Insects released from a light trap set overnight 7th to 8th of June by Dougy Wright: 1 Poplar Hawk-moth, 3 Elephant Hawk-moth, 2 Lobster Moth, Rusty-dot Pearl, Common Carpet, 4 Marbled Minor, 7 Buff Ermine, Snout, Green Carpet, 3 Cinnamon Sedge, Willow Beauty, 2 Mottled Beauty, 2 Dark Sword-grass, 3 Large Yellow Underwing, 2 Grey Pug, Purple Bar, Beautiful Golden Y, Burnished Brass, Riband Wave, Angle Shades, Middle-barred Minor, Flame Shoulder, Ingrailed Clay, Small Square-spot, White Ermine.Other insects: Painted Lady (9th and 23rd); Large White, Speckled Wood, many Meadow Browns, Andrena sp. mining bee, Nomada sp. nomad bee, White-tailed Bumblebee (23rd); Emperor Dragonfly (30th).Birds: Nuthatch, Goldfinch, Robin, Dunnock, Herring Gull, Rook, Jackdaw, Chiffchaff, Greenfinch, Blackcap, Song Thrush (both the last two still singing strongly on 23rd), Magpie, hen Pheasant (with young calling from the undergrowth at the bottom of the churchyard extension on 23rd), Swallow, House Martin, Blackbird, Wood Pigeon.Plants coming into flower: Yarrow, White Clover (5th); Stinking Iris, Ox-eye Daisy, Restharrow, English Stonecrop, Meadow Vetchling, Common Cleavers (Goosegrass), Bramble (9th); Lady’s Bedstraw, Honeysuckle, Silverweed, Common Hemp-nettle, Ragwort, Pineapple Mayweed, Scarlet Pimpernel, Figwort (23rd); Field Rose, Perforate St John’s Wort (30th).Plants continuing to flower: Primrose (last few), Red Campion, Scentless Mayweed, Common Dog-violet, Common Field Speedwell, Three-cornered Garlic, Herb Robert, Navelwort, Bluebell, Greater Stitchwort, Honesty, Ribwort Plantain, Wild Strawberry (some also bearing fruit from 23rd), Wild Carrot/Queen Anne’s Lace, Common Sorrel, Sweet Vernal-grass, Cocksfoot, Meadow Foxtail, Annual Meadow-grass, Selfheal, Common Vetch, Hedge Bedstraw, Fuchsia, Creeping Buttercup, Foxglove, Herb Bennet, Lesser Trefoil, Greater Birdsfoot Trefoil, Hogweed, Sow-thistle.Reptiles and Amphibians: Common Toad
Birds: Goldfinch, Pheasant, Robin, Dunnock, Chiffchaff, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Blackbird, Blackcap, Buzzard (seen harassing 2 Carrion Crows on 26th - usually the other way round), Wren, Greenfinch (family party 8th), Chaffinch, Blue Tit, Herring Gull, Rook, Wood Pigeon, Swallow, House Martin (22nd) Swift (also 22nd); Great Tit, Mistle Thrush (4 on 26th, probably family party).Plants coming into flower: Fuchsia, Beech, Creeping Buttercup (5th); Foxglove (8th); Herb Bennet, Lesser Trefoil, Guelder Rose, Greater Birdsfoot Trefoil (12th); Star-of-Bethlehem (14th); Saxifraga rosacea (19th); Lesser Quaking-grass, Cat’s-ear (22nd); Rose (garden hybrid) (26th).Plants continuing to flower: Primrose, Primula, Dandelion, Red Campion, Scentless Mayweed, Common Dog-violet, Lesser Celandine, Ivy-leaved Toadflax, Hairy Bittercress, Groundsel, Common Field Speedwell, Three-cornered Garlic, Herb Robert, Potentilla sp. possibly Yellow-flowered Strawberry, Navelwort, Bluebell, Greater Stitchwort, Honesty, Ribwort Plantain, Wild Strawberry, Blackthorn, Wild Carrot/Queen Anne’s Lace, Field Wood-rush, Lady’s Smock/Cuckooflower, Common Sorrel, Weigelia, Sweet Vernal-grass, Cocksfoot, Meadow Foxtail, Annual Meadow-grass, Selfheal, Common Vetch, Hedge Bedstraw.Insects: Silverfish (3rd); Orange Tip, small black beetle (possibly Nebria brevicollis), Large White, Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Mining Bee (Andrena sp) (5th); Common Sun Beetle (Amara aenea), Yellow Meadow Ant (12th); Yellow Dung-fly and Cocksfoot Moth (both on Star-of-Bethlehem flowers), Speckled Wood, White-tailed Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee (14th); Red Admiral (19th); Garden Chafer (22nd); Pearly Underwing, Meadow Brown, Holly Blue (26th).Other “creepy-crawlies”: Springtail (not identified); Woodlouse.Ferns: Maidenhair Spleenwort, Hart’s-tongue, Common Polypody, Bracken
Birds: Goldfinch, Wren, Dunnock, Magpie, Wood Pigeon, Skylark, Pheasant, Moorhen (a long way from water), Chiffchaff, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Buzzard, Greenfinch, Raven, Jackdaw, Rook, Blackbird, Herring Gull, Blackcap (from 24th), Coal Tit, Chaffinch, Canada Goose, Sparrowhawk, Swallow (28th).Plants coming into flower: Cornsalad (Valerianella carinata or V. locusta) (3rd), Wild Strawberry, False Oxlip (or similar cultivar) (from 7th); Blackthorn, Wild Carrot/Queen Anne’s Lace, Field Wood-rush (from 14th), Lady’s Smock/Cuckooflower, Common Sorrel (from 17th), Weigelia, Sweet Vernal-grass (from 24th); Cocksfoot, Meadow Foxtail, Annual Meadow-grass, Selfheal, Common Vetch, Hedge Bedstraw (from 28th).Plants continuing to flower: Primrose, Primula, Dandelion, Hazel, Red Campion, Scentless Mayweed, Heather, Common Dog-violet, Lesser Celandine, Camellia, Gorse, Ivy-leaved Toadflax, Hairy Bittercress, Daffodil, Groundsel, Narcissus, Common Field Speedwell, Three-cornered Garlic, Herb Robert, Yew, Potentilla sp. possibly Yellow-flowered Strawberry, Navelwort, Bluebell, Greater Stitchwort, Honesty, Atlantic Ivy, Ribwort Plantain, Sow-thistle.Insects: Common Wasp, White-tailed (or possibly Garden) Bumblebee, Small Tortoiseshell, Buff-tailed Bumblebee (from 7th); Common Carder Bee, Peacock (from 14th); Red-tailed Bumblebee (from 17th); Small White, Greenbottle, Yellow Meadow Ant (19th); Phryxe vulgaris or similar small two-winged fly, Large White, small Cranefly probably Tipula paludosa or T. oleracea, Fever Fly (28th)Fungi: Coprinus sp., Stinkhorn (14th)Spiders: False Widow (Steodata sp.) and egg sac in rainwater drainage chamber (14th)
Birds: Song Thrush (singing from 3rd), Blackbird, Robin, Herring Gull, Jackdaw, Wood Pigeon, Wren, Mistle Thrush, Skylark (singing from 5th), Coal Tit, Magpie, Dunnock, Buzzard, Jay, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Greenfinch (calling from 17th), Goldfinch, Raven, Great Tit, Chiffchaff (singing 30th).Plants coming into flower: Smooth (or possibly Prickly) Sow-thistle, Herb Robert (from 3rd); Yew, Potentilla sp. possibly Yellow-flowered Strawberry (Potentilla indica, a well-established Asian species spreading from gardens into the countryside), Navelwort (from 10th); Bluebell (from 20th); Greater Stitchwort (from 21st): Alder (from 24th); Ribwort Plantain (from 30th); Honesty, Ivy (assumed to be Atlantic Ivy being commoner than Common Ivy in Cornwall) (from 31st).Plants continuing to flower - Primrose, Primula, Dandelion, Hazel, Red Campion, Scentless Mayweed, Heather, Common Dog-violet, Lesser Celandine, Spring Crocus, Camellia, Gorse, Ivy-leaved Toadflax, Hairy Bittercress, Daffodil, Groundsel, Narcissus, Common Field Speedwell, Three-cornered Garlic.Insects: Common Wasp (6th and 20th); Peacock Butterfly, Red-tailed Bumblebee, White-tailed Bumblebee, Flesh Fly (10th); House Fly, Mining Bee (Andrena sp.) probably Grey-patched Mining Bee (Andrena nitida, visiting Dandelion 17th); Small Tortoiseshell, Nomad Bee (Nomada sp.), Hoverfly (Eristalis pertinax) (24th)
