May 2008 Wildlife Sightings

Drinker Moth caterpillar.
White Campion

Seen mid morning at Hollybush Park by Chris & Angela Kay. Location map  

Emerald Damselfly.
Beautiful Demoiselle

Seen late morning  at  Hollybush Pits by Chris & Angela Kay. Location map

Early Brown Hawker

Late morning by Monet Bridge, Hollybush Park/ Seen by Chris and Angela Kay.
Location map

Large Red Damselfly, two Common Blue Damselflies.

Seen late morning Sunday at Hollybush Pits by Chris & Angela Kay. Location map

Badger

Walking along the road in the area of Frimley by-pass. Seen 1:40 by Lesley Hadcroft. Location map

Early Southern Hawker. Four Banded Demoiselle.

Seen mid morning by the Monet Bridge at Hollybush Hill byn Chris & Angela Kay. Location map

12 Canada Geese goslings with proud parents on the Yateley fishing lakes. 1 red kite seen above Thatcher’s Ford.

Seen on Walk the Path by Adrian Humphries

3 Herons side by side on a post by the river plus a Kingfisher

Seen late morning/early afternoon along river between Sandhurst and Ash by Christine O’Donoghue.

Pair of Redshanks flying over new workings.

Seen 16:16 at top end of Moor Green Lakes by Christine Wolfe. Location map

20+ Chub and 2 Common Carp tumbling about in a 15 metrer stretch of the river.

Several Speckled Wood, several Small Whites, several Orange Tips, NO other butterflies.

First sighting of a Damselfly but too far away to identify.

All seen mid morning at Hollybush Park by Chris & Angela Kay. Location map  

Large Koi Carp (Doitsu).

One Peacock, one Orange Tip (but NO other butterflies seen along BV Path from Government Road to The Old Ford)

Seen mid morning at Monet Bridge, Hollybush Hill by Chris Kay. Location map

Nightingale singing in tree. Was briefly spotted hopping from one branch to another.

Seen and heard at 20:00 in Shepherd Meadows, close to bridge which leads to car park by Christine Wolfe. Location map

Red kite seen flying over the fishing lakes between Yateley and Sandhurst church.

The first Rose Chafer (Cetonia aurata) seen - a beautiful shiny metallic green chafer.

Seen at Mill Lane, Yateley by Steve Farmer. Location map

First queen hornet (Vespa crabro) seen after emerging from hibernation

Seen at Mill Lane, Yateley by Steve Farmer. Location map    

Chiffchaff, Several Speckled Woods, several Small Whites, 3 Orange Tips, NO Brimstones. Butterflly numbers seriously down so far this year.

Late morning Hollybush Park and Hill . Sightings by Chris & Angela Kay. Location map

Cuckoo heard near Thatchers Ford.

Two female Cuckoo Bumblebee Bombus vestalis (syn. Psythirus vestalis - no common name ) seen foraging on ground ivy. This is one of the most common Cuckoo Bumblebees. These are the first females seen after emerging from hibernation. All the most common bumblebees - "The big six" - have already emerged from hibernation.

Seen and heard along Blackwater Valley path between Jouldings Farm and Thatchers Ford at Farley Hill. by Steve Farmer. Location map

Our first House Martins of the year.

Late morning at Carrington Field. Sightings by Chris & Angela Kay. Location map

Our first Canada Geese goslings of the year. Willow Warbler. Cuckooflower

Holly Blue. 2 Orange Tip. 2 Peacock.
1 Speckled Wood. 2 Small White. 
1 Large White.

Our best butterfly walk of the spring so far but numbers are definitely down quite significantly.

Mid morning at Hollybush Pits.
 

Hollybush Park.

All sightings by Chris & Angela Kay. Location map