Linacre - 9th August 2011 Sunshine, Butterflies and another Sandpiper

I had a lovely walk around Linacre this morning in bright sunshine and 16 dgerees of heat! The highlights were 5 species of butterfly, some lovely new flowers, loads of hoverflies and another Common Sandpiper!

First up were the butterflies with 4 Gatekeepers, 1 Peacock, 5 Meadow Browns, 2 Small Coppers and  2 Speckled Woods.

Gatekeeper

Meadow Brown

Peacock

Next up were the birds: Common Sandpiper (1 on the middle reservoir), Cormorant (3, the highest count yet), Mallard (56), Tufted Duck (25), Mandarin (16), Swallow (3), House Martin (10), Grey Wagtail (3), Pied Wagtail (1).

Lastly, one photograph of the on going works on the middle reservoir.