Thursday 12 September 2019

Ballachurry Reserve. Incidental records for week ending 31st August 19.

During the week before our Open Afternoon I was visiting the Reserve almost daily to bait the three hedgehog tunnels. Although these were necessarily only brief visits I did note down some of the wildlife as follows:-

24th August : SC209694    2 x Swifts flying over

26th August: SC209695 Goldcrest; Meadow Brown; 2 x Speckled Wood; Great Tit.
                     SC208694 Speckled Wood; 2 x Painted Lady; Red Admiral
                     SC209694 Blackbird; Wren; Blue Tit
                     SC209693 Speckled Wood
                     SC208695 Speckled Wood

27th August: SC208694 Green Veined White; 3 x Painted Lady; 2 x Red Admiral
                     SC209693 Speckled Wood
                     SC208695 Speckled Wood
                     SC209694 Speckled Wood

28th August: SC 209694 Speckled Wood;
                      SC208695 Speckled Wood
                      SC208694  3 x Speckled Wood; Common Blue; Painted Lady
                      SC209693  Speckled Wood; Green Veined White.
                      SC209694 Nursery Web Spider guarding the Nursery Web