ChrisC
Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 8:46 pm
Well i thought it was time to bite the bullet and join in the fun. probably won't be many photo's or if there are they will off my phone as still not taken the expensive dive into buying a camera yet. so if you view you won't be greeted with brilliant photo's like the other diaries on here. By the way all other diary writers keep up the great work the pictures are great to see. i also warn you there may be quite a bit not butterfly related as they are just one of my many interests. so here goes ......
Sunday 16th May
the day started off ok. a couple of new wildflowers around the forest the garden backs on to. they came in the shape of Lousewort and Heath Milkwort never seen either before. Back to the garden and after seeing Pete's Orange Tip egg pics I thought i Should check out my garlic Mustard (not that i have seen an adult in the garden yet this year) and sure enough at least 3 eggs (one had hatched by this afternoon) i also noticed quite a few tiny wasps ( similar size to the aphid parasitic wasps) around the plants, not sure if they will have any bearing on proceedings but i'll keep an eye on them.
Another nice sight greeted me as i was sitting out on the patio, my 3rd glow worm larvae sighting of the year. an afternoon walk over Stour Valley Local Nature Resrve lifted spirits in the gloom. (walking by water always does that for me) and watched a dozen Black headed Gulls acting like swallows flying back and forth picking flies off the surface which i had never seen before. There was also 3 nice chub of about 4lb wallowing in the shallows in the relative safety of the fishing close season. thanks for dropping in .
Sunday 16th May
the day started off ok. a couple of new wildflowers around the forest the garden backs on to. they came in the shape of Lousewort and Heath Milkwort never seen either before. Back to the garden and after seeing Pete's Orange Tip egg pics I thought i Should check out my garlic Mustard (not that i have seen an adult in the garden yet this year) and sure enough at least 3 eggs (one had hatched by this afternoon) i also noticed quite a few tiny wasps ( similar size to the aphid parasitic wasps) around the plants, not sure if they will have any bearing on proceedings but i'll keep an eye on them.
Another nice sight greeted me as i was sitting out on the patio, my 3rd glow worm larvae sighting of the year. an afternoon walk over Stour Valley Local Nature Resrve lifted spirits in the gloom. (walking by water always does that for me) and watched a dozen Black headed Gulls acting like swallows flying back and forth picking flies off the surface which i had never seen before. There was also 3 nice chub of about 4lb wallowing in the shallows in the relative safety of the fishing close season. thanks for dropping in .