Here is a summary of life seen here on the riverside during July 2018, as the survey on the previous post was made the day after the first rain fell, at the end of a very hot and dry month.
This is in the order of appearance.
Birds:
Where both adult and juvenile birds are seen, the text is in bold.
wren, blue tit, common whitethroat, robin, house sparrow, blackcap, garden warbler, blackbird, chiffchaff, carrion crow, magpie, great-spotted woodpecker, song thrush, nuthatch, great tit, woodpigeon, grey wagtail, mallard, buzzard, jay, goldfinch, chaffinch, greenfinch, herring gull, collared dove, kingfisher, pied wagtail, red kite, kestrel, green woodpecker, swift, house martin, swallow, sparrowhawk, moorhen, grey heron, willow warbler
Dragonflies:
Banded Demoiselle damselfly+, Southern Hawker, Brown Hawker, Migrant Hawker
Butterflies:
Meadow Brown+, Large White, Small White, Green-veined White, Speckled Wood+, Small Skipper, Large Skipper, Ringlet, Gatekeeper++, Red Admiral, Comma, Peacock, Purple Hairstreak
Dragonflies and Butterflies which were seen in large numbers are marked +
Bees, hoverflies, grass moths and grasshoppers were numerous too.
A young Oak is protected by mesh in a 'nursery' of taller plants
which shade the ground from the fierce sun.
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