June 20th 2008

Need to start today's blog with a thank you and an apology. The thank you is for the site's 10,000 visitor and the apology is for writing Smooth Snake in an earlier blog when I should have written Slow Worm. Luckily someone has kindly put me right.
OK now for the stuff you want to read about. Last night I had a Hobby go over garden and on the way to the pub we managed to find two large groups of Lapwing near Sawbridge. Counted over 130 between the two flocks which is quite unusual for this time of year so either late late migrants or failed breeders and we also managed to find two Grey Partridge very well hidden in long grass along the flecknoe rd.
Today, I was out with Dave this afternoon for our usual coffee and cake at Draycote Water and we had a Hobby near the entrance. Meeting up with Bob Hazell who had seen the first summer Little Gull earlier the three of us then went to view the orchids and while searching the area found a Common Blue Damselfly and Blood-veined moth.
On the way home via the valley we had 170 Lapwing and a Curlew.

Richard