Monday, 9 June 2025
Whitbread Hole
The most lovely golden light as the weather eases slowly from a chilly, unsettled pattern into some proper summer.
Chiffchaff and Common Whitethroat were singing. Bees everywhere as Privit and Knapweed come into flower. Elderflower continues to scent the air, bur its best might just be over.
Greater Knapweed, in different stages of flowering, with a Buff-tailed Bumblebee in the last one.
Field Thitle
Sunday, 8 June 2025
Park Corner Heath and Rowland Wood
A sunny, if slightly breezy, day in June. The hunt for Small Peal-bordered Fritillary meant a walk around this lovely reserve.
Almost immediately we saw a White Admiral. There were Meadow Browns and numerous Large Skippers. Some really splendid dragonflies eventually landed and revealed themselves to be Emperors and Golden-ringed. There were also Common Blue Damselfly.
The rambunctious Small Pearl-bordered Fritillaries were very active. Twice I saw them chasing Large Skippers.
Song Thrush, Blackbird, Chiffchaff and Garden Warbler song.
Two-banded Wasp Hoverfly
Saturday, 7 June 2025
The Lookout
A brief hiatus in the rainfall. Breezy and mild at Birling Gap, with the relatively angry sea quite loud on the hill.
Absolutely astonishing fruiting Alpine Strawberries. The Blackbirds and Jackdaws were certainly feeding on them, followed by our dog Bracken.
A large group of excited Linnets flew about, possibly two different fledged-families.
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