A misty cold start with the temperature down to 1.6C by 6am, I had already made the decision to give the Quakers a rest and leave the moth trapping until tonight. For an unknown reason the bird table has become its busiest for some time. Today it held 3
Common Starling feeding on the nut balls, 2 Great Tit, 2
Coal Tit and 3
Blue Tit, 2
Greenfinch, 8
Wood Pigeon, 2
Collared Dove, 2
Robin, 3
Dunnock, and 2
Chaffinch. Rather surprising considering how little much food I putting out.
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The first Lesser Celandine flower of the year |
Amongst the flora now in flower in the hedge and roadside by the house today were
Common Groundsel, Lesser Celandine, Goat Willow,
Dog's Mercury and
Red Dead-nettle.
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Dog's Mercury - most plants now in full flower
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3
Small Tortoiseshell and a
Comma were flitting around them with, and at long last my first Bumblebee of the year, a queen
Buff-tailed Bumblebee looking for a suitable site for nest.
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Comma sunning itself by the path |
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