Off to Greenwich Peninsular to look for migrant birds. During the week a number had been seen on the rough land at the southern end (Plots of land awaiting development). Unfortunately no such luck today and only resident species found. However I did find a migrant Butterfly when I had a brief but clear view of a Clouded Yellow before it disappeared over a fence into a development plot at a place where I could not get a good view of the land on the other side.
Clouded Yellow
photo by Valter Jacinto (http://www.flickr.com/photos/valter/)
I moved onto the Ecology Park which was also quiet bird-wise but which had good numbers of dragonflies (7 species) and butterflies (6 species). The best of these was a sighting of Banded Demoiselle which flitted across the water in front of me but refused to settle to enable me to photograph it.
Banded Demoiselle
photo by Sergey Yeliseev (http://www.flickr.com/photos/yeliseev/)
This is one of my favourite damselflies and this was a first sighting for me for both this year and for the site.
Also a number of Migrant Hawker (confusingly this breeds in Southern England and is not a migrant) were present and one male perched obligingly for me to photograph.
Butterflies included Small Tortoisehell and Common Blue.
Back at home a Jackdaw visited the garden which is the first sighting for about 3 months.
Although a quiet day for birds, an excellent one for dragonflies and butterflies
Mallard [sp] (Anas platyrhynchos)
Little Grebe [sp] (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Grey Heron [sp] (Ardea cinerea)
Common Moorhen [sp] (Gallinula chloropus)
Eurasian Coot [sp] (Fulica atra)
Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
European Herring Gull [sp] (Larus argentatus)
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)
Western Jackdaw [sp] (Coloeus monedula)
Carrion Crow [sp] (Corvus corone)
Eurasian Wren [sp] (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Common Starling [sp] (Sturnus vulgaris)
Common Blackbird [sp] (Turdus merula)
Large White (Pieris brassicae)
Small White (Artogeia rapae)
Green-veined White [sp] (Artogea napi)
Clouded Yellow (Colias crocea)
Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus)
Small Tortoiseshell [sp] (Aglais urticae)
Speckled Wood [sp] (Pararge aegeria)
Banded Demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens)
Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans)
Common Blue Damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum)
Red-eyed Damselfly (Erythromma najas)
Migrant Hawker (Aeshna mixta)
Ruddy Darter (Sympetrum sanguineum)
Common Darter (Sympetrum striolatum)
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