Sightings Diary
July 2012
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Common Blue Damselfly - Avalon Marsh
Coleton Fishacre Area - South Devon
08.07.12 - 20 degrees, sun/light cloud, slight wind, 10am to 4pm
Birds - Yellowhammers, Stonechats, Skylarks, Chiffchaffs, Linnets, Whitethroat, Gannets, Wrens, Swifts, Swallows, House Martins, Crows, Lesser Black-backed Gulls, Herring Gulls, Cormorants, Shags, Buzzards, Kestrels, Oystercatchers, Chaffinches.
![](http://www10.clikpic.com/nbygrave/images/_MG_2379_copy_1.jpg)
Yellowhammer
![](http://www1.clikpic.com/nbygrave/images/_MG_2462_2_copy_1.jpg)
Linnet
Wild Flowers - Green Alkanet, Common Mallow, Yarrow, Meadow Buttercups, Bramble Flower, Bedstraw, Dove's-foot Crane's-bill, Alexanders, Cat's-ear, White and Red Clover, Black Medic and Spotted Medic, Hogweed, Creeping Thistle, Slender Thistle, Musk Thistle, Hedge Woundwort, Spear Thistle, Groundsel, Bush Vetch, Smooth Sow-thistle, Scarlet Pimpernel, Common Vetch, Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil, Common Bird's-foot-trefoil, Narrow-leaved Everlasting-pea, Red Campion, Herb Robert, Ribwort Plantain, Tufted Vetch, Elder Flower, Selfheal, Mouse-ear, Oxeye Daisy, Germander Speedwell, Toadflax, Honeysuckle, Wild Carrot, Sheep's-bit, Bell Heather, Betony, Pennywort, Centaury, Thrift, Dog-rose, Young Sloes, Pink Purslane, Wood Avens, Daisies, Cow Parsley, Hemlock, Mugwort, Commopn Sorrel, Redshank, Lesser Stitchwort, Sea Campion, English Stonecrop, Milkwort, Broad-leaved Willowherb, Rosebay Willowherb, Fennel, Foxglove.
![](http://www1.clikpic.com/nbygrave/images/_MG_6790_copy12.jpg)
Toadflax
![](http://www1.clikpic.com/nbygrave/images/_MG_3249_js.jpg)
Pink Purslane
Other - Marbled White Butterfly, Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly, Small White, Dark Green Fritillary, Red Admiral, Large White, Atlantic Seal, Six-spot Burnet Moths.
![](http://www1.clikpic.com/nbygrave/images/_MG_4668_copy.jpg)
Marbled White
![](http://www1.clikpic.com/nbygrave/images/013386_copy.jpg)
Red Admiral
![](http://www10.clikpic.com/nbygrave/images/_MG_3103_copy_1.jpg)
Six-spot Burnet
![](http://www1.clikpic.com/nbygrave/images/_MG_1424_copy.jpg)
Golden-ringed Dragonfly
Twitter Group Meet - RSPB Greylake and Avalon Marshes - Somerset
14.07.12 - 17 degrees, sun/light cloud/showers, slight wind, 10am to 6pm
Thank you to all in this great group, another wonderful day with like minded people :-)
Catharine, James, Andrew (great organizing), Phil (great guiding), Tiff, Gaina, Louise and Louise's Dad, Gill and David, Jane, Simon (great guiding) and Richard (whose knowledge known's no bounds)
![](http://www10.clikpic.com/nbygrave/images/_MG_3264_copy_2.jpg)
Brown Hawker
![](http://www10.clikpic.com/nbygrave/images/_MG_3152_2_copy_1.jpg)
Sedge Warbler
![](http://www10.clikpic.com/nbygrave/images/_MG_3139_copy_1.jpg)
Dragonfly Laval Skin
![](http://www10.clikpic.com/nbygrave/images/_MG_3209_copy_1.jpg)
Common Valerian
![](http://www10.clikpic.com/nbygrave/images/_MG_3241_copy_1.jpg)
Feeding Male Black-tailed Skimmer
![](http://www10.clikpic.com/nbygrave/images/_MG_3334_copy_1.jpg)
Distant Hobby
08.07.12 - 20 degrees, sun/light cloud, slight wind, 10am to 4pm
Birds - Yellowhammers, Stonechats, Skylarks, Chiffchaffs, Linnets, Whitethroat, Gannets, Wrens, Swifts, Swallows, House Martins, Crows, Lesser Black-backed Gulls, Herring Gulls, Cormorants, Shags, Buzzards, Kestrels, Oystercatchers, Chaffinches.
![](http://www10.clikpic.com/nbygrave/images/_MG_2379_copy_1.jpg)
Yellowhammer
![](http://www1.clikpic.com/nbygrave/images/_MG_2462_2_copy_1.jpg)
Linnet
Wild Flowers - Green Alkanet, Common Mallow, Yarrow, Meadow Buttercups, Bramble Flower, Bedstraw, Dove's-foot Crane's-bill, Alexanders, Cat's-ear, White and Red Clover, Black Medic and Spotted Medic, Hogweed, Creeping Thistle, Slender Thistle, Musk Thistle, Hedge Woundwort, Spear Thistle, Groundsel, Bush Vetch, Smooth Sow-thistle, Scarlet Pimpernel, Common Vetch, Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil, Common Bird's-foot-trefoil, Narrow-leaved Everlasting-pea, Red Campion, Herb Robert, Ribwort Plantain, Tufted Vetch, Elder Flower, Selfheal, Mouse-ear, Oxeye Daisy, Germander Speedwell, Toadflax, Honeysuckle, Wild Carrot, Sheep's-bit, Bell Heather, Betony, Pennywort, Centaury, Thrift, Dog-rose, Young Sloes, Pink Purslane, Wood Avens, Daisies, Cow Parsley, Hemlock, Mugwort, Commopn Sorrel, Redshank, Lesser Stitchwort, Sea Campion, English Stonecrop, Milkwort, Broad-leaved Willowherb, Rosebay Willowherb, Fennel, Foxglove.
![](http://www1.clikpic.com/nbygrave/images/_MG_6790_copy12.jpg)
Toadflax
![](http://www1.clikpic.com/nbygrave/images/_MG_3249_js.jpg)
Pink Purslane
Other - Marbled White Butterfly, Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly, Small White, Dark Green Fritillary, Red Admiral, Large White, Atlantic Seal, Six-spot Burnet Moths.
![](http://www1.clikpic.com/nbygrave/images/_MG_4668_copy.jpg)
Marbled White
![](http://www1.clikpic.com/nbygrave/images/013386_copy.jpg)
Red Admiral
![](http://www10.clikpic.com/nbygrave/images/_MG_3103_copy_1.jpg)
Six-spot Burnet
![](http://www1.clikpic.com/nbygrave/images/_MG_1424_copy.jpg)
Golden-ringed Dragonfly
Twitter Group Meet - RSPB Greylake and Avalon Marshes - Somerset
14.07.12 - 17 degrees, sun/light cloud/showers, slight wind, 10am to 6pm
Thank you to all in this great group, another wonderful day with like minded people :-)
Catharine, James, Andrew (great organizing), Phil (great guiding), Tiff, Gaina, Louise and Louise's Dad, Gill and David, Jane, Simon (great guiding) and Richard (whose knowledge known's no bounds)
![](http://www10.clikpic.com/nbygrave/images/_MG_3264_copy_2.jpg)
Brown Hawker
![](http://www10.clikpic.com/nbygrave/images/_MG_3152_2_copy_1.jpg)
Sedge Warbler
![](http://www10.clikpic.com/nbygrave/images/_MG_3139_copy_1.jpg)
Dragonfly Laval Skin
![](http://www10.clikpic.com/nbygrave/images/_MG_3209_copy_1.jpg)
Common Valerian
![](http://www10.clikpic.com/nbygrave/images/_MG_3241_copy_1.jpg)
Feeding Male Black-tailed Skimmer
![](http://www10.clikpic.com/nbygrave/images/_MG_3334_copy_1.jpg)
Distant Hobby