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| Dingy Skipper, Erynnis tages |
On Monday I visited Pulborough Brooks but didn’t see any
Nightingales. I did see the female Great Crested Newt briefly. I tried to photograph the pond skaters again.
Yesterday I did my weekly Mill Hill transect and saw two new
species for the season: a Green Hairstreak and about 10 Dingy Skippers plus 3 Grizzled Skippers and
a Wavy-barred Sable moth. A Kestrel perched on a tree at the top of the hill,
then took off and glided directly overhead for a wonderful close view.
Afterwards
I did some video work at Arundel WWT and saw the Greylag Goose cygnets for the
first time. A Water Vole crossed the path by the reed bed and found plenty of
forage to chew on. There were several Lapwings sitting on nests in front of the
lapwing hide.
Click to see the videos:
Greylag cygnets
Water Vole eating by path
Water Vole swimming
Lapwing preening
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| Common Pond Skaters , Gerris lacustris |
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| a Pea Weevil, Sitona lineatus, possibly prey of the Pond Skaters, can be seen at the top of the photo |
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| Pea Weevil, Sitona lineatus and Pond Skaters |
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| Lesser Diving Beetle, Acilius sulcatus |
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| Mallard duckling, Anas platyrhynchos |
this little fella was in a pond on one side of the visitor centre while his family of about 11 other ducklings were with mum on the pond at the other side of the building. He was chirping away...
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| Potamogeton species |
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| Yellow Pimpernel, Lysimachia nemorum |
Mill Hill:
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| Blue Bottle Fly, Calliphora vomitoria |
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| Grizzled Skipper, Pyrgus malvae |
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| Dingy Skipper, Erynnis tages |
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Green Hairstreak, Callophrys rubi
taken in complete shade |
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| Greylag Goose cygnets, Anser anser |
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| Kestrel, Falco tinnunculus |
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| Wavy-barred Sable, Pyrausta nigrata |
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