Busy

This week i have been pretty busy with other projects, projects in which i hope to earn a bit of money, so i haven't had the chance to go and get some food for the feeding station. At this time of year, a feeding station isn't that important, however when winter arrives and the ground freezes your garden feeding stations are extremely important in the survival of many birds.

Today i had some time to take a quick walk ( from 1:30pm - 3:20pm ). The weather was a dull grey overcast with spots of rain here and there. The walk from Point 1 to Point 2 was full of insects, i need to have a day of just identifying and photographing the flies and other insects, when the weather becomes abit nicer, that is the first job.

Alot of meadow Brown butterflies were present today, male and female. Also in abundance was Cinnabar Moth Caterpillars, some singular peices of Ragwort were completely covered. A few Whitethroats poked out from the scrub near the pond at Point 2. A few of the migratory species that i saw today should be ready to return to their wintering grounds at the end of the month, if they havent already started to fly south, these species include Swift, Whitethroat, Chiff Chaff, Swallow and House Martin.

I walked a little further east from point 5 today after hearing a bird of prey call, it turned out to be a pair of Buzzards that flew low over the farmers field and back west over the Belvedere fields, such graceful flyers.

On my walk today i was looking for spots for the feeding station, point 5 seemed decent, alot of bird activity today, lots of Tit flocks and charms of Goldfinch's.

Oh, i'm going to make another page on this blog for my wildlife illustrations, the photography will just be included in future blog posts. I am going to start including factual info about some of the species that i discover, especially if i can't get out over the fields, just so the blog is constantly on going.

Cinnabar Moth Caterpillars