BIRDS

Yellowhammers singing in and around Whaddon

Yellow Wagtail, Whaddon

Skylarks singing over Tattenhoe Park

Little Owl at Floodplain Forest Nature Reserve/Manor Farm (8th) and near main hide there (9^th) MK

Barn Owls hunting at Linford Lakes (11^th) MK

 

MAMMALS

Water Shrew found at Pineham (10^th) MK/Harry Appleyard

Otter at Hyde Lane Gravel Pits (private site – 12^th) MK

Brown Long Eared bats roosting in hide at Linford Lakes

 

TELEOSTEAN FISH

Bullhead (Miller’s Thumb) found in pond dipping session at Linford Lakes (8^th – James Walsh (Parks Trust))

 

INSECTS

Lepidoptera
Large Skipper, North Bucks Way (8th)

Female Common Blue Butterflies, Howe Park Wood (9th)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Small Heath, Tattenhoe Park (11th) Kingsmead Wood (9^th – MK)

Small Copper near Water Spinney, Tattenhoe (11th)

Painted ladies appearing throughout Milton Keynes.

 

Odonata

Broad-Bodied Chasers and Four-Spotted Chasers throughout Tattenhoe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Emperor Dragonflies in St.Giles Church meadow and Tattenhoe Park

Common Darters now emerging in Tattenhoe Park

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Red-Eyed Damselflies, Tattenhoe Park

Immature female White-Legged Damselfly near Water Spinney

Large colony of white legged damselflies found at Pineham (10^th – Harry Appleyard)

 

FLOWERS

Sainfoin in flower at Howe Park Wood (10^th – MK)

Wood Vetch in flower at Campbell Park (9^th – MK)

MK = Martin Kincaid., All other sightings and photographs by Harry Appleyard unless otherwise stated