A walk around the Tarn this afternoon as I hadn’t done a butterfly count there for over a week and I wanted to get one more done before the Big Butterfly Count ends on Sunday.
The butterfly list was short with mostly Small Whites plus a couple of Large Whites and a single Gatekeeper. There was no sign of the patrolling Emperor Dragonfly although there were a few Blue-tailed and Azure Damselflies.
However Birds were to top the bill on this visit. As I returned to the entrance I saw a bird fly away across the lake towards the area of the sluice gate and immediately located it that area – A Grey Wagtail (my second in two days). This is the first record for this year of a species that is seen annually on the Tarn most commonly during the Autumn.
Canada Goose [sp] (Branta canadensis)
Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata)
Mallard [sp] (Anas platyrhynchos)
Common Moorhen [sp] (Gallinula chloropus)
Eurasian Coot [sp] (Fulica atra)
Lesser Black-backed Gull [sp] (Larus fuscus)
Common Pigeon [sp] (Columba livia)
Common Wood Pigeon [sp] (Columba palumbus)
Rose-ringed Parakeet [sp] (Psittacula krameri)
Eurasian Magpie [sp] (Pica pica)
Carrion Crow [sp] (Corvus corone)
Grey Wagtail [sp] (Motacilla cinerea)
Large White (Pieris brassicae)
Small White (Artogeia rapae)
Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonus)
Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans)
Azure Damselfly (Coenagrion puella)
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