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2023 December 2023 Dec 29th Mardyke Way, Essex: Kingfisher, Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, Little Egret, Gadwall, Teal, Mallard, Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay.
Dec 26th Rainham Marshes, Essex: Barn Owl, Marsh Harrier, Avocet, Grey Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, Snipe, Lapwing, Redshank, Curlew, Pintail, Shoveler, Gadwall, Wigeon, Teal, Shelduck, Little Egret, Grey Heron, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, Skylark, Water Pipit, Fieldfare.
Dec 23rd Mardyke Way, Essex: Kingfisher, Cetti's Warbler, Little Egret, Grey Heron, Shoveler, Gadwall, Teal, Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay.
November 2023
Nov 20th-24th Center Parcs, Whinfell Forest, Cumbria [Trip Report] Red Squirrel, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Tawny Owl, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Treecreeper, Jay, Raven, Tree Sparrow, Brambling, Siskin, Lesser Redpoll, Crossbill, Bullfinch, Yellowhammer.
Nov 20th Train journey Essex to Cumbria: 35 species recorded: Robin (singing 05:23 at station), Magpie, Carrion Crow, Ring-necked Parakeet, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Coot, Mallard, Canada Goose, Teal, Feral Pigeon, Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, Cormorant, Red Kite, Stock Dove, Jackdaw, Fieldfare, Buzzard, Wood Pigeon, Redwing, Rook, Collared Dove, Moorhen, Grey Heron, Pheasant, Tufted Duck, Mute Swan, Little Egret, Waxwing (single - Wigan North Western Station), Greylag Goose, Kestrel, Meadow Pipit, Raven, Goosander.
Nov 5th Purfleet-on-Thames, Essex Southern Sickle-bearing Bush-cricket (Phaneroptera nana) (4 males stridulating), Dark Bush-cricket, Speckled Bush-cricket, Field Grasshopper.
Nov 1st Purfleet-on-Thames, Essex Southern Sickle-bearing Bush-cricket (Phaneroptera nana) (4 males stridulating), Dark Bush-cricket, Speckled Bush-cricket.
October 2023
Oct 7th Capel-le-Ferne cliffs, Kent European Tree-cricket (Oecanthus pellucens) (50+), Large Conehead (Ruspolia nitidula) (2), Tawny Cockroach (Ectobius pallidus), Rufous Grasshopper, Grey Bush-cricket, Great Green Bush-cricket, Long-winged Conehead, Dark Bush-cricket, Speckled Bush-cricket, Field Grasshopper, Common Wall Lizard (Podarcis muralis).
Oct 5th Purfleet-on-Thames, Essex Southern Sickle-bearing Bush-cricket (Phaneroptera nana) (6+ males stridulating; female recently mated), Long-winged Conehead, Dark Bush-cricket, Speckled Bush-cricket.
Oct 1st Moth Trap, Purfleet-on-Thames, Essex Black Rustic, Large Wainscot, Large Yellow Underwing, Lunar Underwing, Pale Mottled Willow, Shuttle-shaped Dart, Square-spot Rustic.
September 2023 Sep 25th Purfleet-on-Thames, Essex Southern Sickle-bearing Bush-cricket (Phaneroptera nana) (10+ males stridulating), Long-winged Conehead, Dark Bush-cricket, Speckled Bush-cricket, Clouded Yellow.
Sep 24th Purfleet, Essex Hibernating lepidoptera in old MoD bunker: Herald (10), Buttoned Snout (2), Twenty-plume Moth (1), Peacock (17), Old Lady (remains -spider predation).
Sep 23rd Swale/Isle of Sheppey, Kent Cepero's Groundhopper, Roesel's Bush-cricket, Field Grasshopper, Meadow Grasshopper, Lesser Marsh Grasshopper, Long-winged Conehead, Short-winged Conehead, Dark Bush-cricket, Wall Brown, Migrant Hawker, Cattle Egret, Green Sandpiper, Cetti's Warbler.
Sep 17th Moth Trap, Purfleet-on-Thames, Essex Beautiful Hook-tip, Box-tree Moth, Brimstone Moth, Centre-barred Sallow, Common Marbled Carpet, Common Plume, Double-striped Pug, Eudonia/Scoparia sp., Feathered Ranunculus, Flame Crest (Chrysoesthia drurella), Garden Rose Tortrix, Gem, L-album Wainscot, Large Yellow Underwing, Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, Meal Moth, Mint Moth, Pale Mottled Willow, Pale-backed Clothes Moth, Ruddy Streak, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Shuttle-shaped Dart, Small Square-spot, Treble-bar, Vine's Rustic, White-point, Willow Beauty.
Sep 15-16th Purfleet-Rainhan Marshes, Essex Southern Sickle-bearing Bush-cricket (Phaneroptera nana), Slender Groundhopper, House Cricket, Roesel's Bush-cricket, Long-winged Conehead, Short-winged Conehead, Dark Bush-cricket, Speckled Bush-cricket, Lesser Marsh Grasshopper, Field Grasshopper, Meadow Grasshopper.
Sep 11th-15th Cycle to work highlights [2023 list] Cattle Egret, Yellow Wagtail, Sanderling, Ringed Plover, Water Rail, Little Egret, Kingfisher, Marsh Harrier, Migrant Hawker, Common Darter, Ivy Mining Bee (Colletes hederae).
Sep 10th Moth Trap, Purfleet-on-Thames, Essex Box-tree Moth, Bright-line Brown-eye, Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, Clancy's Rustic, Cypress Pug, Double-striped Pug, Dusky Thorn, Elbow-striped Grass-veneer, Eudonia/Scoparia sp., Flounced Rustic, Gold Triangle, Horse Chestnut Leaf-miner, Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, L-album Wainscot, Large Yellow Underwing, Light Brown Apple Moth, Lime-speck Pug, Marbled Beauty, Meal Moth, Pale Mottled Willow, Privet Tortrix, Rosy-striped Knot-horn, Ruddy Streak, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Shuttle-shaped Dart, Spindle Knot-horn (Globia sparganii), Straw Underwing, Treble-bar, Turnip Moth, Vine's Rustic, Wax Moth, Webb's Wainscot, White-point, Willow Beauty, Yellow Shell, Yellow-backed Clothes Moth (Monopis obviella).
Sep 4th-8th Cycle to work highlights [2023 list] Southern Sickle-bearing Bush-cricket (Phaneroptera nana), House Cricket, Roesel's Bush-cricket, Long-winged Conehead, Short-winged Conehead, Dark Bush-cricket, Speckled Bush-cricket, Lesser Marsh Grasshopper, Southern Migrant Hawker, Migrant Hawker, Southern Hawker, Small White (94 counted, Purfleet-Rainham on 7th), Holly Blue (Holburn), Whinchat, Marsh Harrier.
Sep 2nd-6th Purfleet-on-Thames, Essex Southern Sickle-bearing Bush-cricket (Phaneroptera nana), House Cricket, Roesel's Bush-cricket, Long-winged Conehead, Short-winged Conehead, Dark Bush-cricket, Speckled Bush-cricket, Southern Oak Bush-cricket, Lesser Marsh Grasshopper, Field Grasshopper, Meadow Grasshopper, Brimstone, Brown Argus, Small Heath, Holly Blue, Comma, Migrant Hawker, Southern Hawker, Angle Shades, Shaded Broad-bar.
Sep 1st-3rd Moth Trap, Purfleet-on-Thames, Essex Apple Leaf-miner, Ash-bark Knot-horn, Beautiful Hook-tip, Box-tree Moth, Bramble Shoot Moth, Brimstone Moth, Brown House-moth, Cabbage Moth, Carnation Tortrix, Chequered Grass-veneer, Clancy's Rustic, Common Grass-veneer, Common Plume, Copper Underwing, Dark Arches, Dark Ash Bud Moth (Prays ruficeps), Diamond-back Moth, Double-striped Pug, Dusky Thorn, Elbow-striped Grass-veneer, Eudonia/Scoparia sp., Flounced Rustic, Garden Carpet, Gold Triangle, Green Carpet, Grey Knot-horn, Horse Chestnut Leaf-miner, Jersey Tiger, Knot Grass, Large Yellow Underwing, Latticed Heath, Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, Lesser Yellow Underwing, Light Brown Apple Moth, Light Emerald, Lime-speck Pug, Long-horned Flat-body (Carcina quercana), Pale Mottled Willow, Plae-backed Clothes Moth, Riband Wave, Rosy-striped Knot-horn (Oncocera semirubella), Ruddy Streak, Rusty Dot Pearl, Satin Wave, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Shuttle-shaped Dart, Single-dotted Wave, Small Blood-vein, Small Dusty Wave, Straw Underwing, Treble-bar, Turnip Moth, Vine's Rustic, Wax Moth, White-bodied Conch, White-point, White-shouldered House-moth, Willow Beauty, Yellow Belle, Yellow Shell, Yponomeuta sp.
August 2023 Aug 28th Moth Trap, Purfleet-on-Thames, Essex Blood-vein, Box-tree Moth, Bright-line Brown-eye, Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, Cloaked Minor, Common Grass-veneer, Common Wainscot, Copper Underwing, Dark Spinach, Diamond-back Moth, Double-striped Pug, Flame Shoulder, Flounced Rustic, Garden Carpet, Gold Triangle, Jersey Tiger, Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, Lesser Yellow Underwing, Light Brown Apple Moth, Lime-speck Pug, Marbled Yellow Pearl (Evergestis extimalis), Pale Mottled Willow, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Shuttle-shaped Dart, Small Dusty Wave, Straw Underwing, Vine's Rustic, Yellow Shell, Yponomeuta sp.
Aug 7th-25th Ayrshire [Trip Report] Common Groundhopper, Mottled Grasshopper, Common Green Grasshopper, Field Grasshopper, Migrant Hawker, Common Hawker, Comma, Holly Blue, Speckled Wood, Painted Lady, Red-thighed St Mark's Fly (Bibio pomonae), Grouse Wing (Mystacides longicornis), Caddisfly (Athripsodes albifrons), Cinnamon Sedge (Limnephilus lunatus), Spiked Shieldbug (Picromerus bidens), Dustbin-lid Jellyfish (Rhizostoma octopus), Bird-cherry Ermine, Orchard Ermime, Ermine sp (Yponomeuta sp), White-shoulded House-moth, Brown House-moth, Large Ivy Tortrix, Light Brown Apple Moth, Maple Button, Strawberry Tortrix/Dark-triangle Button, Ashy Button, Garden Rose Tortrix, Grey Poplar Bell, Pale Straw Pearl, Dusky Pearl, Mother of Pearl, Garden Grass-veneer, Common Grass-veneer, Straw Grass-veneer, Water Veneer, Riband Wave, Shaded Broad-bar, Garden Carpet, Flame Carpet, Common Carpet, July Highflyer, Chevron, Small Phoenix, Common Marbled Carpet, Small Rivulet, Barred Rivulet, Canary-shouldered Thorn, Scalloped Oak, Willow Beauty, Iron Prominent, Ruby Tiger, Buff Footman, Cinnabar, Silver Y, Gold Spot, Copper Underwing, Mouse Moth, Marbled Beauty, Old Lady, The Crescent, Rosy Rustic, Ear Moth agg, Flounced Rustic, Slender Brindle, Dark Arches, Common Rustic agg, Marbled Minor agg, The Dun-bar, Centre-barred Sallow, Grey Chi, Cabbage Moth, Dark Sword-grass, Small Square-spot, Large Yellow Underwing, Lesser Yellow Undering, Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, Square-spot Rustic, Eider, Common Scoter, Red-breasted Merganser, Grey Partridge, Red-throated Diver, Little Egret, Gannet, Shag, Whimbrel, Greenshank, Sandwich Tern, Swift, Kingfisher, Jay, Raven, Dipper, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Stonechat, Tree Sparrow, Bullfinch, Yellowhammer.
Canary-shouldered Thorn (Ennomos alniaria), Crosshouse & female Common Green Grasshopper (Omocestus viridulus), Laigh Milton Mill, Ayrshire (VC75), Scotland, Aug 2023
female Mottled Grasshopper (Myrmeleotettix maculatus), Irvine-Kilwinning cycle path, & Red-thighed St Mark's Fly (Bibio pomonae), Crosshouse, Ayrshire (VC75), Scotland, Aug 2023
Aug 6th Purfleet-on-Thames, Essex Forestier's Ladybird (Rhyzobius forestieri), Ivy Ladybird/Four-spotted Nephus (Nephus quadrimaculatus), Southern Oak Bush-cricket (Meconema meridionale), Speckled Bush-cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima).
Aug 2nd-3rd Purfleet-on-Thames, Essex
July 2023 Jul 22nd Moth Trap, Purfleet-on-Thames, Essex Poor catch due to recent weather: Oak Eggar, Single-dotted Wave, Flame Shoulder, Pale Mottled Willow, Long-legged Tabby, Rosy Tabby.
Jul 17th-21st Cycle to work highlights [2023 list] Red Kite, Marsh Harrier, Hobby, Little Egret, Gatekeeper, Brown Argus, Comma, Peacock, Red Admiral, Common Blue, Small White, Jersey Tiger, Southern Hawker, Black-tailed Skimmer, Emperor Dragonfly, Ruddy Darter, Dark Bush-cricket, Roesel's Bush-cricket, Lesser Marsh Grasshopper, Meadow Grasshopper, Field Grasshopper, Plane Tree Bug (Arocatus longiceps), Hornet Hoverfly (Volucella zonaria).
Jul 8th Moth Trap, Purfleet-on-Thames, Essex 138 moths of 58 species, with eight new for the trap: Acer Sober (Anarsia innoxiella), Bee Moth, Broad-barred Knot-horn (Acrobasis consociella), Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, Brown House-moth, Brown-spot Flat-body (Agonopterix alstromeriana), Bud Moth (Spilonota ocellana), Bulrush Veneer, Burnished Brass, Case-bearer sp. (Coleophora sp.), Chequered Grass-veneer (Catoptria falsella), Cloaded Minor, Common Footman, Common Plume, Dark Umber, Dwarf Cream Wave, Double-striped Pug, Dusky Sallow, Ermine sp. (Swammerdamia/Paraswammerdamia sp.), Eudonia/Scoparia sp., European Corn Borer, Garden Grass-veneer, Golden-brown Tubic, Haworth's Pug, Heart and Club, Heart and Dart, Jersey Tiger, Lackey, Large Fruit-tree Tortrix, Large Yellow Underwing, Latticed Heath, Least Carpet, Leopard Moth, Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, Lesser Yellow Underwing, Lime-speck Pug, Long-legged Tabby (Synaphe punctalis), Maple Button (Acleris forsskaleana), Maple Slender (Caloptilia semifascia), Marbled Green, Marbled Knot-horn (Acrobasis marmorea), Mint Moth, Mother of Pearl, Mottled Rustic, Pale Mottled Willow, Riband Wave, Ruddy Steak, Rusty Dot Pearl, Scarce Footman, Small Blood-vein, Small Emerald, Tree-lichen Beauty, Triangle-marked Roller (Ancylis achatana), Twin-barred Knot-horn, Uncertain, Water Veneer, White-foot Bell (Epiblema foenella), Yponomeuta sp.
Jul 3rd-7th Cycle to work highlights [2023 list] Spoonbill, Little Egret, Marsh Harrier, Avocet, Swift, Reed Warbler (singing), Cetti's Warbler (singing), Corn Bunting (singing), Lesser Emperor, Black-tailed Skimmer, Banded Demoiselle.
June 2023 Jun 26th-30th Cycle to work highlights [2023 list] Stag Beetle (f), Roesel's Bush-cricket (singing), Marbled White, Gatekeeper, Essex Skipper, Small Skipper, Emperor Dragonfly, Southern Hawker, Black-tailed Skimmer, Black Redstart, Hobby, Marsh Harrier, Avocet, Swift, Reed Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, Corn Bunting (singing).
Jun 24th-25th Moth Trap, Purfleet-on-Thames, Essex Acer Sober (Anarsia innoxiella), Apple Leaf Miner, Bee Moth, Bitter-cress Diamond-back (Eidophasia messiniella), Brown House-moth, Bulrush Veneer (Calamotropha paludella), Clancy's Rustic, Clouded Border, Codling Moth, Common Footman, Common Wainscot, Crescent Plume, Diamond-back Moth, Double-striped Pug, Garden Carpet, Garden Grass-veneer, Gold Triangle, Golden-brown Tubic (Crassa unitella), Gorse Crest (Brachmia blandella), Grey/Dark Dagger, Hawthorn Moth (Scythropia crataegella), Heart and Club, Heart and Dart, Knapweed Conch (Agapeta zoegana), Least Carpet, Lesser Tawny Tubic (Batis lunaris), Lime-speck Pug, Little Grey (Eudonia lacustrata), Long-legged Tabby (Synaphe puntalis), Long-winged Shade (Cnephasia longana), Maple Button (Acleris forsskaleana), Marbled Minor agg., Mottled Rustic, Pale Mottled Willow, Pug sp., Ruddy Streak, Scarce Footman, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Small Grey (Eudonia mercurella), Treble Brown Spot, Treble-bar, Triangle-marked Roller (Ancylis achatana), Turnip Moth, Twin-barred Knot-horn, Vine's Rustic, White-backed Marble (Hedya salicella), Willow Beauty, Yellow Oak Button (Aleimma loeflingiana), Yponomeuta sp.
Knapweed Conch (Agapeta zoegana) & Acer Sober (Anarsia innoxiella), Purfleet-on-Thames, 24-25 June 2023
Triangle-marked Roller (Ancylis achatana) & Lesser Tawny Tubic (Batia lunaris), Purfleet-on-Thames, 24-25 June 2023
Gorse Crest (Brachmia blandella) & Bulrush Veneer (Calamotropha paludella), Purfleet-on-Thames, 24-25 June 2023
Jun 24th-25th Purfleet-on-Thames brownfield site Burnet Companion (Euclidia glyphica), Marbled White, Essex Skipper, Small Skipper, Common Darter, Roesel's Bush-cricket (nymphs), Meadow Grasshopper (adults singing + hundreds of nymphs), Field Grasshopper (nymphs), Lesser Marsh Grasshopper (nymphs), Kidney-spot Ladybird, Two-spot Ladybird, Summer Chafer, Swollen-thighed Beetle, Cinnamon Bug (Corizus hyoscyami), Crucifer Shieldbug (Eurydema oleracea), Green Nettle Beetle (Phyllobius pomaceus).
Jun 19th-23rd Cycle to work highlights [2023 list] Stag Beetle (m), Banded Demoiselle, Broad-bodied Chaser, Emperor Dragonfly, Southern Hawker, Black-tailed Skimmer, 10-spot Ladybird, Red Kite, Hobby, Cuckoo (singing), Marsh Harrier, Avocet, Grey Wagtail (singing), Swift, Reed Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, Corn Bunting (singing).
Jun 17th-18th Moth Trap, Purfleet-on-Thames, Essex Alceris notana/ferugana, Apple Leaf Miner (Lyonetia clerkella), Barred Marble (Celypha striana), Barred Yellow, Bee Moth, Bramble Shoot Moth (Notocelia uddmanniana), Brown House-moth, Buff-tip, Cnephasia sp., Common Footman, Common Wainscot, Common Yellow Conch (Agapeta hamana), Cream-spot Tiger, Dark Arches, Diamond-back Moth, Double-striped Pug, Garden Grass-veneer, Golden-brown Tubic (Crassa unitella), Green Oak Tortrix, Haworth's Pug, Hawthorn Moth (Scythropia crataegella), Heart and Club, Heart and Dart, Hemlock Yellow Conch (Aethes beatricella), Latticed Heath, Least Carpet, Light Brown Apple Moth, Lime-speck Pug, Maple Prominent, Marbled Minor agg., Marbled Orchard Tortrix (Hedya nubiferana), Meadow Grey (Scoparia pyralella), Obscure Wainscot, Pale Mottled Willow, Pale-backed Clothes Moth (Monopis crocicaptella), Poplar Grey, Red-barred Tortrix (Ditula angustiorana), Riband Wave, Ruddy Streak (Tachystola acroxantha), Satin Wave, Scarce Footman, Skin Moth (Monopis laevigella), Small Grey (Eudonia mercurella), Treble Brown Spot, Treble Lines, Triple-blotched Bell (Notocelia trimaculana), Twin-barred Knot-horn (Homoeosoma sinuella), Uncertain, Vine's Rustic, White Ermine, White-bodied Conch (Neocochylis hybridella), White-point, Willow Beauty, Wormwood Pug, Yellow Oak Button (Aleimma loeflingiana).
Barred Marble (Celypha striana) & Latticed Heath (Chiasmia clathrata), Purfleet-on-Thames, 17-18 June 2023
Obscure Wainscot (Leucania obsoleta) & Meadow Grey (Scoparia pyralella), Purfleet-on-Thames, 17-18 June 2023
Jun 18th Purfleet-on-Thames, Essex Large black weevil (16mm) Liparus coronatus
large black weevil Liparus coronatus Purfleet-on-Thames, 18 June 2023
Jun 10th-13th Moth Trap, Purfleet-on-Thames, Essex Aethes sp., Beautiful Hook-tip, Bee Moth, Black-headed Conch (Cochylichroa atricapitana), Blackthorn Argent (Argyresthia spinosella), Bramble Shoot Moth, Brimestone Moth, Brown House-moth, Buff-tip, Common Footman, Common Pug, Common Wainscot, Common Yellow Conch (Agapeta hamana), Cream-bordered Green Pea, Cream-spot Tiger, Cypress Carpet, Diamond-back Moth, Eudonia/Scoparia sp., Figure of Eighty, Garden Grass-veneer, Gold Triangle, Green Oak Tortrix, Haworth's Pug, Hawthorn Moth (Scythropia crataegella), Heart & Club, Heart & Dart, Hook-streak Grass-veneer, Knot Grass, Large Clover Case-bearer (Coleophora trifolii), Large Fruit-tree Tortrix, Large Ivy Tortrix (Lozotaenia forsterana), Large Nutmeg, Large Yellow Underwing, Light Brown Apple Moth, Light Emerald, Lime Hawk-moth, Lime-speck Pug, Marbled Minor agg., Marbled Orchard Tortrix (Hedya nubiferana), Middle-barred Minor, Obsure sp. (Oegoconia agg.), Pale Mottled Willow, Peppered Moth, Plum Tortrix (Hedya pruniana), Purple Bar, Red Piercer (Lathronympha strigana), Red-barred Tortrix (Ditula angustiorana), Riband Wave, Ruddy Streak, Rusty Oak/Birch Button (Acleris sp.), Satin Wave, Shuttle-shaped Dart, Single-dotted Wave, Small Waved Umber, Straw Conch (Cochylimorpha straminea), Straw Grass-veneer, Twin-barred Knot-horn (Homoeosoma sinuella), Thistle Ermine, Treble Lines, Triple-blotched Bell (Notocelia trimaculana), Turnip Moth, Vine's Rustic, Wax Moth, White Ermine, White-bodied Conch (Neocochhylis hybridella), White-point, White-shouldered House-moth, Willow Beauty, Yellow Oak Button (Aleimma loeflingiana), Yellow Shell.
Selection of moths from the light trap, Purfleet-on-Thames, 10-13 June 2023
May 2023 May 26th-30th Moth Trap, Purfleet-on-Thames, Essex Buff-tip, Carnation Tortrix, Cochylis sp, Common Pug, Diamond-back Moth, Heart & Club, Heart & Dart, Light Brocade, Light Brown Apple Moth, Lime Hawk-moth, Longhorn sp (Nematopogon sp), Ruddy Streak, Satin Wave, Shuttle-shaped Dart, Silver Y, Treble Lines, Vine's Rustic, White Ermine, White-point, White-shouldered House-moth.
Buff-tip (Phalera bucephala) & Light Brocade (Lacanobia w-latinum), Purfleet-on-Thames, England, May 2023
May 28th Rainham Marshes Short-eared Owl, Grey Plover, Marsh Harrier, Avocet (with young), Brown Argus, Green Hairstreak, Holly Blue, Red Admiral, Small Copper, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Azure Damselfly, Hairy Dragonfly, Roesel's Bush-cricket (2nd instar nymphs), Conehead sp. (Conocephalus sp. 1st instar nymphs).
May 22nd-26th Cycle to work highlights [2023 list] Short-eared Owl, Grass Snake, Marsh Frog, Muntjac, Green Hairstreak, Small Copper, Orange-tip, Painted Lady, Red Admiral, Peacock, Black Redstart, Hobby, Cuckoo, Corn Bunting (singing), Skylark (singing), Meadow Pipit (singing), Marsh Harrier, Avocet, Grey Wagtail (singing), Swift, Reed Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Cetti's Warbler.
May 20th-21st Rainham Marshes Green Hairstreak, Painted Lady, Speckled Wood, Holly Blue, Red Admiral, Small Copper, Azure Damselfly, Hairy Dragonfly, Common Malachite Beetle (Malachius bipustulatus), Avocet (with young).
May 15th-19th Cycle to work highlights [2023 list] Black Redstart, Hobby, Cuckoo, Corn Bunting, Marsh Harrier, Avocet, Grey Wagtail, Swift, Reed Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, Slender Groundhopper (Tetrix subulata), Rambur's Pied Shieldbug (Tritomegas sexmaculatus).
May 14th Rainham Marshes Roesel's Bush-cricket (1st instar nymphs), Water Ladybird, 14-spot Ladybird, 22-spot Ladybird, 24-spot Ladybird, Red Marsh Ladybird, Hairy Dragonfly, Large Red Damselfly, Hobby, Marsh Harrier, Little Egret, Avocet, Reed Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, Corn Bunting, Little Grebe, Shoveler, Cuckoo, Jay.
May 9th-13th Cycle to work highlights [2023 list] Hobby, Cuckoo, Corn Bunting, Marsh Harrier, Avocet, Swift, Jay, Hairy Dragonfly, Orange-tip, Holly Blue.
May 8th Rainham Marshes 10 warbler species: Garden Warber, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Grasshopper Warbler, Cetti's Warbler.
May 7th Rainham Marshes Green Hairstreak, Small Copper, Brimstone, Orange-tip, Peacock, Red Admiral, Small White, Green-veined White, Hairy Dragonfly, 14-spot Ladybird, Apion frumentarium (red weevil) numerous on on Rumex.
May 2nd-5th Cycle to work highlights [2023 list] Black-winged Stilt, Greenshank, Hobby, Corn Bunting (3 singing mm), Swift, Cuckoo, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, Avocet.
May 1st Mardyke Valley: Purfleet-Davy Down Hobby, Yellow Wagtail, Chiffchaff (17 singing mm), Blackcap (12 singing mm), Whitethroat (7 singing mm), Cetti's Warbler (6 singing mm), Reed Warbler (3 singing mm), Lesser Whitethroat (2 singing mm), Sedge Warbler (singing m), Little Egret (4), Shelduck (pr), Little Grebe (2 pra), Brimstone, Orange-tip, Peacock, Small White, Green-veined White, Dark Bush-cricket (nymphs), Large Red Damselfly, Bryony Ladybird, 22-spot Ladybird, Dark-edged Bee-fly (10+).
April 2023 Apr 29th-30th Rainham Marshes Slender Groundhopper (Tetrix subulata), Hairy Dragonfly, Emperor moth, Brindled Beauty, Hebrew Character, 24-spot Ladybird, Hobby, Marsh Harrier, Avocet, Swift, Reed Warbler, Cuckoo, Corn Bunting, Cinnamon Bug (Corizus hyoscyami).
Apr 24th-28th Cycle to work highlights [2023 list] Swift, Cuckoo, Corn Bunting, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Grasshopper Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, Whimbrel, Avocet, Redshank, Lapwing, Little Grebe, Reed Bunting, Raven.
Apr 17th-21st Cycle to work highlights [2023 list] Corn Bunting, Lesser Whitethroat, Grasshopper Warbler, Arctic Tern, Whimbrel, Bar-tailed Godwit, Common Tern, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat, Mediterranean Gull, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Cetti's Warbler, Orange-tip.
Apr 6th-16th Costa de la Luz, Cádiz, Andalucía, Spain: Great Egret, Spoonbill, Purple Heron, Northern Bald Ibis, Glossy Ibis, Red-rumped Swallow, Montagu's Harrier, Bee-eater, Earthling Stone Grasshopper, Common Maquis Grasshopper, Lamenting Grasshopper, Western Bonelli's Warbler, Iberian Chiffchaff, Short-toed Treecreeper, Spanish Festoon, Moroccan Orange-tip, Three-toed Skink, Iberian Mantis, Large Psammodromas, Woodchat Shrike, Black Kite, Iberian Water Frog, Orobanche densiflora, Common Stick Grasshopper, Clouded Yellow, Melodious Warbler, Green-striped White, Smooth-striped Bush-cricket, Puissant's Green-winged Grasshopper, Common Digging Grasshopper, Alpine Swift, Pallid Swift, Iberian Wall Lizard, Monarch, Calandra Lark, Smooth Striped Bush-cricket, Garden Locust, Agapanthia annulans (longhorn beetle), Chlorophorus trifasciatus (wasp beetle), Barbary Nut, Tawny Pipit, Thekla Lark, Cirl Bunting, Southern Scarce Swallowtail, Cleopatra, Queen of Spain Fritillary, Audouin's Gull, Blue Rock Thrush, Spiny-footed Lizard, Desert Sand Grasshopper, Greater Flamingo, Collared Pratincole, Black-winged Stilt, Greater Short-toed Lark, Peregrine, Griffon Vulture, Black-winged Kite, Little Tern, Hoopoe, Lesser Kestrel, Great Reed Warbler, Purple Swamphen, Vagrant Emperor, Egyptian Grasshopper, Black-crowned Night Heron, Caspian Tern, Slender-billed Gull, Subalpine Warbler, Black-eared Wheatear, Spectacled Warbler, Whiskered Tern, Short-toed Eagle, Booted Eagle, Spanish Terrapin, Tabanus barbarus (horse fly).
Apr 3rd-5th Cycle to work highlights [2023 list] Sedge Warbler (2 singing mm), Sand Martin, Swallow, Black Redstart (singing male), Blackcap (singing male), Mediterranean Gull.
Apr 3rd Mardyke Valley: Purfleet-Davy Down Chiffchaff (21 singing mm), Blackcap (9 singing mm), Cetti's Warbler (2 singing mm), Little Egret (10), Shelduck (2 prs), Gadwall (5 prs), Little Grebe (pr), Green Woodpecker (3+ yaffling), Brimstone (4 mm), Comma (2), Peackcock (10+), Small Tortoiseshell (1), Green-veined White (2), Dark-edged Bee-fly (2).
March 2023 Mar 27th-31st Cycle to work highlights [2023 list] Black Redstart (singing male), Chiffchaff (10 singing mm), Barn Owl, Redshank (displaying), Lapwing (displaying), Avocet, Marsh Harrier, Cetti's Warbler.
Mar 20th-24th Cycle to work highlights [2023 list] Brimstone, Willow Warbler (singing male), Chiffchaff (8 singing mm), Avocet, Marsh Harrier, Oystercatcher, Cetti's Warbler.
February 2023 Feb 13th-17th Cycle to work highlights [2023 list] Common Sandpiper, Greenfinch, Little Grebe (singing) Stock Dove (singing), Chaffinch (singing), Skylark (many singing now), Great Spotted Woodpecker, Little Grebe, Pochard, Redwing, Buzzard, Snipe, Marsh Harrier, Gadwall, Shoveler, Ring-necked Parakeet, Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, Black-tailed Godwit, Avocet, Water Pipit, Pintail, Teal.
Feb 6th-10th Cycle to work highlights [2023 list] Merlin, Raven, Pintail, Avocet, Black-tailed Godwit, Marsh Harrier, Water Pipit, Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler.
January 2023 Jan 30th-3rd Feb Cycle to work highlights [2023 list] Avocet, Grey Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, Pintail [86 spp to end Jan].
Birding by bike to work, Jan 2023
Jan 23rd-27th Cycle to work highlights [2023 list] Hen Harrier, Bearded Reedling, Green Woodpecker, Pintail, Avocet, Grey Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, Marsh Harrier, Water Pipit, Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, Badger.
Jan 16th-20th Cycle to work highlights [2023 list] Raven, Little Egret, Curlew, Ruff, Sparrowhawk, Pintail, Avocet, Grey Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, Marsh Harrier, Water Pipit, Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff.
Jan 9th-13th Cycle to work highlights [2023 list] Mandarin Duck, Red-crested Pochard, Coal Tit, Great Crested Grebe, Pochard, Redwing, Buzzard, Snipe, Marsh Harrier, Tufted Duck, Gadwall, Grey Heron, Goldcrest, Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, Black-tailed Godwit, Grey Plover, Pintail, Shoveler, Teal.
Jan 5th-6th Cycle to work highlights [2023 list] Lesser Redpoll, Siskin, Chiffchaff, Stock Dove, Jay, Water Rail, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Little Grebe, Pochard, Redwing, Buzzard, Snipe, Marsh Harrier, Tufted Duck, Gadwall, Grey Heron, Goldcrest, Ring-necked Parakeet, Grey Wagtail, Stonechat, Shelduck, Lapwing, Skylark, Rock Pipit, Yellow-legged Gull, Cetti's Warbler, Black-tailed Godwit, Grey Plover, Dunlin, Redshank, Avocet, Water Pipit, Pintail, Shoveler, Teal.
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