Bob Ford's Video Blog

Alner's Gorse
Monday July 7th 2014



Lots of butterflies today even though the sun never really came out. We really wanted to see a white-letter hairstreak but in the end had to be content with distant views of purple hairstreaks.



This marbled white was much more approachable though...



... as was this ringlet,



and this azure damselfly.



Birds
Hobby (Piddlehinton)
Kestrel
Sparrowhawk
Buzzard
Willow Warbler
Chiffchaff
Blackcap
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Goldfinch
Chaffinch
Bullfinch

Reptiles
Common Lizard

Insects
Meadow Brown
Gatekeeper
Ringlet
Marbled White
Green-veined White
Small Skipper
Large Skipper
Peacock
Red Admiral
Small Tortoiseshell
Comma
Purple Hairstreak
Azure Damselfly
Broad-bodied Chaser

Plants
Small-leaved Lime
Pedunculate Oak
English Elm
Lesser Spearwort
Dyer's Greenweed
Pepper Saxifrage
Betony
Agrimony
Alder Buckthorn
Saw-wort
Sneezewort




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