A new tick for the garden pond

The pond in our garden has been in for a year now and is getting bedded in well.

We've had common blue damselfly but yesteday we had Blue-tailed Damselfly for the first time. Wonderful 😊

Blue-tailed Damselfly

Sedge Warbler

This morning was dry, although it was still very wet underfoot, and sunny so I wasn't surprised to hear all the common warblers out singing along the Mere footpath.

Sedge Warbler and Whitethroat won the day with Chiff Chaff close behind.

One Sedge Warbler showed nicely along the Snipe Grounds fence line:

I'm a Nuthatch

What long legs you have Grandma!!!

Bugs and Tubes

Sometimes you just go with what comes into your head....

Brimstone on dandelion

Common Blue on Bird's Foot Trefoil

Ornage Tip on herb robert

Red-tailed bumblebee on comfrey

Common Blue Damselfly on grass

White Punks On Dope

A Colourful Morning

Well that was a colourful walk in the morning sun along the Mere south side, including:
Yellowhammer
Blue Damselfly
Poppy
Red Campion
Green Woodpecker
Orange Tip

Common Blue

Common Blue

Yellowhammer

Common Blue Damselfly

Poppy in a barley field edge

Skylark (not at all colourful)

Skylark LBJ

Orange Tip on Herb Robert

Just another normal day here in Hornsea - fantastic wildlife all over the place!!