BIRDS

Swifts – Oakhill Wood

Common Snipe – Tattenhoe Park

Red Kites – Tattenhoe Park

Tawny Owls calling – Howe Park Wood

(Sightings from Harry Appleyard)

MAMMALS
Brown Rat – Tattenhoe Linear Park (this national rarity reported by Harry Appleyard!)

INSECTS
ODONATA
Emerald Damselfly – Tattenhoe Park
Blue-Tailed Damselfly – Tattenhoe Park
Common Blue Damselflies – Tattenhoe Park

ORTHOPTERA
Speckled Bush Cricket ovipositing by Giffard Park Footbridge

Speckled Bush Cricket Laying Eggs

(Orthoptera Steve Brady, identified by Paul Lund, Odonata Harry Appleyard)