robin, Wood pigeon, Collared dove

Red-legged partridge looking for something to eat in the front garden and a pair of mallard squatting on the roof ridge tiles.
21/06/11 - Small tortoiseshell
25/06/11 - a bat, don't know which and haven't seen as many this year. Also we usually see them at Wendy's in Shaftesbury St but again not many this year
26/06/11 - Sm tort, Meadow brown, Ringlet, Harlequin ladybirds, Song thrush and a Buzzard overhead
29/06/11 - Song thrush
30/06/11 - at Wendy's, Hedgehogs, 2 adults and a baby, first sighting for some years

From Pat Morris 8/06/11 Large Skipper + Speckled Wood - Common Wood
9/06/11 Large Skipper - Hazlemere Rec
11/06/11 10 Meadow Browns + Large Skipper - Hazlemere Rec
13/06/ll Jackdaw on Starling Bar in garden
Most unusual , generally only seen on rooftops
20/06/11 Wood mouse in bird feeder during evening
Seen again in the feeder a week later, but at lunch time
24/06/11 Rat in caged birdfeeder on lawn at lunchtime
In the garden again 3 days later during the morning while work was being done nearby
25/06/11 First Ringlets in Hazlemere Rec. The Large Skipper
still there, in the same area as at the beginning of the month

Report from Carole Bowler Below are some of Roy's sightings:-

Early morning birding in the garden - 16 June 2011 at Tylers Green

Between 5.45a.m. - 7.10a.m. Species seen or heard:-

Lesser black-backed gulls
Herring gull
Black headed gull
Grey heron
Red kites
Carrion crows
Magpies
Jackdaws
Green woodpecker
Gt spotted woodpecker
Nuthatch
Song thrush
Blackbird
Robin
Dunnock
Wren
Greenfinch
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Bullfinch
Goldcrest
Chiffchaff
Swifts
House martins
Swallows

8 June - Muslin Moth - garden Tylers Green

24 June - Red Underwing moth - garden Tylers Green

It seems to have been a very successful year for breeding whitethroats with several pairs and young seen around the Penn and Hazlemere area.

Several sightings of groups of 30+ swifts.

05/06/11	Hummingbird hawkmoth seen in James Donald's garden
Seen by Harry Wheate	3/6/11 - Hummingbird Hawkmoth 16/6/11 - Nuthatch & Song thrush Otherwise the regular visitors are Great spotted woodpecker, Green woodpecker, Blue, Great, Coal & Long-tailed Tits (and young of the first three recently), Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Dunnock, House sparrow, Blackbird, Jackdaw, Starling, Sparrowhawk, Robin, Wood pigeon, Collared dove Red-legged partridge looking for something to eat in the front garden and a pair of mallard squatting on the roof ridge tiles. 21/06/11 - Small tortoiseshell 25/06/11 - a bat, don't know which and haven't seen as many this year. Also we usually see them at Wendy's in Shaftesbury St but again not many this year 26/06/11 - Sm tort, Meadow brown, Ringlet, Harlequin ladybirds, Song thrush and a Buzzard overhead 29/06/11 - Song thrush 30/06/11 - at Wendy's, Hedgehogs, 2 adults and a baby, first sighting for some years
From Pat Morris	8/06/11 Large Skipper + Speckled Wood - Common Wood 9/06/11 Large Skipper - Hazlemere Rec 11/06/11 10 Meadow Browns + Large Skipper - Hazlemere Rec 13/06/ll Jackdaw on Starling Bar in garden Most unusual , generally only seen on rooftops 20/06/11 Wood mouse in bird feeder during evening Seen again in the feeder a week later, but at lunch time 24/06/11 Rat in caged birdfeeder on lawn at lunchtime In the garden again 3 days later during the morning while work was being done nearby 25/06/11 First Ringlets in Hazlemere Rec. The Large Skipper still there, in the same area as at the beginning of the month
Report from Carole Bowler	Below are some of Roy's sightings:- Early morning birding in the garden - 16 June 2011 at Tylers Green Between 5.45a.m. - 7.10a.m. Species seen or heard:- Lesser black-backed gulls Herring gull Black headed gull Grey heron Red kites Carrion crows Magpies Jackdaws Green woodpecker Gt spotted woodpecker Nuthatch Song thrush Blackbird Robin Dunnock Wren Greenfinch Chaffinch Goldfinch Bullfinch Goldcrest Chiffchaff Swifts House martins Swallows 8 June - Muslin Moth - garden Tylers Green 24 June - Red Underwing moth - garden Tylers Green It seems to have been a very successful year for breeding whitethroats with several pairs and young seen around the Penn and Hazlemere area. Several sightings of groups of 30+ swifts.