The Bridge Nursery, Napton had a lone Swift heading south
and 5 Buzzards while we looked for insects around the garden. Ten species of
butterfly were seen with 4 Peacocks, Small Copper, Comma and Marbled White
among the commoner species while dragonflies included 3 Brown Hawker and 2
Emperor Dragonfly. Tried to improve on my Shaded Broad-bar photos but the 4 we
found were not playing ball.
Napton Reservoir still has many dragon and damselflies on
show with at least 9 species found though the best sighting was of an Emperor
Dragonfly catching and devouring a White-tailed Bumble-bee. Bird life was poor with
only a juvenile Reed Warbler showing along with the female Red-crested Pochard
which is still present but reluctant to come out of the reed bed, her bright
red-bill giving her position away.
A Common Blue butterfly was also seen here and a Holly Blue
was in my garden when I arrived home.
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Small Tortoiseshell
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| Comma |
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| Marbled White |
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| Small Copper |
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