Species seen were Large Skipper, Small Skipper, Common Blue, Purple Hairstreak, Dark Green Fritillary, Marbled White, Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Speckled Wood, Small Tortoiseshell, Brimstone, Red Admiral, Green-Veined White and Large White. I had no chance of getting a proper count but the Ringlets, Marbled Whites and Dark Green Fritillary’s seem to be in triple figures.
Marbled White
Dark Green Fritillary
Moths seen were Clouded Border, Straw Dot, Silver Y, Cinnabar, Burnet Companion, Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet and Lattice Heath with the bonus of 2 Orange-tailed Clearwing attracted to pheromones put out by one of the group at separate locations.
Dragonflies included Brown Hawker, Common Hawker, Emperor Dragonfly and Banded Demoiselle while other sightings of non birding interest were a few Common-spotted Orchids and among the many Crickets and Grasshoppers I was shown a Roesel's bush-cricket which I don’t think I have seen in Warwickshire before.
Apologises for playing my broken record again but birding is still quiet and in three hours we hardly saw anything and only heard Buzzard and Raven despite them sounding close.
Richard
