Pittswood Birds

This afternoon started sunny and very warm, but high cloud slowly drifted over, followed by thicker grey rain clouds, heralding the breakdown of the recent good weather.

I once again wandered the long grass and weedy rich habitat of the Tree Nursery, hoping for a new butterfly for the year or month list, nothing new was seen though, many Small Skippers were about again, and the Brown Argus, as well as the Meadow Brown, but I also saw this Silver 'y' Moth a migrant species, which reminds me on the walk home from work I also saw my first Humming bird Hawkmoth of the year :-)

Below another Brown Argus

Below another Small Skipper

As for the birds, well there were long periods where not a bird was seen or heard, even the SWALLOWS seemed to be elsewhere most of the time, a few SWIFTS passed over from time to time, and the KESTREL was up hunting for a while. The WHITETHROAT was glimpsed in the hedgerow, and a family of LINNETS were also seen here.

A sky watch at Migrant Alley only produced LESSER BLACK BACKED and HERRING GULL going over, so all in all a typical quiet July afternoon!

I took these Wood Mouse photo's when I got home, but by then the light had faded, and the first spots of rain were arriving.