Sightings Diary
May 2012
Whitethroat
Private Estate - Dorset
12.05.12 - 15 degrees, sun, light wind
Birds - Blackcaps, Nuthatch, Greater Spotted Woodpeckers, Ravens, Song Thrushes, Swallows, Wrens, Dunnocks, Robins, Jackdaws, Chaffinches, Crows, Woodpigeons, Buzzards, Greenfinches, Goldfinches, Starlings, Great Tits, Heron, House Sparrow, Long-tailed Tits, Mistle Thrush.
Wild Flowers - Meadow Buttercups, Ground-ivy, Cow Parsley, Germander Speedwell, Red Campion, Comfrey, Daisies, Field Speedwell, Dandelions, Bitter-cress, Bugle, Herb Robert, Cuckooflower, Celandines, Bluebells, Ramsons, White Dead-nettle, Wood Avens, Garlic Mustard, Bush Vetch, Greater Stitchwort, Mouse-ear, Lords and Ladies, Yellow Archangel, Wood Sorrel, Cowslips, Wood Spurge, Sorrel.
Buttercup
Other - 2 Roe Does, Orange-tip Butterflies, Small White Butterfly, Large White Butterfly, Peacock Butterflies, Speckled Wood Butterflies, Large Red Damselflies, Holly Blue Butterflies, Brimstone Butterfly, Craneflies, Brook Lamprey, 7 Spotted Ladybirds.
Roe Doe
Brook Lamprey
Brook Lamprey
Brook Lamprey
Dawlish Warren, Duryard and Exminster Marsh - Devon
13.05.12 - 16 degrees, sun, light wind
Birds - Linnets, Blackcaps, Reed Warblers, Sedge Warbler, Cetti's Warblers, Hobby, Wheatears, Kestrel, White Throats, Skylarks, Turnstones, Whimbrel. Nesting Sparrowhawk, House Sparrows, Dunnocks, Chiffchaffs, Blackbirds, Great Tits, Swallows, Swifts, Shelducks, Crows, Magpies, Canada Geese with Goslings, Cormorants.
Canada Goose Goslings
Kestrel
Turnstones
Turnstone
Cormorants
Nesting Sparrowhawk (heavily cropped image)
Wild Flowers - Alexanders, Ground Ivy, Buttercups, Fumitory, Red and White Campion, Hawthorn Blossom, Bush Vetch, Poppies, Winter Cress, Cuckooflower, Garlic Mustard, Trefoil, Red Clover, Dove's-foot Crane's-bill, Sea Spurge, Evening Primrose, Primroses, Scarlet Pimpernel, Field Forget-me-not, Groundsel, Dandelions, Hawkbit, Yellow Iris.
Other - Wall Butterflies, Orange-tip Butterflies, Brimstone Butterfly, Hawker Dragonfly, Large Red Damselflies, Common Blue Damselflies
Large Red Damselfly
Duryard, Exeter - Devon
19.05.12 - 15 degrees, cloudy, light wind
Wild Flowers - 1 hour wander with macro lens.
Shining Crane's-bill
Honesty
Greater Stitchwort
Early Purple Orchid
Hawthorn
Dorest Wildlife Trust Nature Reserves - Great day organized by Steve Davis, Thank you
20.05.12 - 17 degrees, cloudy then sun, light wind
General - Sand Lizards, Smooth Snakes, Adder, Slow Worms, Dartford Warbler, Grass Snake, Sika Deer, Poplar Hawkmoth, Four-spotted Chaser, Minotaur Beetle
Male Sand Lizard
Male Sand Lizard
Male Sand Lizard
Male Sand Lizard
Smooth Snake
Four-spotted Chaser
Sika Deer
Sika Deer
River Otter - Devon
26.05.12 - 25 degrees, sun, wind
Birds - Bullfinch, Whitethroat, Blackcap, Sand Martins, House Martins, Reed Warbler, Robin, Chiffchaffs, Dunnock, Buzzards, Crows, Woodpigeons, Mallard Ducks, Moorhens, Swifts, Swallows, House Sparrows, young Greater Spotted Woodpeckers.
Whitethroat
Reed Warbler
Wild Flowers - Common Water-crowfoot, Hawthorn Blossom, White Dead-nettle, Winter Cress, Meadow Buttercup, Red Campion, Ground Ivy, Plantains, Mouse-ear, Black Medic, Field Speedwell, Germander Speedwell, Comfry, Garlicmustard, Red Clover, Cuckooflower, Green Alkanet, Bitter Cress, Field Pansy, Common Poppy, Pineapple Mayweed, Dove's-foot Cranes-bill, Hogweed, Sorrel, Fumitory, Bluebells, Early Purple Orchid.
Field Pansy
Red Clover
White Dead-nettle
Field Speedwell
Common Water-crowfoot
Other - Banded Demoiselle, Beautiful Demoiselle, Small White Butterfly, Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly, Hornet, Large Red Damselflies, Minnows, Orange-tip Butterfly, Common Blue Butterfly, Large White Butterfly, Red Admiral Butterfly, Broad-bodied Chaser, Peacock Butterfly
Male Broad-bodied Chaser
Beautiful Demoiselle
Banded Demoiselle
Coleton Fishacre Area - Devon
27.05.12 - 18 degrees, cloud then sun, light wind
Birds - Peregirine Falcons, Skylarks, Stonechats, Whitethroats, Linnets, Yellowhammers, Gannet, Cirl Bunting, Dunnock, Swallows, Ravens, Whinchat, Herring Gulls, Kittiwake, Greater Black-backed Gulls, Cormorants, Shags, Goldfinches, Pheasants, Buzzards.
Yellow Hammer
Yellow Hammer
Linnet
Wild Flowers - All above from Otter River walk plus, Honey Suckle, Shining Crane's-bill, Foxgloves, Bittersweet, Fumitory, Oxeye Daisy, Cinquefoil, Kidney Vetch, Sea Campion, Pennywort, Pignut, Gorse Blossom, Elder Flowers, Ramsons, Three-cornered Garlic, Wood Avens, Herb Robert, Primroses, Wild Carrot, Scarlet Pimpernel, Field Scabious, Thrift, Common Milkwort, Common Vetch, English Stonecrop, Forget-me-not, Hawk's-beard.
Honey Suckle
Thrift
Butterflies - Green Hairstreaks, Common Blues, Small Coppers, Red Admirals, Small Whites, Orange-tips, Small Heaths, Wall Butterflies, Speckled Wood, Large White, Small Skippers.
Common Blue
Small Copper
Green Hairstreak
Green Hairstreak
Wall Butterfly
Small Heath
Other - Atlantic Seal, 3 Dolphins, Conopid Fly,
Oedemera nobilis beetles , Cockchafer.
Atlantic Seal
12.05.12 - 15 degrees, sun, light wind
Birds - Blackcaps, Nuthatch, Greater Spotted Woodpeckers, Ravens, Song Thrushes, Swallows, Wrens, Dunnocks, Robins, Jackdaws, Chaffinches, Crows, Woodpigeons, Buzzards, Greenfinches, Goldfinches, Starlings, Great Tits, Heron, House Sparrow, Long-tailed Tits, Mistle Thrush.
Wild Flowers - Meadow Buttercups, Ground-ivy, Cow Parsley, Germander Speedwell, Red Campion, Comfrey, Daisies, Field Speedwell, Dandelions, Bitter-cress, Bugle, Herb Robert, Cuckooflower, Celandines, Bluebells, Ramsons, White Dead-nettle, Wood Avens, Garlic Mustard, Bush Vetch, Greater Stitchwort, Mouse-ear, Lords and Ladies, Yellow Archangel, Wood Sorrel, Cowslips, Wood Spurge, Sorrel.
Buttercup
Other - 2 Roe Does, Orange-tip Butterflies, Small White Butterfly, Large White Butterfly, Peacock Butterflies, Speckled Wood Butterflies, Large Red Damselflies, Holly Blue Butterflies, Brimstone Butterfly, Craneflies, Brook Lamprey, 7 Spotted Ladybirds.
Roe Doe
Brook Lamprey
Brook Lamprey
Brook Lamprey
Dawlish Warren, Duryard and Exminster Marsh - Devon
13.05.12 - 16 degrees, sun, light wind
Birds - Linnets, Blackcaps, Reed Warblers, Sedge Warbler, Cetti's Warblers, Hobby, Wheatears, Kestrel, White Throats, Skylarks, Turnstones, Whimbrel. Nesting Sparrowhawk, House Sparrows, Dunnocks, Chiffchaffs, Blackbirds, Great Tits, Swallows, Swifts, Shelducks, Crows, Magpies, Canada Geese with Goslings, Cormorants.
Canada Goose Goslings
Kestrel
Turnstones
Turnstone
Cormorants
Nesting Sparrowhawk (heavily cropped image)
Wild Flowers - Alexanders, Ground Ivy, Buttercups, Fumitory, Red and White Campion, Hawthorn Blossom, Bush Vetch, Poppies, Winter Cress, Cuckooflower, Garlic Mustard, Trefoil, Red Clover, Dove's-foot Crane's-bill, Sea Spurge, Evening Primrose, Primroses, Scarlet Pimpernel, Field Forget-me-not, Groundsel, Dandelions, Hawkbit, Yellow Iris.
Other - Wall Butterflies, Orange-tip Butterflies, Brimstone Butterfly, Hawker Dragonfly, Large Red Damselflies, Common Blue Damselflies
Large Red Damselfly
Duryard, Exeter - Devon
19.05.12 - 15 degrees, cloudy, light wind
Wild Flowers - 1 hour wander with macro lens.
Shining Crane's-bill
Honesty
Greater Stitchwort
Early Purple Orchid
Hawthorn
Dorest Wildlife Trust Nature Reserves - Great day organized by Steve Davis, Thank you
20.05.12 - 17 degrees, cloudy then sun, light wind
General - Sand Lizards, Smooth Snakes, Adder, Slow Worms, Dartford Warbler, Grass Snake, Sika Deer, Poplar Hawkmoth, Four-spotted Chaser, Minotaur Beetle
Male Sand Lizard
Male Sand Lizard
Male Sand Lizard
Male Sand Lizard
Smooth Snake
Four-spotted Chaser
Sika Deer
Sika Deer
River Otter - Devon
26.05.12 - 25 degrees, sun, wind
Birds - Bullfinch, Whitethroat, Blackcap, Sand Martins, House Martins, Reed Warbler, Robin, Chiffchaffs, Dunnock, Buzzards, Crows, Woodpigeons, Mallard Ducks, Moorhens, Swifts, Swallows, House Sparrows, young Greater Spotted Woodpeckers.
Whitethroat
Reed Warbler
Wild Flowers - Common Water-crowfoot, Hawthorn Blossom, White Dead-nettle, Winter Cress, Meadow Buttercup, Red Campion, Ground Ivy, Plantains, Mouse-ear, Black Medic, Field Speedwell, Germander Speedwell, Comfry, Garlicmustard, Red Clover, Cuckooflower, Green Alkanet, Bitter Cress, Field Pansy, Common Poppy, Pineapple Mayweed, Dove's-foot Cranes-bill, Hogweed, Sorrel, Fumitory, Bluebells, Early Purple Orchid.
Field Pansy
Red Clover
White Dead-nettle
Field Speedwell
Common Water-crowfoot
Other - Banded Demoiselle, Beautiful Demoiselle, Small White Butterfly, Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly, Hornet, Large Red Damselflies, Minnows, Orange-tip Butterfly, Common Blue Butterfly, Large White Butterfly, Red Admiral Butterfly, Broad-bodied Chaser, Peacock Butterfly
Male Broad-bodied Chaser
Beautiful Demoiselle
Banded Demoiselle
Coleton Fishacre Area - Devon
27.05.12 - 18 degrees, cloud then sun, light wind
Birds - Peregirine Falcons, Skylarks, Stonechats, Whitethroats, Linnets, Yellowhammers, Gannet, Cirl Bunting, Dunnock, Swallows, Ravens, Whinchat, Herring Gulls, Kittiwake, Greater Black-backed Gulls, Cormorants, Shags, Goldfinches, Pheasants, Buzzards.
Yellow Hammer
Yellow Hammer
Linnet
Wild Flowers - All above from Otter River walk plus, Honey Suckle, Shining Crane's-bill, Foxgloves, Bittersweet, Fumitory, Oxeye Daisy, Cinquefoil, Kidney Vetch, Sea Campion, Pennywort, Pignut, Gorse Blossom, Elder Flowers, Ramsons, Three-cornered Garlic, Wood Avens, Herb Robert, Primroses, Wild Carrot, Scarlet Pimpernel, Field Scabious, Thrift, Common Milkwort, Common Vetch, English Stonecrop, Forget-me-not, Hawk's-beard.
Honey Suckle
Thrift
Butterflies - Green Hairstreaks, Common Blues, Small Coppers, Red Admirals, Small Whites, Orange-tips, Small Heaths, Wall Butterflies, Speckled Wood, Large White, Small Skippers.
Common Blue
Small Copper
Green Hairstreak
Green Hairstreak
Wall Butterfly
Small Heath
Other - Atlantic Seal, 3 Dolphins, Conopid Fly,
Oedemera nobilis beetles , Cockchafer.
Atlantic Seal