Tim Davis and Tim Jones arrived on the island for a short stay and reported a singing male
Common Rosefinch in Millcombe (albeit a brown, presumed first-summer, bird with no red plumage) as well as a singing male
Blackcap and a
Spotted Flycatcher. There were 7
Collared Doves in the village and Millcombe. On Pondsbury there were two females and a single male
Teal with four ducklings, whilst a pair of Oystercatchers tended to their two well-grown chicks on the northern side of Rat Island. Richard Taylor reported a
Yellow Wagtail in flight at the Rocket Pole.
Migrant Lepidoptera included lots of Painted Ladies, Red Admirals, Silver Ys and Diamond-backed Moths.
Below is a record shot of the Rosefinch feeding on Commmon Sorrel from the fence forming one of the tree-planting enclosures below Government House in upper Millcombe. (
Apologies for the poor quality but hand held and taken over an enormous distance in very harsh light; note that the silvery flash at the base of the leg is an optical illusion, not a metal ring – Tim J).
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| Common Rosefinch feeding on sorrel, Millcombe, 7 Jun 2016 © Tim Jones |
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