A walk along the coast at Wembury on the 27th May in the sunshine (after the sea mist had cleared!) was quite productive with 2 whimbrel and a winter plumaged bar-tailed godwit with oystercatchers along the beach indicating wader passage was still ongoing. A male cirl bunting showed very well and chiffchaffs and whitethroats were busily singing away.
Moth wise the toilet block held a common marbled carpet, a mullein wave and a green carpet. I found another lackey moth caterpillar nest different to the one I saw on the 15th May and Depressia daucella moth caterpillars were feeding on the dropwort but in much lower numbers than seen last year.
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| Mullein Wave |
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| Depressia Daucella caterpillar on Dropwort |
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| Lackey Moth caterpillar nest |
A smart male common blue was on the wing, my first of the year, along with speckled wood and a single wall.
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| Male Common Blue |
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| Wall |
A repeat walk on the 2nd June in the sunshine and a dunlin was disturbed by walkers along the beach with the oystercatchers. A yellowhammer was singing near the sewage farm and a cirl bunting was also heard nearby. 2 adult ravens were feeding 3 very noisey fledglings in the field above the sheep field and single adult gannets were seen offshore.
Moth wise the toilet block held a silver-ground carpet, a common swift and a riband wave and the Daucell depressia caterpillars were still feeding on the dropwort. My first six-spot burnet moth of the year was on the wing and I found a caterpillar feeding on Birds Foot Trefoil.
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Riband Wave
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| Silver Ground Carpet |
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Common Swift - male
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| Six-Spot Burnet Moth caterpillar |
A large skipper was seen, another first for the year, along with false oil beetles, bloody nosed beetles, speckled wood and a male common blue.
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| Large Skipper |
In the valley to the beach ragged robin and yellow flag iris was flowering and I found some thyme-leaved speedwell, a new species for me.
And so two nice walks at Wembury with not much excitement on the bird front but with some nice sightings of other wildlife to compensate.
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