At least 7 Buzzards flying around calling.
2 Raven seen mobbing a Buzzard.
2 Linnet
7 Yellowhammer.
Lots of Common Green Grasshoppers seen today.
Also 2 Roesel's Bush Crickets and a Speckled Bush Cricket.
Lots of Common and Ruddy Darters flying around,also a few Migrant Hawkers.
2 Dock Bugs (in final instar) on bramble and 1 Gorze shieldbug.
6 Harlequin Ladybirds seen on Mugwort
Butterflies seen:- Small White, Small Copper, Peacock, Red Admiral and Speckled Wood
Dock Bug: Had 7 adult and final two instar stages on same plant of Broad-leaved Dock near Hitchcopse Pit on Wednesday. Never seen such a concentration before. Previous Thursday final instars were amongst the cut hay at Barton Fields. Is this an exceptional year for the species I wonder ?
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