A day spent in the company of Alan Shorrock which saw us dividing our time between Fermyn Wood CP and Finedon Slips. Our first location saw us looking mainly for butterflies while at Finedon our focus switched to damselflies. The weather was very cooperative with long periods of sunshine and a light breeze proving to be almost ideal for insects.
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| Grizzled Skipper, Common Blue, Dingy Skipper and Burnet Companion |
Ten plus Grizzled and two Dingy Skipper were my first county ones of the year at Fermyn where county year tick Common Blues were also noted. A few day flying moths were also on the wing with Cinnabar, Common Heath and Burnet Companion being seen. Dragonflies at the ponds included a Four-spotted Chaser and at least two Hairies while Large Red and Azure Damselflies were also active. Best bird on offer was a Cuckoo while a Lesser Whitethroat was heard singing.
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| Four-spotted and Scarce Chasers and Banded Demoiselles |
Finedon Slips lived up to expectation by delivering views of Beautiful Demoiselles with three males and five females. I enjoyed watching their behaviour, two of the males spent over five minutes having an on and off spat over territory before eventually going their separate ways. A third male seemed far cannier as he sat on brambles on the other side of the road with five females keeping him company! Banded Demoiselles and Azure Damselflies were also seen while the only dragon was a fresh looking female Scarce Chaser. Butterflies noted along the stream included Brimstone, Orange-tip, Peacock and Small Tortoiseshell. Several brief views of Kingfisher were the only bird sightings of note.
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| Willow Warbler and Carrion Crow |
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