Saturday 05 July 2025
2 Yellow-necked Mouse (adult and imm) [John Wright]
1 Sparrowhawk [Paul Griggs]
1 Chinese Muntjac [Paul Baker]
1 Butterflies and Moths (Dewick's plusia ), 1 Butterflies and Moths (Elephant Hawkmoth) [Jeff Kinnerman]
Friday 04 July 2025
1 Wall Brown [Paul Griggs]
1 Buzzard, 2 Grass Snake, 1 Brown Hawker, 6 Southern Migrant Hawker, 3 Broad-bodied Chaser, 9 Black-tailed Skimmer, 1 Painted Lady (on the Buddleia with the SwFrit, plus Comma, Peacock, Red admiral, Whites), 1 Silver-washed Fritillary (on Buddleia, east end of St Mary's Rd, on the right just before the Country Park entrance) [John Wright]
Thursday 03 July 2025
3 Purple Hairstreak (Napier Fields / Turret House open space) [Neil Chambers]
1 Buzzard [Paul Griggs]
2 Nuthatch (heard), 1 Common Shrew (Dead), 3 White Admiral, 2 Silver-washed Fritillary, 1 Wall Brown [John Wright]
1 Chinese Muntjac, 1 Banded Demoiselle, 2 Large Red Damselfly, 3 Silver-washed Fritillary [Bob Young]
1 Buzzard (over Lidl) [Paul Griggs]
2 Little Grebe, 4 Great Crested Grebe (1 juv.), 2 Buzzard, 18 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Green Sandpiper, 8 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Yellow Wagtail, 7 Bearded Tit, 1 Corn Bunting, 1 Willow Emerald Damselfly, 1 Southern Migrant Hawker, 8 Common Blue, 400 Gatekeeper (+) [Graham Ryland, Graham Oakes]
Wednesday 02 July 2025
7 Swift, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 House Martin, 1 Blackcap (singing), 1 Chiffchaff (singing), 1 Banded Demoiselle [Neil Chambers]
2 Silver-washed Fritillary (Along track between cockroach and marina pond) [Tim Bourne]
1 Hummingbird Hawkmoth (found roosting in my house, (then released outside).) [Paul Baker]
37 Black-tailed Godwit (sum plum), 1 Stonechat (male, territory 1) [John Wright]
Tuesday 01 July 2025
1 Western Hedgehog (adult), 1 Red Fox, 2 Badger [John Wright]
6 Common Pipistrelle, 3 Soprano Pipistrelle, 2 Noctule Bat, 1 Red Fox, 1 Brown Rat [John Wright]
1 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, 1 Hobby, 1 Curlew, 2 Little Owl, 4 Rabbit [John Wright]
1 Southern Emerald Damselfly, 4 Southern Migrant Hawker [Tim Bourne]
1 Buzzard, 1 Mediterranean Gull (ad) [Paul Griggs]
6 Small Red-eyed Damselfly (6+), 4 Brown Hawker, 4 Norfolk Hawker, 10 Emperor Dragonfly, 30 Four-spotted Chaser (30+), 8 Black-tailed Skimmer [John Wright, Bob Young]
20 Swift (c), 1 Wall Brown [Jeff Kinnerman]
Monday 30 June 2025
1 Daubenton's Bat, 5 Common Pipistrelle, 10 Soprano Pipistrelle, 1 Noctule Bat [John Wright]
4 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Pochard, 5 Tufted Duck (incl female with 3 young), 1 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Corn Bunting (singing), 20 Small Red-eyed Damselfly, 2 Norfolk Hawker, 7 Emperor Dragonfly, 4 Four-spotted Chaser, 2 Black-tailed Skimmer, 1 Gatekeeper, 2 Meadow Brown [Neil Chambers]
1 Egyptian Goose, 10 Swift, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Greenfinch, 15 Banded Demoiselle, 4 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 1 Southern Migrant Hawker, 1 Four-spotted Chaser, 2 Black-tailed Skimmer, 5 skippers, 1 Brimstone, 2 Large White, 1 Holly Blue, 2 Marbled White, 10 Meadow Brown, 1 Ringlet, 1 Small Heath [Neil Chambers]
5 Brown Hawker, 5 Norfolk Hawker, 9 Emperor Dragonfly, 1 Lesser Emperor (One very briefly ), 60 Four-spotted Chaser (Everywhere ) [Steve Arlow]
1 Large White, 1 Small White, 1 Comma, 1 Gatekeeper [Neil Chambers]
1 Sparrowhawk (f), 2 Buzzard, 6 Mediterranean Gull (adults, anting), 50 Swift (+ in tight flocks, screaming), 1 Holly Blue, 1 Peacock Butterfly, 1 Comma [Paul Griggs]
2 Purple Hairstreak, 8 Comma, 2 Marbled White, 20 Gatekeeper (c20), 30 Ringlet (c30) [John Wright]
Sunday 29 June 2025
1 Barn Owl (good to see one hunting the newly created wet grassland west of Leigh golf driving range) [John Wright]
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Swallow, 1 Blackcap, 5 Purple Hairstreak, 1 Purple Emperor (3 brief views SE of Poors Lane entrance), 2 Red Admiral, 4 Comma [Neil Chambers]
1 Great Crested Grebe (juv), 7 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Blackcap (singing), 1 Lesser Whitethroat (singing), 2 Whitethroat (singing), 1 Corn Bunting (singing), 10 Black-tailed Skimmer, 200 skippers, 1 Small Copper, 1 Peacock Butterfly, 1 Comma, 150 Marbled White, 50 Meadow Brown, 5 Small Heath [Neil Chambers]
1 Buzzard [Paul Griggs]
1 Southern Hawker, 1 Southern Migrant Hawker, 1 Emperor Dragonfly, 3 Purple Hairstreak, 2 Meadow Brown [Neil Chambers]
1 Swift, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Nuthatch, 8 Southern Migrant Hawker, 6 Ruddy Darter, 1 Large Skipper, 10 Large White, 3 Purple Hairstreak, 2 White Admiral, 2 Red Admiral, 2 Peacock Butterfly, 4 Comma, 2 Marbled White, 20 Meadow Brown, 10 Ringlet [Neil Chambers]
3 Stonechat (pair + imm, territory 1 ) [John Wright]
7 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 5 Lapwing, 145 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Spotted Redshank, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 insects (Shrill Carder Bee) [Marc Outten]
1 Pygmy Shrew (Dead) [John Wright]
1 Little Egret, 13 Swift, 1 Essex Skipper, 1 Large White, 2 Small White [Jeff Kinnerman]
Saturday 28 June 2025
312 Butterflies and Moths (BOX TREE MOTHS swatted to death this week so far...) [Paul Baker]
1 Small White, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Peacock Butterfly, 1 Comma, 1 Gatekeeper [John Wright]
Friday 27 June 2025
1 Egyptian Goose, 14 Swift, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Blackcap [Neil Chambers]
13 Swift [Jeff Kinnerman]
4 Great Crested Grebe (1 juv.), 1 Spoonbill, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 26 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Green Sandpiper, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 7 Yellow Wagtail, 6 Bearded Tit (5 juvs.), 1 Linnet, 1 Corn Bunting, 2 Southern Migrant Hawker, 1 Four-spotted Chaser, 3 Gatekeeper [Graham Ryland, Graham Oakes]
Thursday 26 June 2025
1 Hobby [Paul Griggs]
Wednesday 25 June 2025
300 Butterflies and Moths (BOX TREE MOTHS (a plague of the wretched things. I didn't get a chance to spray our box this spring so now paying the price). Swatted approx 200 over the last 3 nights but they keep coming.) [Paul Baker]
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard [Paul Griggs]
2 Buzzard (pair overhead mobbed by gulls) [Graham Mee]
50 Swift (several small groups heading south), 4 Blackcap (singing), 2 Chiffchaff (singing), 3 Nuthatch, 2 Southern Migrant Hawker, 1 Large Skipper, 20 Large White, 2 White Admiral, 2 Marbled White, 30 Meadow Brown, 1 Ringlet [Neil Chambers]
1 Willow Emerald Damselfly (first of the year at Doggetts), 3 Brown Hawker, 9 Norfolk Hawker, 10 Emperor Dragonfly, 1 Ruddy Darter [Steve Arlow]
6 Swift, 1 Small Skipper, 1 Large White, 1 Small White, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Painted Lady [Jeff Kinnerman]
1 Buzzard, 5 Oystercatcher (3 juvs.), 13 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Raven, 1 Yellowhammer, 1 Scarce Emerald Damselfly, 3 Southern Migrant Hawker, 1 White-letter Hairstreak, 1 Ringlet [Graham Ryland, Graham Oakes]
Tuesday 24 June 2025
4 Great Crested Grebe (Adult with 2 juvs and an older juv from 1st brood ), 3 Pochard (Duck and 2 ducklings), 6 Swift, 4 Swallow (Drink dipping), 50 Small Red-eyed Damselfly (+), 20 Common Blue Damselfly (+), 10 Blue-tailed Damselfly (+),
7 Norfolk Hawker (At least, seen from multiple swims), 6 Emperor Dragonfly (Inc two ovipositor females), 40 Four-spotted Chaser (+, By far commonest dragonfly on site ), 1 Scarce Chaser, 2 Black-tailed Skimmer [Jeff Delve]
6 Azure Damselfly, 1 Ruddy Darter (First male of the year for me), 1 Large White, 2 Green-veined White, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Red Admiral, 2 Comma, 2 Marbled White [Jeff Delve]
Monday 23 June 2025
15 Swift (+, Flock over heading west), 1 Azure Damselfly (Many still around garden pond), 1 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 1 Common Darter, 1 Large Skipper, 4 Green-veined White, 2 Holly Blue, 1 Red Admiral, 2 Peacock Butterfly, 1 Comma, 4 Marbled White, 30 Meadow Brown (+) [Jeff Delve]
10 Shelduck (Pair with 8 ducklings), 1 Buzzard, 6 Lapwing (Calling birds over fields - possibly nearby chicks?),
1 Spotted Redshank (Superb fsp bird), 8 Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 6 Green Sandpiper, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 6 Linnet, 1 Yellowhammer (h), 1 Chinese Muntjac, 1 Rabbit [Jeff Delve]
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