Buzzard seen over Stirling Close at 11am today.

Sandra & Peter Solly

Brown hairstreak butterfly seen in my town centre garden which obligingly posed for a good identification to be made.

Sarah Wallace

Certainly seems to have been a day for Gatekeeper butterflies at Bedelands.  I saw 10 this morning feeding on nectar from a single Ragwort plant in Big Field.

 Mike Beard

Hundreds of minibeasts and pond life were found by 170 children at the Annual Children’s Safari at Bedelands Local Nature Reserve during the afternoon.  Various bugs, butterflies, slugs, pond skaters and others were found in leaf litter, overhanging branches, grass and ponds.  Not all were identified but each one was carefully looked at and at least had it legs counted!  The 70 parents and grand-parents were equally enthralled by the sheer number of ‘creepy crawlies’ and the variety of colour and shapes.

Mary Smith (organiser)

Roesel's Bush Cricket seen at The Maltings.  Used to be rare but now more widespread.

John Burnham

On a warm and sometimes sunny morning we found the following damselflies at the Mill Pond adjacent to Bedelands LNR:-  5 blue-tailed, 4 common blue, 3 black-tailed, 1 white-legged (which is the first for Bedelands and obligingly landed right on my arm so I got a good look at it.  There was also the ‘giant’ emperor dragonfly hawking the entire lake.

Barbara Allen & Sandra Solly

Several glow worms can be seen along Gatehouse Lane, Goddards Green as darkness falls.   We see an average of 5 or 6 per night at the moment.
Pat and John Salmon