Wednesday 25 March 2020

Lockdown birding/ wildlife watching

On Wednesday 25th March, looking around the garden an obliging Dark-edged Beefly was seen and photographed the sunny spot near the kitchen window was a favoured area. Hearing 'mewing' no it wasn't Cosmo the Cat! but 1 of 4 amazing Common Buzzards drifting slowly south directly over the garden at 10am. Cosmo found a Peacock butterfly that flew over top the back of the garden. Extra frog spawn was in the pond and a mating pair of Frogs were seen in the fish pond too. A Wood Pigeon was seen on the back garden fence and I heard Great- spotted Woodpecker and a Chiff- Chaff singing. PM Update: the Peacock butterfly was more obliging just after 2pm when I was able to get pics of it resting in the central round flower bed. Examples of both insects posted below.

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