Dates: 6th - 12th May 2024

Weather conditions:
Cool becoming warmer towards the weekend (21-14 degrees), light winds (max. 23mph), dry.

Bats (emergence surveys):
Next survey using Echo Meter Touch on 06/05

Birds:
BlackBird
Blackcap
Blue Tit
Chaffinch
Chiffchaff
Collared Dove
Goldfinch
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Great Tit
Pheasant
Robin
Swallow
Wren

Butterflies (On transects):

Flowering plants:
Alexanders
Beech
Black Bryony
Blackthorn
Bluebell
Bracken
Bugle
Common Dandelion
Common Dog-Violet
Common Groundsel
Common Sorrel
Common Twayblade (non-flowering)
Common Vetch
Cow Parsley
Cowslip
Cuckoo Flower
Dog's mercury
Early Dog-Violet
Early Purple Orchid
Elder (non-flowering)
Germander Speedwell
Greater Stitchwort
Hawthorn
Hazel
Herb Robert
Honeysuckle (non-flowering)
Ivy-Leaved Toadflax
Land Cress (non-flowering)
Lesser Celandine
Lesser Periwinkle
Marsh Thistle (non-flowering)
Primrose
Ragged-Robin
Red Campion
Round-leaved Mint (non-flowering)
Southern Marsh-Orchid (non-flowering)
Sycamore (non-flowering)
Water Figwort (non-flowering)
Wavy Bittercress
Wood Forget-Me-Not
Wood Speedwell
Yellow Rattle (non-flowering)

Moths :
Brindled Beauty
Hebrew Character
Muslin Moth
Silver-ground Carpet
Next survey using Heath Trap with 40W actinic tube on 06/05

Reptiles:
Grass snake
Slow-worm

Posted on May 4, 2024 09:02 AM by balders