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Autumn Insects at Thursley Common

Black Darter – a dragonfly in late September, and a windy day too. The only other dragonfly about was the Common Darter, I saw two or three.
Woolly Bear caterpillar (of a Garden Tiger Moth) on one of the boardwalks.

Other insects seen included a few bumblebees and some moths scooting away in the strong wind, perhaps Silver Y.

There were only a few birds about; I saw some swallows, two stonechats, a crow, a jay, a gull, a chaffinch, and a finch-sized bird with a white rump flying into a tree, perhaps a bullfinch. Three mallard loitered on the Moat Pond.

A flash of yellow revealed some Gorse in bloom, alongside some fine purple Bell Heather.

The only fungus to be seen was a brown rollrim. A dead birch trunk was colourful with Common Orange Lichen.