A much better month for weather - some lovely sunny days although the evenings are beginning to draw in and cool down! Much of the wildlife this month has been butterflies again. The sunflowers and buddleia have finally fully opened their blooms and the butterflies have loved them! The max for each species seen is as follows:
Painted Lady - 1
Peacock - 10
Red Admiral - 7
Small Tortoiseshell - 7
There have also been numerous white butterflies flitting around the garden.
We have noticed a good number of day flying moths around the garden too - especially on the sage! Usually a Silver Y, which is a very pretty moth, named for the mark on its wings. They have not however been caught in any numbers in traps.
Moths in the traps have still been in short supply. Cooler evenings have probably had something to do with it. New for us however is the Bulrush Wainscot (pictured on the right below) and Agonopterix arenella (pictured bottom left)
A few birds seem to be re-appearing in the garden now, but nothing in great numbers. There is presumably still plenty for them to find in the wild. The monthly max for birds was as follows:
Blackbird - 1 male, 1 female, 4 young
Blue tit - 2
Carrion crow - 2
Chaffinch - 1 male
Coal tit - 2
Dunnock - 1
Great tit - 1
House sparrow - 30 male, 20 female
Jackdaw - 4
Robin - 2
Starling - 30
Swallow - 4
Wood pigeon - 2
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