Tag Archives: Hobby

Green Hairstreak – 19th May

May 19, 2021Recent wildlife sightings19th May, 2021, Brimstone, Green Hairstreak, HobbyPete Smith

This morning at least three Green Hairstreaks were seen around the north end of the Deep Pit, laying eggs on the Bird’s-foot Trefoil. A Brimstone was also seen egg-laying on the Alder Buckthorn by the Pumphouse. Three to four Hobbies were seen hawking insects over the site. (One seen stooping briefly at the Hobbies looked suspiciously like a Merlin, but was very distant.) PS.

Hobby – 18th May

May 18, 2021Recent wildlife sightings18th May, 2021, Common Blue Damselfly, cuckoo, Hobby, Large Gravel Pit, Slurry LagoonPete Smith

This morning the Cuckoo was calling from the Slurry Lagoon and there were two Hobbies over the Large Gravel Pit. Some teneral Common Blue Damselflies were flying. PS.

Dingy Skipper – 17th May

May 17, 2021Recent wildlife sightings17th May, 2021, Butterfly Bank, Dingy Skipper, HobbyPete Smith

This afternoon a Dingy Skipper was seen on the Butterfly Bank. Also seen was a Hobby. RW.

Hobby – 12th May

May 12, 2021Recent wildlife sightings12th May, 2021, cuckoo, Grasshopper Warbler, Hobby, Large Gravel Pit, Lesser Whitethroat, Slurry LagoonPete Smith

This morning the warblers were all singing well at the lagoons – apart from the Grasshopper Warbler – . There were two Lesser Whitethroats singing and a Hobby was seen hawking St. Mark’s Flies over the Slurry Lagoon. A Cuckoo was calling from the large willow beside the Large Gravel Pit. PS.

Great White Egret – 1st May

May 1, 2021Recent wildlife sightings1st May, 2021, Ecopark, Great White Egret, Hobby, Ringed Plover, Yellow WagtailPete Smith

Early this afternoon a Great White Egret flew down river. There were two Hobbies and a Wheatear on the riverside sheep field and a Yellow Wagtail and Ringed Plover on the Ecopark. RW.

Hobby – 22nd September

September 22, 2020Recent wildlife sightings2020, 22nd September, Hobby, pintail, Slurry Lagoon, Snipe, StarlingPete Smith

Today there were thirteen Snipe on the Slurry Lagoon and two Pintail. A Hobby was seen over and 400 Starlings came in to roost. RW.

Hobby – 12th May

May 12, 2020Recent wildlife sightings12th May, 2020, cuckoo, Deep Pit, Hobby, Slurry LagoonPete Smith

Early on this morning a Cuckoo was calling from the Ash trees by the Slurry Lagoon. Mid-morning a Hobby was seen over the Deep Pit, flying to the east. PS.

Hobby – 8th September

September 8, 2019Recent wildlife sightings2019, 8th September, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Hobby, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Slurry Lagoon, Yellow WagtailPete Smith

This morning, during the Birdcount, two Yellow Wagtails and good numbers of Chiffchaffs and Blackcaps were recorded. A Sedge Warbler and a Reed Warbler were in the Slurry Lagoon reed bed and a Hobby was hawking dragonflies over the Deep Pit. PS.

Swift – 6th May

May 6, 2019Recent wildlife sightings2019, 6th May, Deep Pit, Hobby, Oystercatcher, SwiftPete Smith

This morning a Hobby was seen flying along the river. A flock of five Oystercatchers flew up-river and two Swifts flew over the Deep Pit. PS.

Hobby – 5th May

May 5, 2019Recent wildlife sightings, Uncategorized2019, 5th May, Hobby, peregrinePete Smith

This morning a Hobby flew north, across the site. Both Peregrines were on the new pylon. PS.