Thursday, April 28, 2011
The Large Red Damselfly was a garden visitor today.
I took a late-afternoon walk on Dorney Wetlands. A house martin jinked away, made a lunge at a fly and missed. The insect came tumbling down, and landed on me. Some sort of Mayfly, I think.
A green sandpiper was on East Marsh.
This Common Carder Bee was near the weir.
Several sand martins and at least two swifts were present. Four lesser black-backed gulls (two pairs) and a herring gull were seen. A red-legged partridge was in the cropped field and a shelduck flew across the river. Best of all, an insistent "Sweee" call preceded the skipping flight downstream of my first yellow wagtail of the year, a lovely bright male.// posted by Christine @ 10:41 AM 
