13th – pair of sparrowhawks circling and mewing over the house.

16.7.17 Unidentified bumblebee on lavender. 30.6.17 Hummingbird hawkmoth on the red valerian in our garden.  

Sad to see a dead hedgehog outside the house on 7 June – looked like a fox might have killed it.  

5th – first two swifts.

4th  5:30 dawn chorus with F and J.  Highlights were some unidentified bats while still dark and later a blackcap.

13th Heard at least two chiffchaffs in the wood

13th unidentified butterfly crossing the road 19th first honeybee sighting 20th first bumblebee sighting

6.1.17   Following the leaf collectors, a large flock of redwings descended to feed on the worms left exposed.

14 Sep – Three hobbies flying over, keeing to each other. 22 Sep – R and I came home in the early evening to see two tawny owls tussling over the house. 23 Sep – Chiffchaffs are still here, heard one calling on Cox’s Walk, but no sign of the hobbies over the last few […]

1 July – no sign of the kestrel chicks this morning. Hopefully they fledged successfully in the week. 5 July – M and R saw a goldcrest in the garden.