What’s About – week of 22nd March 2016

BIRDS

 

  • Marsh Tits – Howe Park Wood and Oakhill Wood
  • Large groups of Siskins in Howe Park Wood and on the North Bucks Way
  • Chiffchaffs singing in Oakhill Wood (Mon 21st)
  • Red Kites over Tattenhoe Park (Thurs 17th)
  • Woodcocks (x1 Tattenhoe Linear Park, x1 North Bucks Way)
  • Tawny Owls hooting in the early afternoon, North Bucks Way (Sat 26th)

All sightings by Harry Appleyard

LISSAMPHIBIA

  • Common Toads, Howe Park Wood (Harry Appleyard)
  • Frog Spawn in Secretary’s pond for last 3 weeks

MAMMALS

  • Fallow deer tracks and Roe buck, the North Bucks Way (Thurs 11th) (Harry Appleyard)

INSECTS

Lepidoptera

  • Small Tortoiseshell butterflies, North Bucks Way and Tattenhoe Linear Park (Thurs 11th)
  • Red-tailed bumblebee, North Bucks Way (Thurs 11th)
  • Male Brimstone in Ellis’s garden in Blue Bridge, 21st