Wednesday, 5 August 2020

A FEW MORE WADERS AT FARMOOR


During a couple of hours in warm but very breezy conditions  on Farmoor Reservoir this afternoon, there was no sign of the  little stint which has been recorded over the past couple of days  but I did locate a little egret, a sleepy dunlin, a yellow legged gull and a ringed plover ( first for year).

On the wing were a few butterflies; peacock, red admiral, brimstone, meadow brown and gatekeeper, also a banded demoiselle damselfly. I also found a 'robins pincushion'  on some dog roses, ( inside is the larvae of a gall wasp). I remembered being shown one of these during a Landrover safari at  Slimbridge but had to look back to find out its name!
resting dunlin









banded demoiselle damselfly

robins' pincushion




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