28th June 2009

A quick morning walk from 0800-0840:

Greylag Goose - 2 with 8 young.
Canada Goose - 3.
Mandarin Duck - 1 female with 3 young.
Lesser Whitethroat - 1 singing.
Blackcap - 4 singing.

Butterflies:

Large Skipper
Comma
Large White
Meadow Brown
Common Blue

1st June 2009

1700 - 1810@

No sign of the female Mandarin today, and no migratory raptors...

Egyptian Goose - 1 on trout lake.
Sand Martin - 1 over trout lake. New for the patch.
House Martin - 2.
Swallow - 3.
Swift - 20+
Blackcap - 2.
Little Owl - 1 on a postthen flew into Willow Tree by trout lake.

Total species today - 32.
Total species for 2009 - 73.
Patch list now 84.