There were lots of Swallows and House Martins skimming around the car park this morning. The House Martins were settling just by the car - they seemed to be stopping at puddles to drink and picking up dried grass from the tarmac - although it seems rather late to be building nests - maybe just a bit of DIY.
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| House Martins [Car park] |
In the trees on the left of the 4th Blue there was a family of 4 Spotted Flycatchers, all too quick for me to photograph. More static, but better camouflaged was this Treecreeper nearby.
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| Treecreeper [4th Blue] |
There were lots of butterflies around this morning:
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| Comma [1st Blue] |
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| Small Tortoiseshell [17th Blue] |
.. and plenty of flowers still. These were in the woodland clearing behind the 6th Blue.
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| Scentless Mayweed Tripleurospermum inodorum [6th Blue] |
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| Greater Plantain Plantago major [6th Blue] |
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| Pineappleweed Matricaria discoidea [6th Blue] |
and these in the rough..
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| Rosebay Willowherb Chamerion angustifolium [8th Blue] |
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| Pale Persicaria Persicaria lapathifolia [16th Red] |
