Still very few butterflies - there were a couple of white ones about, and some speckled woods in Warren Woods, but otherwise not much else.
On the birds front, good to hear the reed warbler still going strong, and I heard a whitethroat for the first time this year (on the common, that is). Lots of blackcaps (I counted 6) and several chiffchaffs, but sadly still no willow warbler. This species has gone into a steep decline, and I fear we won't be hearing its lazy summer song on the common this year. And no cuckoos either.
At least there are still at least two young moorhens on the Pit. And I'm seeing more house martins than I have done for a couple of years (one of the wildlife survey species don't forget).
Deer seem to be proliferating; I had a good view of a muntjac on School Common this morning, and took this
last week at Scouts' Pond. Other people are reporting more frequent sightings of Chinese water deer and Roe deer.
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