Sunday 13 July 2014

July WeBS

My WeBS count at Girton toady was pretty quiet. Best were a female Tuftie with a brood of 5 ducklings and a fully grown juvenile Great Crested Grebe, plus 4 Egyptian Geese and single Wigeon and Green Sand. The non-wildfowl highlight was a Turtle Dove on the track down to the Trent, which then perched up and preened. It didn't sing, so I should really go back one evening and confirm there is a territory here (rather than it being a visitor from Meering). 

Turtle Dove

The non-avian highlight was a Purple Hairstreak on the north side of the A1133 Pit, in the same place where I first found this species two years ago. 

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