Recent Birds

I have collected together for one Post recent bird sightings observed on my Parkland walks.

Jay collecting nesting material.

Yellowhammer

Whitethroat

Missile Thrush searching for food

Wren

Distant Linnets

Linnet collecting nesting material

Bullfinch (male)

Reed Bunting (male)

Chiffchaff searching for food

Starling

Robin

Grey Heron

Goldfinch

Great Tit

Great Tits in threatening pose which I shot a couple of weeks ago and forgot to post.

Bluebells and Butterflies

Green-veined White

Orange Tip

Some early Green-veined White display very few or faint markings

Peacock

Brimstone

This female Comma below is laying eggs on nettles.

Comma

Early Green Hairstreak

Green Hairstreak Butterfly 

I went to a location today mostly looking to shoot butterflies such as the Orange Tip, particulaly females, which I have not found yet and to also observe certain flowers that I know grow at that location. 

At around the 1st of May I would also expect to find a few Green Hairstreak butterflies that love to feed on Hawthorn flowers in that area. A surprise to me, I found a couple of Green Hairstreak there today and this is certainly the earliest I have recorded that species.

Butterfly of Week

The Orange Tip stands out as the butterfly of the week.

I have seen an increasing number as the week progressed.

Fortunately the warm sunny weather helped bring them out.

So far I have only observed the male.