Sunday, 19 April 2009

Birds, butterflies and bees

A fine, sunny and warm Sunday morning, but only saw a few dog walkers with well behaved dogs and evidence of only one uncollected dog do!  No signs of any more damage to trees or noticeboards.
The wood was filled with birds singing and flying about.  I probably heard more birds than I can identify because my birdsong recognition is not very good and I would welcome some help with remembering which bird makes what noise!  I can definitely say I saw several blackbirds zooming about, great tits collecting nesting material, blue tits, chaffinches, a dunnock, lots of robins and chiffchaffs singing strongly.
There was also lots of insect activity, especially many bumble bees searching close to the ground.  The aroma of wild garlic was very strong!
The badgers have been busy lately with much evidence of bedding replacement taking place.  In the clearing near the car park a green-veined white and an orange tip butterfly were patrolling.
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