Monday 24th July 2023.
No birding was done yesterday apart from what was in my back garden that included the usual House Sparrows, Starling, Swifts and Goldfinches. A few butterflies went through the garden including Red Admiral, Small White and Holly Blue’s and annoyingly, I never had the moth box on overnight either due to incorrect forecast of rain overnight. In fact, I am getting a little fed up with the inaccuracies these so-called weather Apps come up with. As the comedian Robin Williams said, ‘If you want to know the weather forecast, stick your head out of the window!!!’
It was more of a family day yesterday as I took our Isabelle on top of Portsdown Hill to fly our kites. There is nothing wrong with her hearing either as she heard several Grasshoppers calling, when I couldn’t!! However, other birders I know were out doing their thing, including Emma and Matt Parkes, who went to one of the best butterfly haunts in Dorset, Alner Gorse Butterfly Reserve, near Sturminster Newton. There, they saw three species of Hairstreak: White-letter, Brown and Purple Hairstreak as well as the ‘Valenzina’ form of Silver-washed Fritillary. They were even rewarded with a superb Magpie Moth.
Geoff Farwell took a trip down to Farlington Marshes where he recorded the following: 20 Avocets, 11 Greenshank, 2 Green Sandpipers (not seen one this year yet!), Common Sandpiper, Marsh Harrier and 2 Ravens. A Great Green Bush-cricket was heard near the seawall too.
An adult Roseate Tern, which going into winter plumage spent some time on the South Scrape at Titchfield Haven yesterday, seen and filmed by some of the ‘Lazee Birders’ and Oliver Crabbe found the Bedhampton Barn Owl in its roosting hole yesterday also. There was no further sign of the Black-winged Kite yesterday, so it will be interesting on where it gets located next?
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