17/08/2024-Beautiful fuchsia in the garden and from our visit to Shipton Bellinger today stunning Wall Brown, a smashing view, upright hedge-parsley, a gorgeous Brown Hairstreak one of my first of the year it was amazing to see this exuberant species for a fourth year running here today having never seen one prior to 2021 I feel so lucky and scabious.
Other highlights at Shipton Bellinger were Brown Argus, Small Heath, Meadow Browns, Brimstones, Speckled Wood, Fox moth and Cinnabar moth caterpillars, bees, Roesel's bush cricket, Raven, Red Kite, Buzzard, Kestrel, Bullfinches, Chiffchaff, rosebay willowherb, a fair few precious harebells, self-heal, wild basil, St. John's-wort, red bartsia, eyebright, centaury, viper's-bugloss, bramble flower and blackberries, my first ever buckthorn berries, the characteristic wayfaring tree berries of this site, hawthorn berries and cuckoo-pint berries with Green Woodpecker heard and Goldfinch and Woodpigeon enjoyed at home.