July 13th

Bird wise it's still very quiet at the mere with all the resident species feeding their offspring and staying mostly out of site. The Great Crested Grebe seems to have at least two chicks , as they were seen on mum's back this afternoon. Also around Swallow, House Martin , Swift , Buzzard , G S Woodpecker and Jay. Butterflies are still showing well with Large White , Small White , Small and Large Skipper , Gatekeeper (12) , Meadow Brown , Comma(3) and Ringlet . A female Black-tailed Skimmer and possibly a Southern Hawker along with plenty of Azure Blue Damselfly. Shaded-broad Bar and Six-spot Burnet were a couple of the day flying moths noted. All photos below courtesy of Tracey Stubbs.

Large Skipper by T Stubbs.

Ringlet by T Stubbs.

Large White by T Stubbs.

Comma by T Stubbs.

Shaded-broad Bar by T Stubbs.

Six-spot Burnet by T Stubbs.