September was recorded as one of the driest on record with very little rainfall.
SIGHTINGS
Birds: Buzzards, Sparrowhawk, Carrion Crows, Magpies, Jays, Wood Pigeons, Stock Doves, Collared Doves, Stonechats, Willow Warbler, Coal/Blue/Great/Long-tailed Tits, Siskins, Chaffinches, Bullfinches, Greenfinches, Goldfinches, Robins, Blackbirds, Wren, Song Thrushes, Nuthatches, Treecreeper, Green/Great Spotted Woodpeckers.
Plants in flower: Ling Heather, Bell Heather, Low growing Gorse.
Insects: Common Green Grasshopper, Wasp Spider, Ants, Crane Flies, Bees, Wasps.
Pond Life: Pond Skaters, Water Boatman.
Dragonfly/Damselfly: Small Red, Broad Bodied Chaser.
Butterflies/Moths: Large White, Peacock, Red Admiral, Painted Lady, Speckled Wood, Small Copper, Meadow Brown.
Mammals: Grey Squirrels, Pipistrelle Bats, Fox, Roe Deer, Wood Mice.
The majority of migrating birds have now left the site.
Pipistrelle Bats are still feeding on warm dry nights.
