The warm dry weather continued through the month.
SIGHTINGS
Birds: Jackdaws, Carrion Crows, Magpies, Jays, Wood Pigeons, Buzzards, Green/Great Spotted Woodpeckers, Sparrowhawk, Black-headed Gulls, Common Gulls, Robins, Blackbirds, Song Thrush, Dunnocks, Wrens, Goldcrest, Nuthatches, Treecreeper, Coal/Blue/Great/Long-tailed Tits, Siskins, Chaffinches, Goldfinches, Greenfinches, Willow Warbler, Chiff Chaff.
Butterflies/Moths: Brimstone, Large White, Small White, Painted Lady, Peacocks, Holly Blue, Speckled Wood, Silver-studded Blue, Red Admiral, Common Blue, Clouded Yellow, Large Skipper, Small Skipper, Brown Argus, Grayling, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, many species of Moths.
Dragonfly/Damselfly: Small Red, Southern Hawker, Broad Bodied, Four Spot.
Mammals: Pipistrelle Bats, Grey Squirrels, Mole, Roe Deer, Wood Mice, Common
Shrew, Foxes.
Reptiles: Common Lizards.
Pond Life/Insects: Pond Skaters, Water Boatman, Sticklebacks, Species of Bees, Hover Flies, Ants.
Plants in flower: Low growing Gorse, Ling/Bell Heather, Cut-leaved Geranium.
Species of Finch have been seen in flocks in the tree canopies.
The warm dry weather has prompted sightings of Damselfly/Dragonfly.
Many feathers were seen on the ground as birds were in moult.
Foxes were heard barking during the hours of darkness.
