Sunday 24 April 2011

Constant High






The warmest April day since 1949 yesterday and the high continues today. Just a few migrants about including 1 Greenshank, 3 Common Sandpiper and a couple of Swallow. Lots of singing summer birds including 2-3 Lesser Whitethroat (pic 1), 40+ Common Whitethroat, 15-20 Reed Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 10-15 Blackcap, 10+ Greenfinch and 2 Chaffinch.

Insects everywhere including these Longhorn moths Adela raemurella (pics 3 and 4) all over the place and black things (pic 5).

Tree Sparrows were posing by the feeders (pic 2).

2 comments:

Darryl said...

Are the "black things" St. Mark's flies? Apparently, coincidentally even, it is St. Mark's day today.

Peter Alfrey said...

There were St Marks Flies there but I thought this thing looked different- half beetle half fly?