BIRDS
Spotted Flycatcher, St.Giles Church meadow, Tattenhoe (8th)
Spotted Flycatcher, St.Giles Church meadow, Tattenhoe (8th August)
Willow Warbler singing in Tattenhoe Park (8th)
Red Kites around Tattenhoe
INSECTS
Lepidoptera
Small Copper, Brown Argus and Brimstones by Howe Park Wood (5th)
Silver-washed Fritillaries feeding on brambles by the North Bucks Way (5th)
Female Silver Washed Fritillary var Valezina seen in Shenley Wood (5th) – Possibly the first time this colour variant has been seen in Shenley Wood
White Letter Hairstreaks still on wing at Blue Lagoon (6th) and Oakhill Wood (7th)
Second generation of Holly Blue butterflies strong throughout Milton Keynes.
Red Admirals in and around Tattenhoe
Painted Ladies around Tattenhoe Park and Kingsmead Wood
Painted Lady, Tattenhoe Park (9th August)
Orthoptera
Male and female Speckled Bush Crickets around lights at Campbell Park Pavilion (8th)
Odonata
Large numbers of Migrant and Southern Hawkers around Howe Park Wood
Male Black-tailed Skimmer and Emerald Damselflies in Tattenhoe Park (9th)
Mature Male Emerald Damselfly, Tattenhoe Park (7th August)-1
Huge numbers of Common and Ruddy Darters at Blue Lagoon (6th)
FLOWERS
Goat’s-rue still in flower in fields outside Shenley Wood (4th)
Great Burnet in flower along North Bucks Way (4th)
Broad-Leaved Helleborine in flower in Linford Wood and Parsons Spinney, Great Linford (5th)
All photos by Harry Appleyard, all sightings by Harry Appleyard and Martin Kincaid