BIRDS
Green Woodpeckers with young, Howe Park Wood and Tattenhoe Linear Park
Tawny Owlet calling near Milton Keynes boundary walk (9th)
Little Grebes in Tattenhoe Park
Nuthatch in Kingsmead Wood (18th)
Marsh Tits by the North Bucks Way
Red Kites over Tattenhoe Park
Pair of Red-legged Partridge in Whaddon (18th)
MAMMALS
Noctule bats “squeaking” from roosting tree in Kingsmead Wood (18th)
INSECTS
Lepidoptera
At least 4 Purple Emperors over the North Bucks Way (16th)
Purple Emperors over North Bucks Way (16th July)
Silver-washed Fritillaries and White Admirals around the North Bucks Way and Howe Park Wood
Silver-Washed Fritillary, North Bucks Way (13th July)
Gatekeepers in and around Tattenhoe
Summer brood Holly Blue in Emerson Valley (17th)
Scarlet Tiger Moth by Howe Park Wood (16th)
Large, Small and Essex Skippers in Tattenhoe Park
Summer brood Commas in and around Tattenhoe
White Admirals and Silver-Washed Fritillarys around the North Bucks Way
Green-Veined Whites around Howe Park Wood
Odonata
Southern Hawkers and Brown Hawkers around the North Bucks Way and Howe Park Wood
Ruddy Darter, Tattenhoe Park (13th July)
Male Beautiful Demoiselle by the North Bucks Way
Male Beautiful Demoiselle, North Bucks Way (17th July)
Southern Hawkers around the North Bucks Way and Howe Park Wood
Broad-Bodied and Four-Spotted Chasers still present around many Tattenhoe ponds
Male Black-Tailed Skimmer, Tattenhoe Park (13th)
All sightings and pics by Harry Appleyard