Had a quick look round Wendover woods after work on Friday, and en route to a Bucks Bat group meeting. Hoped to see Silver Washed Fritillary at the famous Buddleia bush, but time was against me.
Parked in the right place and walked in the right direction, but couldn't find a buddleia, also a lack of butterflies, but it was 7:30pm!
However, just as I had given up, my luck changed and at 8pm! on a sunny woodland edge saw about 4 Silver Washed Fritillaries. Had excellent views, what a superb Butterfly!
Never did find the Buddleia!
Bat watch was pretty tame with only a few Common Pipistrelles found by my little group. Did however, see Glow Worms which was a first.
Following evening, set the bat detector up in the back garden and left it for a couple of hours recording to an MP3 player. When analysing the sound file, I was pleasantly surprised to have captured a Noctule flying over in addition to a few Common Pipistrelles. Must do this remote recording more.. 2 hours of recordings can be analysed in about 10 minutes! |