24th June 2017

Text-list: The grapevine system is out of order again - any urgent news will be posted via Twitter.

Bird sightings in the BW sector included singles of Hobby, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Kestrel, Buzzard and Greenfinch, six Swifts, three Whitethroats, three Treecreepers and three Bullfinches.

A Small Blue was on the Barn Field patch of Kidney Vetch. A Silver-washed Fritillary was seen around Park Farm, along with a Green Hairstreak, while other sightings included a Small Skipper, 80 Marbled Whites, two Green-veined Whites, a Large White, two Commas, a Red Admiral, two Small Tortoiseshells, a Speckled Wood, 80 Meadow Browns, 35 Ringlets, two Small Heaths and two Common Blues.
 
The 'Aslan path' attracted a lone Southern Hawker.


Small Blue on the Kidney Vetch patch in Barn Field
Ian Ward