Almost stood on a baby rabbit on the path down here. I just saw it in time and after a little persuasion it finally moved away.
Bistort, Black Medick, Bramble, Broad-leaved Dock, Broad-leaved Pondweed, Broad-leaved Willowherb, Broom, Bush Vetch, Common Catsear, Common Cleavers, Dandelion, Giant Hogweed, Ground Elder, Hedge Woundwort, Hemlock Water Dropwort, Herb Bennet, Herb Robert, Hogweed, Japanese Knotweed, Lady's Mantle, Leafy Hawkweed, Meadow Buttercup, Meadow Cranesbill, Meadow Vetchling, Netttle, Nipplewort, Ox-eye Daisy, Pineapple Mayweed, Pink Purslane, Red Campion, Red Clover, Ribwort Plantain, Southern Marsh Orchid, various Thistles, Tufted Vetch, Water Forgetmenot, White Clover. A few things not in flower yet, including Fringed Water-lily & Frogbit.
1 Terrapin on lodges, making the most of the sunshine. The first one I have seen here for a few months, although I have been told by a fisherman friend that there are a few. My photos again proved inconclusive as to which species, but suggesting that it is not a Red-eared Terrapin, which would be the expected release species.
2 Peacock, 2 Comma, 4 Speckled Wood, 3 Gatekeeper, 4 Meadow Brown. 1 Silver Y, my first migrant moth this year, and one of very few macro-moths I have seen anywhere this year. 1 Common Hawker, 14 Brown Hawkers (they were all over the place, sometimes flying around in threes), Common Blue damselflies. Common Green Grasshoppers. Buff-tailed Bumble Bees. A few unidentified Hoverflies and Crane Flies.
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 16th of September 2012 07:53:40 AM
