On the bird front, I noted goldfinches, bluetits, great tits, dunnock, house sparrows, wood pigeon, magpie and a female bullfinch.
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small tortoiseshell ( with part of hindwing missing)
looking back towards the entrance to Pentylands.
Wednesday, 15 March 2017
STAYING LOCAL
Pentylands Country park, Highworth is very close to home, but is somewhere I rarely seem to visit. It consists of five fields with paths crossing them, but today I stuck to the perimeter, hoping to see a few early butterflies. At least half a dozen Brimstones were fluttering along the hedgerows, though none landed; however, I had more success with several small tortoiseshells and commas.
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