I made two patch visits today, morning and afternoon. Morning was overcast, with a short sunny spell. The afternoon was mostly sunny and quite warm, bringing the invertebrates out. As the first visit in June I was pleased to find lots of signs of breeding on birds: young starlings, house sparrows, goldfinches, magpies and great tits were out.
I made a plant list and collected some for identification, and the invertebrate list grew as well.
Three terrapins were present in the section of drain by Sculcoates road.
Red-eared terrapins.
Blackbird sunbathing
Small tortoiseshell caterpillars.
Common Blue damselfly.
Young magpie.
Sparrows were hunting insects in the reeds for their young.
This reed warbler came out to watch them.
A house sparrow fledgling by the reeds.
Azure damselfly. Blue-tailed were also about.
a cat walks by some Woodpigeons.
There is a horse in the patch too.
Song thrush singing.
Section of drain by Bridlington Avenue.
Chiffchaff.
A cute cat by the drain.
Poppy macro.
Crab spider (Xysticus sp.) eating an ant.
The beetle Oedemera lurida, on a buttercup. Thank you to Dick Shillaker for the ID.
Lesser black-backed gull on nest.
Not quite a beaver, but at least two moorhens were nest building today.
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