New Observations added to 16 April 2003

19/12/2009   
New material added to 16 April 2003
[Posted 15/11/2009]

27 July 2003 - Around the house and meadow

Again for the present this record is lists... but it is dated in the file for the 27th 
[at 13:19 we were between Amboise and Loches with the car 
[1956 Citroën AZC called Gytha] looking like this >>>

But she did look a bit more balanced with us both in her!!]

We were on our way down with the first load of 'stuff' for the house.

So... despite the date shown above from the notebook
I think that it was a page of accumulated records
[ the Jersey Tiger below was photographed on the 29th!]

Here's the list...

Birds:

• Crow
• Rooks [flock of 200+]
• Buzzard
• House Martin
• Turtle Dove
• Collared Dove
• Wood Pigeon
• Green [or Grey] Woodpecker
• Black Redstart
• Blackbird
• Starling
• Goldfinch
• Greenfinch
• White Wagtail
• Mallard
• Grey Heron

Butterflies:

• Painted Lady
• Red Admiral
• Scarce Swallowtail
• Comma
• Ass'ted Fritillaries
• Ass'ted Blues

Moths:

• Jersey Tiger >>>
• Hummingbird Hawkmoth
• Bee Hawkmoth

Other insects:

• Glow-Worm
• Praying Mantis [Religiose]

Spiders:

• Argiope bruennischi [the one that spins the marvelous stripy webs]
• House spiders [Teginaria gigantia?]

16 April 2003 - Listing from round the house

This was our first visit to the house after purchase... hence the single day [we were too busy getting used to the area and measuring up, making wild plans, etc.]

Birds seen:

Raptors:

• Kestrel
• Buzzard
• Hen Harrier [although now we think these records may actually be the Montagues - we tend to see Hen Harriers over by Barrou and along the Claise valley]

Tits:

• Blue Tit
• Great Tit

LBJs: [Little Brown Jobs]

• Linnet
• Chaffinch
• House Sparrow

MIJs: [More Interesting Jobs]

• Black Redstart  >>>
  
• White Wagtail
• Whinchat
• Stonechat
• Goldfinch
• Green Woodpecker [or Grey?]
• Blackbird
• Starling
• Robin
• Wren
• Swallow
• House Martin [don't know where these are nesting... not at ours... although they are often in large number with the swallows]

BJs [Big Jobs]

• Jay
• Carrion Crow
• Wood Pigeon
• Collared Dove
• Mallard

Birds heard:

• Nightingale 
• Turtle Dove
  

19/12/2009    New material added from the Nature Diary in the house:

17 May 2003   

• Stone Curlews nesting in the field opposite.  
• Montagu's Harrier quartering the field when M.Sallais was turning the hay.