July so far at the pits

Hobby (Mark Clarke)

Harvest fast approaching

Small Copper

Old working lagoon

Red Admiral

Gatekeeper

Common Blue Damselfly

Female Black-tailed Skimmer

Field Grasshopper

Peacock

To catch up with sightings from last 10 days here are a summary of what's been seen at the pits. 

8th July - Wood Sandpiper (124) on main pit briefly, 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Oystercatcher, Little Ringed Plover with 2 juveniles, 285 Mallard, 95 Tufted Duck & 8 Teal, Black-backed Gulls, adult & juvenile Little Ringed Plover & a Peregrine. 

11th July - 40 Lapwing, 2 Oystercatcher, 3 LRP, Redshank, 2 Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper & Small Red-eyed Damselfly. 

12th July - 2 Hobby, Peregrine, 30 Lapwing, 3 Osytercatcher. Also Spotted Flycatcher (pm) Bidford Cemetery. 

14th July - Common Sandpiper, 2 LRP's & 2 juveniles, 11 Lapwing, 3 LBBG. Butterflies included Red Admiral, 2 Holly Blue, 2 Gatekeepers, Meadow Brown, Small Copper, Large & Small Whites.

15th July - Juvenile Mediterrean Gull (126), 23 Little Grebe (plus 6 broods), 6 Cormorant, 4 Grey Heron, 11 Mute Swan, 77 Canada Geese, 33 Greylag, 14 Gadwall, 6 Teal, 237 Mallard, 51 Tufted Duck (plus 8 & 3 ducklings), male Sparrowhawk, 18 Moorhen, 216 Coot, 3 Oystercatcher, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 16 Lapwing, 2 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper, 25 Black-headed Gulls, 6 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (plus young), 2 Common Tern, 80 Stock Doves, Kingfisher (125), Yellow Wagtail, 2 Sedge Warbler, Jay, 2 Raven, 4 Yellowhammer.

Butterflies included a Clouded Yellow, Small Copper, Holly Blue, Purple Hairstreak & Painted Lady.

16th July - Common Sandpiper, 9 Cormorant, 70 Lapwing. 

Sightings from Jon Bowley, Paul Hands, Mike Inskip, Ann & Noel & Mark Clarke

Red indicates new species for the year.