What’s About – week of 15th November 2016

BIRDS

11 Lapwings over Tattenhoe Park (11th)
3 Ravens over Tattenhoe Park (13th)

Ravens Corvus corax by Harry Appleyard Tattenhoe Park 13th November 2016

Ravens Corvus corax by Harry Appleyard Tattenhoe Park 13th November 2016

 
Blackbird singing near Howe Park Wood (13th)
Tawny Owl hooting in Howe Park Wood (14th)
3 Dunlin, 2 Redshank, 5 Common Snipe and 1 Water Rail at North Willen Lake (11th – MK)
2 juvenile VELVET SCOTERS still present at South Willen Lake (13th) and Common Scoter female on 12th.
2 Stonechat at Floodplain Forest NR (12th – MK)
1 Ring-necked Parakeet over Walton Lake (11th – MK)

 

MAMMALS

Brown Hares, Chinese Water Deer and 1 Muntjac at Magna Park (13th – MK/Harry Appleyard)
Weasel at Linford Lakes NR (10th – MK)
Roe Deer at Elfield Park (9th – MK)

LISSAMPHIBIA

Common Toad, Tattenhoe Park (14th)

INSECTS

Odonata

Common Darters active around Howe Park Wood and Tattenhoe Park (11th and 13th)

Lepidoptera

Red Admiral basking in Kingsmead Wood (11th)

Hemiptera Heteroptera Pentatomidae 

1 Common Green Shield Bug Palomena prasina and 1 Spiked Shield Bug  Picromerus bidens , Tattenhoe (11th)

Common Green Shield Bug Palomena prasina by Harry Appleyard Tattenhoe 11th November 2016

Common Green Shield Bug Palomena prasina by Harry Appleyard Tattenhoe 11th November 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(MK= Martin Kincaid, all other sightings by Harry Appleyard)