Redstarts and Skippers

What a difference a day makes - fantastic weather! A full write-up in due course, but a morning in Sherwood NNR produced Redstarts in 10 locations (including two new ones for me), as well as quite a few Tree Pipits, several fly-over Crossbills (and one Siskin), and two Cuckoos - male and female.

Longhorn!

This afternoon a couple of hours in the vicinity of Cotham Landfill produced up to 10 Grizzled Skippers, including at 3 new 'sites'. Most pleasing was one seen on the site of the former Cotham Household Waste Recycling Centre, which was restored with GS in mind; it was nectaring on common vetch which has colonised the grassland in abundance.  Nearby, there were up to two on the edge of the active landfill site, with another along a track further north - as far north as they've ever been recorded in this area. A fly-over Peregrine cruising north was a bonus. 

Grizzled Skipper at Cotham HWRC

A quick skip over to Collingham Pits late PM then let things down, with little to report...