Introduction

Newholm - North Yorkshire - 17th January
Black-throated Thrush

Gigrin Farm – Mid Wales - 24th and 30th January
Grey Heron, Raven, Buzzard, Red Kite and Black Kite.

North Norfolk - 13th February
Shore Lark, Turnstone, Snow Bunting and Barn Owl

Langold Country Park – Nottinghamshire - 7th and 14th March
Great-crested Grebe and Red-necked Grebe

Hatfield Moors – Humberhead Peatlands - 14th March and 10th April
Viviparous Lizard, Common Adder, Peacock Butterfly, Comma Butterfly, Green Tiger Beetle and Grass Snake

Top Barn Farm - Grimley – Worcestershire - 21st March
Slavonian Grebe

The Lodge RSPB – Sandy - Bedfordshire - 11th April
Treecreeper, Grey Squirrel, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Wren, Chaffinch, Green Woodpecker, Stoat and Crossbill

Minsmere RSPB – Suffolk - 18th April
Bittern, Black-headed Gull, Shoveler, Black-tailed Godwit, Pintail, Teal, Shelduck, Barnacle Goose, Avocet, Grey Heron, Rabbit, Red Deer and Muntjac

Ketton Quarry – East Rutland - 24th April
Green Hairstreak Butterfly, Dingy Skipper Butterfly, Bee Fly and Willow Warbler

Straw’s Bridge Nature Reserve – Derbyshire - 14th May
Great Reed Warbler

Ketton Quarry – East Rutland - 15th May
Grizzled Skipper Butterfly and Green Tiger Beetle

Salcey Forest – Northamptonshire - 5th June
Wood White Butterfly, Glow Worm Larva and Broad-bodied Chaser Dragonfly

Collard Hill – Somerset - 12th June
Large Blue Butterfly, Common Spotted Orchid, Pyramidal Orchid and Greater Butterfly Orchid

Arnside Knott – Cumbria - 19th June
Dark Green Fritillary Butterfly, Northern Brown Argus Butterfly and Roe Deer

Strumpshaw Fen – Norfolk Broads - 25th June
Swallowtail Butterfly, Privet Hawk Moth, Poplar Hawk Moth, Black-tailed Skimmer Dragonfly, Hairy Dragonfly, Broad-bodied Chaser Dragonfly, Norfolk Hawker Dragonfly and Viviparous Lizard

Kelling Heath and Wiveton Down – Norfolk - 25th June
Silver-studded Blue Butterfly, Stonechat, Yellowhammer and Sand Wasp

Linn Dean – Scottish Borders - 27th and 28th June
Northern Brown Argus Butterfly, Dark Green Fritillary Butterfly, Monkey Flower and Sericomyia lappona Hoverfly

Bernwood Forest – Oxfordshire - 6th July
Marbled White Butterfly, Purple Hairstreak Butterfly, Purple Emperor Butterfly, Nursery Web Spider and Bee Swarm

Arnside Knott – Cumbria - 8th July
High Brown Fritillary Butterfly and Southern Hawker Dragonfly

Alners Gorse – Dorset - 2nd August
Butterflies: Brimstone, Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral, Peacock, Painted Lady, Purple Hairstreak, White-letter Hairstreak and Brown Hairstreak plus Long-winged Conehead Bush Cricket

Lydlinch Common – Dorset - 2nd August
Common Blue Butterfly, Small Copper Butterfly and Alophera hemiptera Parasitic Fly

Southbourne – Sussex - 8th August
Kestrel

Mill Hill – Sussex - 14th August
Adonis Blue Butterfly, Volucella zonaria Hoverfly and Carline Thistle

Ballard Down – Dorset - 28th August
Adonis Blue Butterfly, Wasp Spider and Sycamore Moth Caterpillar

Durlston Country Park – Dorset - 28th August
Sea Aster, Adonis Blue Butterfly, Stonechat, Spotted Flycatcher, Northern Wheatear, Stripe-winged Grasshopper, Common Green Grasshopper and Long-winged Conehead Bush Cricket

Frampton Marsh – Lincolnshire - 4th September
Teasel, Chicory, Green-veined White Butterfly, Small Copper Butterfly, Common Darter Dragonfly, Goldfinch, Yellowhammer and Helophilus pendulus Hoverfly

Gibraltar Point Nature Reserve - Lincolnshire - 4th September
Short-winged Conehead Bush Cricket

Mill Hill - Sussex - 5th September
Adonis Blue Butterfly, Holly Blue Butterfly and Autumn Lady’s Tresses Orchid

Hope Gap and Friston Forest - Sussex - 18th September
Small Copper Butterfly, Clouded Yellow Butterfly, Hoverflies: Volucella zonaria, Rhingia rostratum, Xylota sylvarum and Xylota segnis plus Dark Bush Cricket

Hollingworth Lake Country Park - Lancashire - 14th November
Pied-billed Grebe

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