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| Little Ringed Plover, Charadrius dubius |
On Friday 1st April I started my first butterfly transect of the year at Mill Hill. In the dull weather, I only saw one Peacock. I was pleased to see my first two adders of the year, black ones. Afterwards I visited Pulborough Brooks and was rewarded with a sighting of the Little Ringed Plover in front of the West Meade hide. A bonus was a distant sight of the Marsh Harrier quartering the field by the big barn. A Treecreeper was provisioning its nest inside vines on a tree.
Mill Hill:
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| 1st Adder, Vipera berus |
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| 2nd adder |
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| possibly a Blue Mason Bee, Osmia caerulescens |
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| Mill Hill - northern slope has been cleared of brush |
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| Peacock, Inachis io |
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| Peacock take-off |
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| Red-tailed Bumblebee queen, Bombus lapidarius |
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| Tapered Drone Fly, Eristalis pertinax |
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| Tapered Drone Fly |
Pulborough Brooks:
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| bumble bee |
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| Lapwing, Vanellus vanellus attacking Oystercatchers, Haematopus ostralegus. |
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| it was successfully seeing them off its island |
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| they took the hint and flew off |
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| Little Ringed Plover, Charadrius dubius |
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| Little Ringed Plover and Pied Wagtail |
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| Little Ringed Plover and Pied Wagtail |
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| Marsh Harrier, Circus aeruginosus |
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| Marsh Harrier |
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| Pied Wagtail, Motacilla alba |
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| Pied Wagtail preening |
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| Redshank, Tringa totanus |
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| Redshanks |
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| Shoveler ♀, Anas clypeata |
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| Shoveler ♂ |
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| Treecreeper, Certhia familiaris |
The tree creeper kept flying to nearby brambles and returning with material for its nest, including spider egg sacs.
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| Treecreeper with spider egg sac |
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| Treecreeper with another spider egg sac |
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