Hic Bibi Nature Reserve & Hic Bibi Lane

[Leonard Poxon]

Birds seen/heard - Mixed flock of Swallows and Martins above the nursery of around 40 birds, 2 Wren, 6 Goldfinch, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, Jay heard, up to 6 Yellowhammer heard singing (2 seen) and a Moorhen heard. 3 Kestrel seen including 1 juvenile.

Butterflies - 1 Red Admiral, 4 Speckled Wood, 10+ Whites, 15+ Peacock, 10+ Gatekeeper, 2 Small Skipper and 6+Meadow Brown.

Odonata - On Hic Bibi ponds - 2 male Emperor, 3 Male Brown Hawker, 6+ Common Hawker, 3+ Emerald Damselflies, 10+ Azure Blue Damselflies, 4+ Blue-tailed Damselflies.
1 Hawker over fields of barley, too distant to determine species.

1 Common Hawker and 1 female Brown Hawker on a pond off Hic Bibi Lane.

Fungi - Sulphur Tuft and Blackening Brittlegill.