It has been a very quiet period in the parish hence the lack of
recent posts. The only 'highlights' have been the Swifts returning in numbers since I last posted and Jim
and Sue ringing to say the Spotted Flycatcher had reappeared in its regular
haunt down Vicarage Lane on the 20th. I managed to see it but have failed so
far to get anything other than a distant dot on the camera. This now looks to
be the only pair in the whole village.
Jim and Sue also had this Red-legged Partridge on their garden
wall…
A species I have unaccountably failed to see myself so far
this year.
I also saw my first odonata this week in the Magic Garden
with Blue-tailed Damselfly, Banded Demoiselle and Large Red Damselfly…
Including this one happily munching a gnat on my son’s
t-shirt…
Otherwise I’ve been out of the village on the trail of plants again with Lady’s
Slipper orchid in the Dales…
this rather primitive Herb Paris in a lovely piece of ancient
woodland near Rievaulx Abbey…
And these Burnt Tip orchid flowering near Leyburn…
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