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Siskin, Greenfinch, Blue Tit, Chaffinch, House Sparrow, Dunnock, and also Collared Dove ( heard) feeding off seeds in feeder and off ground.

Rezare Village Green and Carthamartha Road

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Song Thrush, Blackbird, Wren, Swallow, Robin were all in good voice
Brimstone (male), Small white
Spring flowers in bloom Spanish and English Bluebell, Green Alkanet, Greater Stitchwort, Red Campion, Lesser Celandine, Ground Ivy, Ivy Leaved Toadflax, Primrose, Speedwell, Dog Violet, Cuckoo Pint
Seven Spot Ladybird

Carthamartha Cottage

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Heard several birds singing together and were able to identify both by song and with the aid of binoculars: Blackcap, Great Tit, Nuthatch, Chiffchaff, Chaffinch.
Holly Blue x 2 were seen flitting amongst the Blackthorn and Gorse. Also seen in flower Wood Anemone.
Oil Beetle – this insect gives off an oily substance when alarmed.

Hill Field

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Having walked down the lane into this field with steep slopes overlooking the River Inny we again saw and heard the Blackcap. We also heard the Green Woodpecker and saw a Buzzard flying overheard.
Bloody-nosed beetle (so called because of its habit of exuding a red liquid when alarmed)
There was much evidence of Moles

Post Field

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As there were wet areas in this field Lady Smock was in flower. This is a flower on which the Orange-Tip Butterfly lays its single egg (its larva is cannibalistic). Wild Garlic and Dog Mercury were just coming into bloom along the riverside. Away from the river growing on a very steep bank were five or six dozen Early Purple Orchids. We spent a moment or two sitting amongst these and enjoying the beautiful views in the hot sunshine.
On our way once more we saw a Peacock butterfly, a Dor Beetle and the larval stage of the Glow-worm (it may spend up to three years in this state)

Badger Ham

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Along the riverside Pink Purslane was growing. This is a non native species with a pretty pink flower and a smooth leaf. It can be fairly invasive. Jack- by- the- Hedge was seen growing in many locations. A variety of mint grows by the water’s edge giving off its distinctive smell when crushed.
The River Inny is well known for its Otter population and we were able to see where an otter had scrambled out onto a clay bank leaving scratch marks and spraint.

*   Amphibian  Mammal   Bird  Flower / plant  Insect   Bf butterfly / moth   Hedge    Pond      Woodland  Tree  River  Rt Reptile  FI invasive plants  Archaeology (of hedges), Fungi etc