30 minutes in the sun
10/07/14 22:49
It was a lovely warm early summer evening with no wind so I sat outside for half an hour or so to see what wildlife was around.
It was somewhat disappointing.
There was a nest of sparrows chirruping away, a couple of blackbirds, a rather grumpy magpie. Numerous midges and fruit flies, a couple of hoverflies, the occasional small black (Amara spa?) beetles.
No butterflies. No bees. No ladybirds. No mammals, except for a traverse by a neighbourhood cat.
This surprised me a bit as previous watches had yielded more result than this. At least the bats (mainly pips) were about last night hoovering up all the midges.
It was somewhat disappointing.
There was a nest of sparrows chirruping away, a couple of blackbirds, a rather grumpy magpie. Numerous midges and fruit flies, a couple of hoverflies, the occasional small black (Amara spa?) beetles.
No butterflies. No bees. No ladybirds. No mammals, except for a traverse by a neighbourhood cat.
This surprised me a bit as previous watches had yielded more result than this. At least the bats (mainly pips) were about last night hoovering up all the midges.