Nature Watch

The past 4/5 weeks have seen very mixed weather conditions. Two weeks of fine, warm weather turned to overcast days with cold winds, scattered showers and night frosts.

SIGHTINGS: Brimstone/Peacock/Speckled Wood butterflies, Great Spotted/Green Woodpeckers, Jackdaws, Common Snipe, Buzzards, Magpies, Wood Pigeons, Chaffinches, Green/Goldfinches, Siskin, Wrens, Coal/Blue/Great/Long Tailed Tits, Robins, Blackbirds, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Tree Pipits, Grey Heron, Canada Geese in flight, Whirlygig Beetle, Green Tiger Beetle, Water Boatman, Pond Skater, Buff-tailed Bumble Bee, Wool Spider, Ant Beetle, Mirid Bugs, Pine Cone Bug, Crab Spider, Wolf Spider, Bark Beetles, Leaf-hoppers, Gorse Shield bugs, Grey Squirrels, Common Lizards, Grass Snakes, Slow Worms. Plants in flower include Cornsalad, Ground Ivy, Common Field Speedwell, Hair Bittercress, Lesser Celandine, Gorse.