27 May 2021

 There have been pigeons of some type feeding on the 16th tee of the Blue for the last couple of mornings when I have parked in the Blue range car park.

Woodpigeon [16th Blue]

Stock Dove [16th Blue]

There are lots of martins, swallows and swifts feeding on the reservoir each morning.  Swifts are one of the most airborne species.  They eat, drink, sleep and even mate on the wing, only settling to nest.

Swift [Reservoir]

Sand Martin [Reservoir]

A few more clover-like plants are flowering.  On the 15th Blue you can find both Lesser Trefoil and Hop Trefoil.  The latter has a denser flowerhead that look like hops once they go over.

Lesser Trefoil Trifolium dubium [Doghouse range]

Hop Trefoil Trifolium campestre [15th Blue]

There are also a couple more species of geranium growing in the rough here, both fairly common:

Cut-leaved Crane's-bill Geranium dissectum [15th Blue]

Round-leaved Crane's-bill Geranium rotundifolium [15th Blue]

Common Storksbill is also prolific on the 15th.

Common Stork's-bill Erodium cicutarium [15th Blue]

Next to the car park I found this Scorpion Fly resting in the shade.  This is a female - the males have a scorpion-like tail.

Scorpion Fly Panorpa communis [16th Blue]

This is the first damselfly that I've seen this year.  It was on the 16th Red and I think that it's a Large Red Damselfly.

Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula [16th Red]

Also on the 16th Red you can find the two species of sorrel growing together, with the Common Sorrel towering above Sheep's Sorrel.

Common Sorrel Rumex acetosa [16th Red]