Field Meeting Records

Durlston Country Park

Date:- 23 May 2009
Time:- 10:30 to 15:30
Leader:- Julian Moseley
Purpose:- Birds, butterflies and orchids
Attendance:- 13
Weather:- Warm with bright sun the hazy and cloudy

Bird Highlights
Around 30 Guillemot and 20 Razorbill plus female Peregrine, Fulmar and other sea cliff birds. Also Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Skylark, Stonechat and Yellowhammer.
Other HIghlights
2 Cream-spot Tiger Moths and a migrant Striped Hawkmoth in the moth traps. 2 Stoats. Butterflies included Green Hairstreak, Wall & Adonis & Small blues.
Flora
Still some Early Purple Orchids. Also Small-flowered Buttercup, Horseshoe Vetch, Pale Flax, English (Early) Gentian, Knotted Bur-parsely & Wild Clary in bloom.