All sightings by Harry Appleyard unless otherwise stated

Birds
Cuckoo near Oakhill Wood (13th)

Skylarks singing over Tattenhoe Park

Yellowhammers singing in fields near Oakhill Wood

Coots with chicks in Tattenhoe Park

Juvenile Blackbirds, Robins and Starlings around Tattenhoe and North Bucks Way

Hobby perched on island opposite far hide, Linford Lakes (15th)

Reed Buntings (13th May Whaddon, 15th Linford Lakes)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insects

Lepidoptera
Holly Blue butterflies in and around Tattenhoe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 Dingy Skippers and 1 Small Copper by Howe Park Wood (16th)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Small Copper in Tattenhoe Linear Park (17th)

Drinker Moth Caterpillars around Tattenhoe Park

 

Odonata

Large Red, Azure and Blue-Tailed Damselflies in Tattenhoe Park

Hairy Dragonflies in Tattenhoe Park (16th)

Four-Spotted Chaser by Howe Park Wood (17th)

Broad-Bodied Chaser by the North Bucks Way (17th)

 

Diptera

Female Xanthogramma citrofasciatum  Linford Lakes NR today (17^th, Peter Garner).  This hoverfly is listed in Britain’s Hoverflies (Ball and Morris) as being ‘scarce’, with its main distribution being in the South and South West of England.