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Shannon Llewellyn


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Lots of dragonfly skimming across the water from most hides today; impossible to identify any to species, though. Water from Pengy's hide was thick with damselfies, and those identified away from the water were common blue, blue tailed, and azure; they were everywhere, including the beaks of pied wagtail and chaffinch.

The only butterflies noted were red admiral, brimstone and meadow brown.

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Friday 22 May afternoon 15:06

Lean and hungry fox seen at the end of the spit, and later moved along the north "coast" of the spit, and continued out of sight to the north, passing the big tree on the right. It did not seem to have been delayed by any contact, and all birds left the ground near the spit.

Hope all the young, and other grounded birds escaped it's attention on the rest of it's journey.


-- Edited by Jim Caulfield on Saturday 23rd of May 2015 07:00:13 AM

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Bernard McGurrin


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3 brimstone butterfly + small tortoiseshell and several peacock,

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Anemone apennina, blue anemone in flower, about 5 more locations for viola odorata sweet violet in flower, Sanguisorba minor Salad burnet very nearly in flower, and 30 alder leaf beetle, Agelastica alni just emerging on one tree.

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A decent amount of Scarlet Elf Cup among mossy dead wood along Pennington Line today

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4 Grey Squirrels from Bunting Hide today

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Saturday 7th of March 2015 08:43:08 PM

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Ian Boote


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Large lump of Sweet Violet in flower today. Aromatic hairy plant with blunt sepials

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John Williams


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lunch time

5 Migrant Hawker and a pair of mating Common Darter dragonflies.

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Bernard McGurrin


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2 brimstone butterfly, good numbers speckled wood butterfly.

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Ian Boote


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Cut leaved teasel near Ramsdale Hide this W/E.

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Ian McKerchar


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Lots of Banded Demoiselles by the concrete bridge over the inlet to the flash at the western end today; and yes, they're the only ones I can, or indeed can be bothered to, identify!

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1 Comma Butterfly early evening

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Bernard McGurrin


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good sized terrapin sunning itself on rocks seen from ramsdales hide.

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Bernard McGurrin


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2 brimstone butterfly near teal hide.

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Two foxes on the spit early on the morning of the 24/5/14. Also a roe buck and doe from Edmonton hide.

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whilst sat on the banks of the ruck watching the black terns a weasel ran right in front of me smile

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Good to see many Butterflies out at the weekend
Brimstone-in fairly good numbers-20+(mainly north bank to the west end)
Small Tortoiseshell-5
Peacock-c10
Comma-4
Only ever seen a few of Clouded yellows at the flash and never before June as far as I can remember, as they are migrants that to the UK.
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-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Monday 31st of March 2014 09:46:38 PM

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Ian McKerchar


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Jon Bowen wrote:

correction it was a Clouded Yellow


Jon Bowen wrote:

Brimstone Butterfly and very raggy Peacock near Tom Edmondson around midday

-- Edited by Jon Bowen on Sunday 30th of March 2014 09:10:47 PM





Surely you were right first time Jon hmm

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correction it was a Clouded Yellow


Jon Bowen wrote:

Brimstone Butterfly and very raggy Peacock near Tom Edmondson around midday

-- Edited by Jon Bowen on Sunday 30th of March 2014 09:10:47 PM




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Brimstone Butterfly and very raggy Peacock near Tom Edmondson around midday

-- Edited by Jon Bowen on Sunday 30th of March 2014 09:10:47 PM

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Bernard McGurrin


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1 mink near front of horrocks hide

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JOHN TYMON


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Early Brimstone Butterflies out among the birch trees to the west edge of Rammies ruck.

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Amazing views of a Weasel from Bunting Hide. It was flowing in between the stones and sticks on the ground and in and out of small holes like quicksilver.

Photo-opps second to none and I am camera-less at present!! cry

Thankfully there was another birder there clicking away - should be some cracking pics there. smile

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Brimstone - flying near to canal, the latest ever for me
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17th November
1 Migrant Hawker Dragonfly by the canal (latest I can remember)

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10.00a.m. to 12.30p.m. very hot
Lots of butterflies about especially between Ramsden's ruck and canal.
Large Whites
Small Whites
Green-veined Whites
Brimstones
Gatekeepers
Meadow Browns
Large Skippers
Small Skippers
Speckled Wood
Small Tortoiseshell
Peacock

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Male and female Broad-Bodied Chaser from Tom Edmondson Hide this afternoon, the female ovipositing

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Alan Flavell


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Pennington Flash (other wildlife)

11.30a.m.

A Weasel ran across the path in front of me between Rammie hide and the canal where all the
paths meet.

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09.30-11.30

4 Meadow Brown, 1 Common Blue & 1 Small Skipper butterflies on the

meadow (North West corner)

A smallish dark butterfly fluttering along the bottom of an hedgerow on the

South East corner of the park fitted the description of a Ringlet. From

what I've read online since these butterflies are rare in GM. However, on

viewing quite a few good internet photos of them since I'm convinced

now it was a Ringlet. Also1 Southern Hawker dragonfly was near the

Teal hide




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Half a dozen Noctule bats over the junction of Sandy and Green Lane (by the sailing club) around 9.15pm on Saturday night.

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From Saturday;

St Georges Mushrooms (number of locations around the flash)
Hemlock (in front of bunting hide)
Hemlock Water-dropwort (a few locations)
Orange-tip (male)

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3 species off butterflies seen on my walk around..

speckled wood
common blue
orange tip

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2 small weasels in the feeding station ( Bunting hide ) this afternoon along with the usual squirrels

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Single Small Tortoiseshell butterfly today.

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Sunday 30 Oct pm with Tony Darby

A splendid Giant Puffball visible through a hedge in a field on the way to the East Bay to twitch the Red-crested Pochard. It was literally bigger than a football!

-- Edited by Tim Wilcox on Tuesday 1st of November 2011 01:43:02 PM

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