The hottest day of the year and most sensible birds where keeping in the shade as much as possible, so although a reasonable number of species in the garden and on the Tarn, the numbers were lower than usual. However what we lacked in Birds we made up for in insects. 4 Butterfly species around the tarn made it my best day of the summer so far for butterflies. In addition another sighting of Emperor dragonfly, this time a male hawking over the water.
Emperor Dragonfly
photo by Gerodia (http://www.flickr.com/photos/gerodia/)
Canada Goose [sp] (Branta canadensis)
Mallard [sp] (Anas platyrhynchos)
Common Moorhen [sp] (Gallinula chloropus)
Eurasian Coot [sp] (Fulica atra)
European Herring Gull [sp] (Larus argentatus)
Common Pigeon [sp] (Columba livia)
Common Wood Pigeon [sp] (Columba palumbus)
Rose-ringed Parakeet [sp] (Psittacula krameri)
European Green Woodpecker [sp] (Picus viridis)
Eurasian Jay [sp] (Garrulus glandarius)
Eurasian Magpie [sp] (Pica pica)
Carrion Crow [sp] (Corvus corone)
Common Blackbird [sp] (Turdus merula)
European Greenfinch [sp] (Carduelis chloris)
Large White (Pieris brassicae)
Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus)
Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonus)
Speckled Wood [sp] (Pararge aegeria)
Emperor Dragonfly (Anax imperator)
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