Sightings Diary
March 2012
Primrose
Bovey River Valley, Lustleigh - Dartmoor
03.03.2012 - 11 degrees, sun, showers, light wind, 10am to 3pm
Birds - Pair Grey Wagtails, Goldcrests, Nuthatches, Great Tits, Coal Tits, Robins, Wrens, Woodpigeons, Crows, Blackbirds, Magpies, Rooks, Chaffinches, Song Thrush, Blue Tits, Raven.
Blackbird
Wild Flowers - Snowdrops, Daffodils, Celandines, Periwinkle, Dogs Mercury, Daisies, Primroses, Red Campion, Field Speedwell
Celandines
Other - Scarlet Elf Cup Fungi, Many different Types of Lichen and Mosses, Frog Spawn, Wood Ants Rebuilding Nests, Bloody-nosed Beetles, Bumble Bees, Flies
Scarlet Elf Cup
Lichen "Tree"
Private Estate - Dorset
09.03.2012 - 11 degrees, cloud, light wind, 10am to 2pm
Birds - Greater Spotted Woodpeckers, Nuthatches, Treecreepers, Bullfinches, Marsh Tits, Woodcock, Green Woodpecker, Pied Wagtails, Jackdaws, Chaffinches, Robins, Blackbirds, Song Thrushes, Goldfinches, Magpies, Dunnocks, Mallard Ducks, Rooks, Woodpigeons, Crows, Blue Tits, Great Tits, Wrens, Coal Tits, Redwings, Long-tailed Tits, Pheasants, Raven, Buzzards, Moorhen
Other - 5 Roe Does and 1 Roe Buck, Fox, Squirrels, Dogs Mercury, Willow and Hazel Catkins, Blackthorn Blossom, Hawthorn Leaves, Primroses, Celandines, Wild Rose Leaves, Honey Suckle Leaves, Scarlet Elf Cups.
Willow (not 'wild')
Primrose
Scarlet Elf Cups - A bit of a fave of mine at present
Lichen 'Flower'
Lulworth towards Weymouth on South West Coast Path - Dorset
10.03.2012 - 16 degrees, sunny, light wind, 10am to 4pm
Birds -Many Skylarks, Stonechats, Rock Pipits, Kestrels, Fulmars, Shags, Peregrine Falcon, Yellowhammer, Linnets, Meadow Pipits, Ravens, Jackdaws, Herring Gulls, Dunnocks, Greater Black-backed Gulls, Cormorants, Buzzards, Rooks
Others - Common Lizards, Stonecrop, Dog Violets, Oil Beetles, Bloody-nosed Beetle, Alexanders, Dandelions, Daisies, Bumble Bees, Gorse Blossom, New Bramble Leaves, Black Thorn Blossom, Hawthorns in leaf, Red Campion, Dandelions.
Sunbathing Common Lizard
Exeter to Lympstone along Cycle Paths - Devon
11.03.2012 - 17 degrees, sunny, light wind, 11am to 4pm
Various note worthy sightings - Tufted Duck, 3 Brimstone Butterflies, Cuckooflower, Fumitory, Bathing Pied Wagtail, Shelducks, Black Swan, Baby Rabbits, More Celandines than you can shake a stick at :-), Wigeon still about in good numbers, Field Speedwell everywhere.
First Brimstone of the Year :-)
Fumitory
Young Bunny
Celandine
Dandelion
Wigeon
Wigeon
Field Speedwell
Bowling Green Marsh - Topsham, Devon
12.03.2012 - 5 degrees, foggy, 5 degrees, 7am to 10am, high tide 9:30am
Birds -Cetti's Warbler, Avocets (6), Pintail Ducks, Tifted Ducks, Mute Swans, Wigeon, Dunnocks, Robins, Canada Geese, Crows, Shoveler, Teal, Mallard, Wren, Greater Spotted Woodpecker, Coots, Curlew, Black-headed Gulls, Redshank, Dunlin, Black-tailed Godwits, Shelduck, Starlings, Cormorant, Bar-tailed Godwit, Greylag Geese, Pied Wagtails.
Mute Swan Through the Mist
Lucky Little Egret
Tufted Duck
Drake Pintail
My Patch - Devon
17.03.2012 - 11 degrees, sunny light showers, slight wind, 10am to 3pm,
Birds -Siskins, Nuthatch, Greater Spotted Woodpecker, Male Sparrowhawk, Female Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Bramblings (4), Greenfinches, Goldfinches, Dunnocks, Great Tits, Blue Tits, Chaffinches, Blackbirds, Wrens, Canada Geese, Woodpigeons, Jay, Magpie, Pheasants, Long-tailed Tits, Coal Tits, Robins.
Blackbird
Coal Tit
Robin
Goldfinch
Siskin
Brambling
Male Sparrowhawk
Buzzard
Chaffinch
Coleton Fishacre and Dartmouth - Devon
18.03.2012 - 11 degrees, sunny light showers, slight wind, 10am to 3pm,
Birds -Skylarks, Cirl Bunting (2), Peregrine Falcon, Chiffchaffs, Nuthatch, Female Sparrowhawk, Tawny Owl, Crows, Dunnocks, Robins, Goldfinches, Herring Gulls, Pied Wagtails, Buzzards, Rooks, House Sparrows, Woodpigeons, Song Thrush, Long-tailed Tits, Wrens, Great Tits, Blue Tits, Blackbirds, Cormorants with nest material, Group of nesting Shags, Magpies.
Cirl Bunting
Wild Flowers -Sweet Violets, Dog Violets, Bluebells, Wild Strawberry, Barren Strawberry, Fumitory, Greater Stitchwort, Three-cornered Garlic, Cuckooflower, Ash and Goat willow flowers, Perriwinkle, Dandelions, Celandines, Daffodils, Primroses, Blackthorn Blossom, Red Campion, Daisies, Field Speedwell, Alexanders, Hazel leaves, Wild Rose leaves, Elder Bushes in full leaf, Chickweed, Sycamore leaves, Gorse Blossom, Bramble leaves, Hawthorn leaves and start of blossom forming, Ground Ivy, Green Alkanet.
Sweet Violet
Bluebells
Blackthorn Blossom
Other -Speckled Wood Butterfly, Grey Seal, Baby Rabbits, Bees, Bumble Bees, Hover Flies, Flies, Ladybirds.
Speckled Wood
Private Estate - Dorset
22.03.12 - 15 degrees, sunny, slight wind, 10am to 1pm
General-Pair Treecreepers, Chiffchaffs (4), Tadpoles, Peacock Butterflies (3), Honey Bees, Wood Anemonies, Comma Butterfly, Brimstone Butterflies (2), Wild Strawberries, Dog Violets, Nuthatches (8), Greater Spotted Woodpeckers (3)
Brimstone on Primrose - First Butterfly image of the year, great start :-)
Wood Anemone
Poplar
Comma
Duryard Area, Exeter First Moth Trap Outing - Devon
25.03.12 - 5 degrees, sunny, 7am
Moths- 27 Small Quaker, 4 Hebrew Character Moths
Hebrew Character Moth
Hebrew Character Moth
Small Quaker Moth ?
Small Quaker Moth ?
My Patch, Feeding Visit - Devon
25.03.12 - 10 degrees, sunny, slight wind, 9am
General-Hunting Stoat, Goldcrest, Tawny Owl Pellets, Early Purple Orchid leaves near full size, Greater Spotted Woodpecker
Stoat - Good excuse to post one of my favourite images from 2011
Ladram, Otterton, River Otter - Devon
25.03.12 - 17 degrees, sunny, slight wind, 10am to 4pm
General-Peregrine Falcon, Peacock Butterflies (11), Small Tortoishells (3), Commas (2), Orange-Tip Butterflies (2), Treecreeper, Green Woodpecker, Kingfisher, Little Egret, Nuthatch
Male Orange-tip Butterfly
Seaton Marsh - Devon
29.03.12 - 18 degrees, sunny, slight wind, 10am to 12pm
General-Black Oil Beetles
Black Oil Beetle
Black Oil Beetle
Black Oil Beetles
Private Estate - Dorset
30.03.12 - 19 degrees, sunny, slight wind, 10am to 3pm
Birds-Kingfisher, Green Woodpeckers, Nuthatches, Treecreepers, Many Chiffchaffs, Greater Spotted Woodpeckers, Blackcaps, Drake Mandarin Duck, Buzzards, Teal, Mallard, Moorhen, Mistle Thrush, Wrens, Robins, Blackbirds, Canada Geese, Great Tits, Blue Tits, Crows, Rooks, Jackdaws.
Chiffchaff
Chiffchaff
Mandarin Drake
Wild Flowers-Wood anemones, White Deadnettle, Wild Strawberry, Bluebells, Leaves - Oak, Ash, Birch, Larch, Wild Cherry Blossom and Leaves, Sycamore, Horse Chestnut, Willows, Hazel, PoplarDogs Mercury, Celandines, Primroses, Dandelions, daisies, Blackthorn blossom, Ground Ivy, Greater Stitchwort, Dog Violets.
Bluebells
Butterflies and Other-Beeflies, Peacock Butterflies (3), Male Orange-tip, Comma, Speckled Woods (4), Red Admiral, Small White, Queen Wasp, Bumble Bees, Honey Bees, Hover Flies.
Beefly
Peacock Butterfly
Peacock Butterfly
Male Orange-tip Butterfly
03.03.2012 - 11 degrees, sun, showers, light wind, 10am to 3pm
Birds - Pair Grey Wagtails, Goldcrests, Nuthatches, Great Tits, Coal Tits, Robins, Wrens, Woodpigeons, Crows, Blackbirds, Magpies, Rooks, Chaffinches, Song Thrush, Blue Tits, Raven.
Blackbird
Wild Flowers - Snowdrops, Daffodils, Celandines, Periwinkle, Dogs Mercury, Daisies, Primroses, Red Campion, Field Speedwell
Celandines
Other - Scarlet Elf Cup Fungi, Many different Types of Lichen and Mosses, Frog Spawn, Wood Ants Rebuilding Nests, Bloody-nosed Beetles, Bumble Bees, Flies
Scarlet Elf Cup
Lichen "Tree"
Private Estate - Dorset
09.03.2012 - 11 degrees, cloud, light wind, 10am to 2pm
Birds - Greater Spotted Woodpeckers, Nuthatches, Treecreepers, Bullfinches, Marsh Tits, Woodcock, Green Woodpecker, Pied Wagtails, Jackdaws, Chaffinches, Robins, Blackbirds, Song Thrushes, Goldfinches, Magpies, Dunnocks, Mallard Ducks, Rooks, Woodpigeons, Crows, Blue Tits, Great Tits, Wrens, Coal Tits, Redwings, Long-tailed Tits, Pheasants, Raven, Buzzards, Moorhen
Other - 5 Roe Does and 1 Roe Buck, Fox, Squirrels, Dogs Mercury, Willow and Hazel Catkins, Blackthorn Blossom, Hawthorn Leaves, Primroses, Celandines, Wild Rose Leaves, Honey Suckle Leaves, Scarlet Elf Cups.
Willow (not 'wild')
Primrose
Scarlet Elf Cups - A bit of a fave of mine at present
Lichen 'Flower'
Lulworth towards Weymouth on South West Coast Path - Dorset
10.03.2012 - 16 degrees, sunny, light wind, 10am to 4pm
Birds -Many Skylarks, Stonechats, Rock Pipits, Kestrels, Fulmars, Shags, Peregrine Falcon, Yellowhammer, Linnets, Meadow Pipits, Ravens, Jackdaws, Herring Gulls, Dunnocks, Greater Black-backed Gulls, Cormorants, Buzzards, Rooks
Others - Common Lizards, Stonecrop, Dog Violets, Oil Beetles, Bloody-nosed Beetle, Alexanders, Dandelions, Daisies, Bumble Bees, Gorse Blossom, New Bramble Leaves, Black Thorn Blossom, Hawthorns in leaf, Red Campion, Dandelions.
Sunbathing Common Lizard
Exeter to Lympstone along Cycle Paths - Devon
11.03.2012 - 17 degrees, sunny, light wind, 11am to 4pm
Various note worthy sightings - Tufted Duck, 3 Brimstone Butterflies, Cuckooflower, Fumitory, Bathing Pied Wagtail, Shelducks, Black Swan, Baby Rabbits, More Celandines than you can shake a stick at :-), Wigeon still about in good numbers, Field Speedwell everywhere.
First Brimstone of the Year :-)
Fumitory
Young Bunny
Celandine
Dandelion
Wigeon
Wigeon
Field Speedwell
Bowling Green Marsh - Topsham, Devon
12.03.2012 - 5 degrees, foggy, 5 degrees, 7am to 10am, high tide 9:30am
Birds -Cetti's Warbler, Avocets (6), Pintail Ducks, Tifted Ducks, Mute Swans, Wigeon, Dunnocks, Robins, Canada Geese, Crows, Shoveler, Teal, Mallard, Wren, Greater Spotted Woodpecker, Coots, Curlew, Black-headed Gulls, Redshank, Dunlin, Black-tailed Godwits, Shelduck, Starlings, Cormorant, Bar-tailed Godwit, Greylag Geese, Pied Wagtails.
Mute Swan Through the Mist
Lucky Little Egret
Tufted Duck
Drake Pintail
My Patch - Devon
17.03.2012 - 11 degrees, sunny light showers, slight wind, 10am to 3pm,
Birds -Siskins, Nuthatch, Greater Spotted Woodpecker, Male Sparrowhawk, Female Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Bramblings (4), Greenfinches, Goldfinches, Dunnocks, Great Tits, Blue Tits, Chaffinches, Blackbirds, Wrens, Canada Geese, Woodpigeons, Jay, Magpie, Pheasants, Long-tailed Tits, Coal Tits, Robins.
Blackbird
Coal Tit
Robin
Goldfinch
Siskin
Brambling
Male Sparrowhawk
Buzzard
Chaffinch
Coleton Fishacre and Dartmouth - Devon
18.03.2012 - 11 degrees, sunny light showers, slight wind, 10am to 3pm,
Birds -Skylarks, Cirl Bunting (2), Peregrine Falcon, Chiffchaffs, Nuthatch, Female Sparrowhawk, Tawny Owl, Crows, Dunnocks, Robins, Goldfinches, Herring Gulls, Pied Wagtails, Buzzards, Rooks, House Sparrows, Woodpigeons, Song Thrush, Long-tailed Tits, Wrens, Great Tits, Blue Tits, Blackbirds, Cormorants with nest material, Group of nesting Shags, Magpies.
Cirl Bunting
Wild Flowers -Sweet Violets, Dog Violets, Bluebells, Wild Strawberry, Barren Strawberry, Fumitory, Greater Stitchwort, Three-cornered Garlic, Cuckooflower, Ash and Goat willow flowers, Perriwinkle, Dandelions, Celandines, Daffodils, Primroses, Blackthorn Blossom, Red Campion, Daisies, Field Speedwell, Alexanders, Hazel leaves, Wild Rose leaves, Elder Bushes in full leaf, Chickweed, Sycamore leaves, Gorse Blossom, Bramble leaves, Hawthorn leaves and start of blossom forming, Ground Ivy, Green Alkanet.
Sweet Violet
Bluebells
Blackthorn Blossom
Other -Speckled Wood Butterfly, Grey Seal, Baby Rabbits, Bees, Bumble Bees, Hover Flies, Flies, Ladybirds.
Speckled Wood
Private Estate - Dorset
22.03.12 - 15 degrees, sunny, slight wind, 10am to 1pm
General-Pair Treecreepers, Chiffchaffs (4), Tadpoles, Peacock Butterflies (3), Honey Bees, Wood Anemonies, Comma Butterfly, Brimstone Butterflies (2), Wild Strawberries, Dog Violets, Nuthatches (8), Greater Spotted Woodpeckers (3)
Brimstone on Primrose - First Butterfly image of the year, great start :-)
Wood Anemone
Poplar
Comma
Duryard Area, Exeter First Moth Trap Outing - Devon
25.03.12 - 5 degrees, sunny, 7am
Moths- 27 Small Quaker, 4 Hebrew Character Moths
Hebrew Character Moth
Hebrew Character Moth
Small Quaker Moth ?
Small Quaker Moth ?
My Patch, Feeding Visit - Devon
25.03.12 - 10 degrees, sunny, slight wind, 9am
General-Hunting Stoat, Goldcrest, Tawny Owl Pellets, Early Purple Orchid leaves near full size, Greater Spotted Woodpecker
Stoat - Good excuse to post one of my favourite images from 2011
Ladram, Otterton, River Otter - Devon
25.03.12 - 17 degrees, sunny, slight wind, 10am to 4pm
General-Peregrine Falcon, Peacock Butterflies (11), Small Tortoishells (3), Commas (2), Orange-Tip Butterflies (2), Treecreeper, Green Woodpecker, Kingfisher, Little Egret, Nuthatch
Male Orange-tip Butterfly
Seaton Marsh - Devon
29.03.12 - 18 degrees, sunny, slight wind, 10am to 12pm
General-Black Oil Beetles
Black Oil Beetle
Black Oil Beetle
Black Oil Beetles
Private Estate - Dorset
30.03.12 - 19 degrees, sunny, slight wind, 10am to 3pm
Birds-Kingfisher, Green Woodpeckers, Nuthatches, Treecreepers, Many Chiffchaffs, Greater Spotted Woodpeckers, Blackcaps, Drake Mandarin Duck, Buzzards, Teal, Mallard, Moorhen, Mistle Thrush, Wrens, Robins, Blackbirds, Canada Geese, Great Tits, Blue Tits, Crows, Rooks, Jackdaws.
Chiffchaff
Chiffchaff
Mandarin Drake
Wild Flowers-Wood anemones, White Deadnettle, Wild Strawberry, Bluebells, Leaves - Oak, Ash, Birch, Larch, Wild Cherry Blossom and Leaves, Sycamore, Horse Chestnut, Willows, Hazel, PoplarDogs Mercury, Celandines, Primroses, Dandelions, daisies, Blackthorn blossom, Ground Ivy, Greater Stitchwort, Dog Violets.
Bluebells
Butterflies and Other-Beeflies, Peacock Butterflies (3), Male Orange-tip, Comma, Speckled Woods (4), Red Admiral, Small White, Queen Wasp, Bumble Bees, Honey Bees, Hover Flies.
Beefly
Peacock Butterfly
Peacock Butterfly
Male Orange-tip Butterfly