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BIRDS

3 Ravens over Tattenhoe Park (4th July)

Red Kites over Howe Park Wood and Tattenhoe Park

Green Woodpeckers with young, Tattenhoe Linear Park

Linnets in Tattenhoe Park

INSECTS

Lepidoptera

Small Copper butterfly at Small Copper at Llanymynech Rocks Nature Reserve, Shropshire by Peter Hassett 07Aug15

Ringlets, Meadow Browns and Marbled Whites in large numbers around Tattenhoe

White Admirals by the North Bucks Way

4 White Letter Hairstreaks on elm by the North Bucks Way (First spotted by MK)

Summer brood Small Tortoiseshells in Tattenhoe Park

Odonata

Male Black-Tailed Skimmer, Tattenhoe Park (27th June)

Emerald Damselflies around Howe Park Wood and Tattenhoe Park

Red-Eyed, Azure and Common Blue Damselflies in Tattenhoe Park

Black-Tailed Skimmers in Tattenhoe Park

Immature Male Southern Hawker, North Bucks Way (3rd July)

Immature male Southern Hawker on the North Bucks Way (3rd July)

All Sightings and photos by Harry Appleyard

BIRDS

Lesser Redpoll ringed at Linford Lakes Nature Reserve (3rd)
2 Ravens, Marsh Tits at Stowe Gardens (4th – M Kincaid)
Tawny Owl calling at Hazeley Wood (7am on 4th Oct)

Goldcrests – 2 in Paul Lund’s Garden in Bancroft (2nd )

Long-tailed Tit – 5 in Paul Lund’s Garden in Bancroft (6th)

Remaining sightings Harry Appleyard:
Spotted Flycatcher – St.Giles Church meadow (30th Sept)
Stonechat – Tattenhoe Park (2nd October)
Swallows – Tattenhoe Park (3rd October)
Redwings – St.Giles Church meadow, Tattenhoe
Siskins – Tattenhoe Linear Park
Lesser Redpolls – Tattenhoe Linear Park
Ravens (x3) – Tattenhoe Park (1st October)
Tawny Owls calling – Howe Park Wood

MAMMALS
Daubenton’s bats still roosting in pipes under M1 at Pineham (5th Oct)
Hazeley Wood Mammal Survey – Sat 3rd/Sun 4th Oct:
Pipistrelle bats
Badger, Fox and Muntjac deer captured on trail cameras (Paul Lund/Tony Wood/M Kincaid)

INSECTS

LEPIDOPTERA
Red Admiral, Comma, Speckled Wood, Holly Blue, Small White still on the wing. (Sightings Martin Kincaid)

COLEOPTERA
7-spot, 22-spot, 24-spot, Orange and Harlequin ladybirds recorded at Hazeley Wood  (Martin Kincaid/Helen Wilson).

ODONATA (Sightings by Harry Appleyard)
Emerald Damselflies – Tattenhoe Park
Southern Hawkers – Howe Park Wood and Tattenhoe Park

FUNGI

Giant Puffballs Calvatia gigantea at Manor Farm, Old Wolverton (30th Sep) (Martin Kincaid)

BIRDS

Swifts – Oakhill Wood

Common Snipe – Tattenhoe Park

Red Kites – Tattenhoe Park

Tawny Owls calling – Howe Park Wood

(Sightings from Harry Appleyard)

MAMMALS
Brown Rat – Tattenhoe Linear Park (this national rarity reported by Harry Appleyard!)

INSECTS
ODONATA
Emerald Damselfly – Tattenhoe Park
Blue-Tailed Damselfly – Tattenhoe Park
Common Blue Damselflies – Tattenhoe Park

ORTHOPTERA
Speckled Bush Cricket ovipositing by Giffard Park Footbridge

Speckled Bush Cricket Laying Eggs

(Orthoptera Steve Brady, identified by Paul Lund, Odonata Harry Appleyard)