Whats About – week of 15th March 2016

INSECTS
Small Tortoiseshell butterfly at Rammamere Heath (13th – HA)
Buff-tailed Bumblebees active throughout MK now.
Peacock butterfly and Greater Bee-fly – Linford Lakes Nature Reserve (14th – MK)

Common Lizard by Harry Appleyard, Rammamere Heath 13 March 2016

Common Lizard by Harry Appleyard, Rammamere Heath 13 March 2016

REPTILES
Common Lizards seen basking at Rammamere Heath (13th)

BIRDS
2 Redshank on Willen Island (14th – MK)
Oystercatcher pair on top of Sand Martin Bank, Linford Lakes NR (12th)
Woodcock – Rushmere Country Park (13th – MK)
Tawny Owls calling at Woughton on the Green (13th)
Pintail – a pair still at Linford Lakes NR (14th)
Chiffchaffs heard calling at Linford Lakes and Caldecotte Lake

(HA) = Harry Appleyard
(MK) = Martin Kincaid