June 26, 2006
Friday 16th June
MARTIN DOWN AND LYMINGTON
We had the afternoon off, so we started at Martin Down. We parked off the A354, crossed the main road, and walked on the Kitts Grave side. Butterflies outnumbered birds, with Small Heath, Common, Small, and Adonis Blues, Large and Dingy Skippers, and Meadow Brown being the pick of the former; birds included Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Yellowhammer, Greater-spotted Woodpecker, and Bullfinch.
Later in the afternoon we drove on down to Lymington, where from the Bath Road car park we walked the inland lanes and paths towards Pennington, returning along the sea wall past Moses Dock and Eight Acre Pond. Birds noted on the walk included Oystercatcher, Cuckoo, Little Egret, Black-tailed Godwit, Little and Common Terns, Ringed Plover, Eider, and Reed Bunting.
On the way home there was a Little Owl on a post near Fordingbridge, and a Tawny Owl near Cranborne.
Pyramidal Orchid
Greater Butterfly Orchid
Fumitory
Black-headed Gull
Posted by Frampton25 at June 26, 2006 08:21 PM