Juvenile Cuckoo
Ruddy Shelduck
Juvenile Peregrine
Juvenile Black-headed Gull
Common Blue
Soldier Fly on Ragwort
Six-spot Burnet
Two Cuckoo on 100 acre were a real treat today- the first juvenile I have seen well in years at the farm. Other birding notes include a juvenile Peregrine, 15 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper and a Ruddy Shelduck of unknown origin on 100 acre. Lots of young birds about Great Spot and Green Woodpeckers, young Kestrels , finch flocks are starting to form, a few tit flocks on the edges, warbler families and plenty of juvenile gulls.
After the cloud burnt off there was plenty of butterflies again- hundreds of Meadow Brown and probably 100+ Essex Skippers and the most Six-spot Burnets I have seen on site before- 30-40+.
4 comments:
The fly looks more like a Hoverfly (a Cheilosia) to me.
Thank-you for your blog!
Benoit
Maybe it is. Here's another photo :
http://peteralfrey.blogspot.co.uk/
Its the bottom of the first blog post
Any idea what species?
Some wonderful photos there, Pete.
cheers John
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