I had a walk around the courses first thing this morning. Wherever the grass hadn't been watered it was a rather crispy brown. Nothing too unusual bird-wise, other than a Hobby which I saw very briefly behind the sixth green on the Blue course. The family of Spotted Flycatchers were in their usual spot on the left of the 4th Blue. Another family of 5 or 6 birds was on the 13th Red.
 |
| Spotted Flycatcher [4th Blue] |
 |
| Spotted Flycatcher (juvenile) [13th Red] |
Lots of other common birds about, particularly Long-tailed Tits, which seem to appear in waves of 20 or 30 birds, often interspersed with Treecreepers, Chiffchaffs, Goldcrests and Blue Tits.
 |
| Long-tailed Tit [4th Blue] |
There also a few species of dragonflies and butterflies about. This Black-tailed Skimmer was on the 3rd Blue.
 |
| Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum [3rd Blue] |
Brown Argus is a fairly common butterfly found on calcareous grassland, so it was no surprise to find several on the Doghouse practice area.
 |
| Brown Argus Aricia agestis [Doghouse practice ground] |
On the 5th Blue I came across this Common Wave moth feeding on a Creeping Thistle.
 |
| Common Wave Cabera exanthemata [5th Blue] |
There are also plenty of late-flowering plants around the courses - providing splashes of colour among the brown grass.
 |
| Common Restharrow Ononis repens [Doghouse practice ground] |
 |
| Soapwort Saponaria officinalis [14th Red] |
 |
| Harebell Campanula rotundifolia [15th Red] |
No comments:
Post a Comment