Butterflies of Hungary
Naturetrek Tour Report 18 - 25 June 2013
Beautiful Demoiselle by Gerard Gorman Lesser Purple Emperors attracted to Wolf Scat. – by Gerard Gorman
Yellow-legged Tortoiseshell by Jon King Woodland Brown by David Alred
Report compiled by Rob Parker Images courtesy of Gerard Gorman, Jon King and David Alred
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Tour Report Butterflies of Hungary
Tour Leader: Rob Parker Naturetrek Lepidopterist Gerard Gorman Local Guide & Tour Manager
Participants: Kay Adamson David Alred Joan Alred Bill Furse John Helps Gwen Holyman Jon King Peter Westgate Judy Westgate Michael Wheeler Ray Witt
Day 1 Tuesday 18th June
In Transit
Weather: Fine At Budapest Airport, recently re-named for Liszt, we were joined by Kay and met by our local guide Gerard. Our cheerful and experienced driver, Istvan loaded our luggage and we were soon on our way. Readers should note that we executed the tour in the reverse direction to previous years.
We made a brief stop at a motorway service area on the M3 near the village of Ludas. Here, we met a little moth that we were to see everywhere for the rest of the week; the Nine-spotted, Syntomis phegea. We continued our journey to the Bukk Hills, just beyond Eger in north-east Hungary, finishing at the uphill end of Noszvaj, where the Hotel Nomad nestles in a tranquil wooded bowl. We arrived with time to explore the extensive grounds of the hotel and the adjacent lakeside before dinner. We were all impressed at the number of butterflies still on the wing at 6pm; a good omen for the days ahead. We were all charmed by the rustic nature of the hotel and impressed by the enormous meal provided by our hostess Barbara. Replete, we retired to bed to prepare for an early morning foray.
Day 2 Wednesday 19th June
Nosvaj
Weather: Very hot and sunny The butterflies were on the wing before 7am, by which time most of the group were assembled in the garden for a walk before breakfast. A Large Tortoiseshell made a promising start.
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Then Gerard led us uphill and showed us his ability to throw an authentic sounding Black Woodpecker call from his own throat, without any electronic assistance. Although the Black Woodpecker was not to be lured down, five species of Woodpecker: Eurasian Wryneck, Lesser Spotted, Middle Spotted, Great Spotted and European Green, were all seen or heard, along with Hawfinches. A Hummingbird Hawk-moth was already active, and an Eastern Bath White brought the butterflies to 11 species before 8am!
After serving ourselves from an impressive array at the breakfast buffet, we set off for the village of Bogacs where a flower rich hillside ran down to a meadow with a horse-drawn hay-wain being loaded by pitchfork – a nice change from the intensive farming of UK. The bus was parked in the shade and our party poured out to find a feast of species already active in the heat of the sun. Scarce Swallowtail was followed by a Purple-shot Copper, Queen of Spain, High Brown, Marbled and Dark Green Fritillaries, a single Green-underside Blue, Silver-studded Blues and Chestnut Heaths as well as the familiar Small Heaths. An hour of delight later, we were all getting hot and we drifted back to the shade to discover that the glade behind the bus hosted Silver-washed Fritillary and Lesser Purple Emperor. Only the first few back were lucky enough to have a glimpse of the one and only Poplar Admiral of the week.
Our next stop was close to Cserepfalu, at a side entrance to the Bukk National Park, where water-filled ruts had created a mud-puddling spot, and we were soon joined by a Lesser Purple Emperor that was content to stay for photography. In due course another turned up and flashed its orangey upper surfaces at us. Yes, orange…with the purple sheen of the form clytie, a form which was new to most of the group. Little did we realise that by the end of the week we would getting blasé about Lesser Purple Emperors, so the cameras kept clicking.
Our first picnic stop was conveniently close to an ice cream shop that proved such an attraction that it drew us back the following day for another couple of scoops. Whilst eating under a mulberry tree, we enjoyed the view of a Syrian Woodpecker at eye level just 3 trees away. After the stop we moved on to another part of the Hor Valley, where we found Black-veined White, Assmann's Fritillary, and, to our great surprise, a Yellow-legged Tortoiseshell. This rarity was surprisingly docile, and opened up for photography – showing that its pale legs were not its only distinguishing feature.
Later we visited a quarry near Tard to see the resident Bee-eaters. We were able to stand back and watch them in flight and resting on a dead tree. This also proved to be a fruitful site for butterflies, with Large Copper, Short- tailed Blue and Provencal Short-tailed Blue all putting in an appearance.
We rounded off the day with another evening feast, and took our daily debrief in the hotel's outdoor bar. As this concluded, Barbara appeared to let us know that the fireflies were flying at the end of the garden, bringing another delightful spectacle to a wonderful first full day.
Day 3 Thursday 20th June
Weather: Ideal, but very hot at 37C Those who chose to go out early were greeted by Red Squirrels in the garden, Serins singing and Black Redstarts on the roof of the hotel. After breakfast we set off for an out-and-back walk along the Hor Valley, inside the Bukk National Park.
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New species began to turn up almost immediately. The first cluster of salt puddlers included the distinctive shape of a Nettle-tree Butterfly, and then we got our first glimpse of a Great Banded Grayling. Soon we were getting our eyes in for the hairstreaks at a patch of sambuca, where large fresh Blue-spot Hairstreaks were making it easy. The bed of one disused quarry held a couple of well-worn Eastern Baton Blues, and in another we encountered the Eastern Green Lizard. We did not have to wait long before the gliders put in their appearance. They were new to most of us, as we identified first the Common Glider, and then the friendly Hungarian Glider that flew ahead of us, moving on a few paces whenever we got close.
Gerard pointed out the characteristic droppings of Beech Martin that were attracting clusters of Silver-washed Fritillary and smaller numbers of its less familiar relative Pallas' Fritillary. Although we had Rob's Fritillary finder factsheet, the new species were coming up too fast to dwell on the paperwork. The River Hor ran alongside the path and occasional footbridges gave a view of the Beautiful Demoiselle and the Banded Demoiselle, which seemed to have larger dark markings than its British relatives. Looking ahead along the path, we could make out shimmering white patches in the distance, where large clusters of Green-veined Whites were mud-puddling, usually with an assembly of different Fritillaries feeding in a socially segregated patch just a few feet away. Thankfully, the walk was lined with trees providing shade to moderate the heat, and when Gerard crossed the tree line he was amazed to see a Wildcat slip back across the footpath – behind the group, who were all fully engrossed with a cluster of butterflies - we estimated at 60 Whites and 80 Fritillaries.
Our picnic in the shade beside the stream refreshed us for the return walk, taken at a brisker pace, yet seeing most of the species we had noted on the outbound walk - apart from the Nettle Tree butterfly, which was replaced by a Scarce Swallowtail back at the bus. A short walk into a lucerne field just outside the National Park provided entertainment as Rob and Gerard chased the fast-flying Eastern Pale Clouded Yellows. Eventually one male and one female were netted, allowing positive identification as Colias erate.
A pause at Bogacs reservoir during the journey back to base allowed us to add the more familiar Clouded Yellow Colias crocea, which is normally much more common, but turned out to be the only one seen in the week. Black- tailed Skimmers, Lesser Emperors and Brown Hawkers were all flying at the edge of the reservoir, and we also saw Turtle Dove, Golden Orioles singing and then in flight, Common and Whiskered Terns.
Day 4 Friday 21st June
In Transit
Weather: Another really hot sunny day We said our fond farewells to Barbara and the Nomad hotel, and started the transit day with an impromptu roadside stop at a fallow field just out of Nosvaj. The impressive mix of wildflowers was a reminder of the biodiversity we have lost in Britain, but the hazards of butterfly chasing were more than usual thanks to the excavations of Wild Boar. It was from one such pit that a Great Banded Grayling rose, and into another that it descended, only to come out in a hurry with an Adonis Blue in pursuit. Our next stop was at Szarvasko, where a short walk across the river and uphill across a railway line was intended to bring us to the Scarce Fritillary. Although that species was not flying, we did identify Berger's Clouded Yellow, Ilex Hairstreak, Black-veined White and Hungarian Glider, and found time for an ice cream!
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Next we drove on into the Uppony Hills and paused at a puddle hosting Heath and Assmann's Fritillary, Holly, Mazarine and Short-tailed Blues, Niobe and Marbled Fritillary as well as Map and Large Copper. Corncrakes could be heard calling. Rob also called a possible Southern Festoon that disappeared into the adjacent garden, and remained unconfirmed. A mile further on, we stopped at a glorious flowery hillside where more Berger's Clouded Yellows were drifting by, Idas Blue and Nickerl's Fritillary were identified and our first Spotted Fritillary was found. A Green Hairstreak was still flying, and our first Speckled Woods were noted. An impressive larva of the Spurge Hawkmoth was found and photographed. We retreated into the shade for our picnic, and were joined by a number of Map butterflies of the summer form, looking like miniature White Admirals, but dwarfed by the passing Lesser Purple Emperors.
We drove through the town of Ozd, paused to pick up provisions and went on towards Aggtelek, with one last roadside stop on a flowery hillside with Green-underside, Idas, Mazarine, Adonis and Silver-studded Blues, and our only Small Tortoiseshell of the trip. Arriving at the Hotel Cseppko at 5pm, most of us found time for a preliminary look at the adjacent unspoiled scrub-strewn hillside habitat before dinner. Serins were singing and Black Redstarts were seen on the roof of the hotel.
Day 5 Saturday 22nd June
Aggtelek
Weather: A fine start, overtaken by a showery spell in the afternoon We set out at 7am to spend an hour above the hotel before breakfast, and were rewarded with a Great Banded Grayling still roosting low down on a grass stem, and presenting a fine photographic opportunity. Many other species were already on the wing, and we quickly found Scarce and Purple-shot Coppers, Safflower Skippers, Heath and Assmann's Fritillaries all coming to life under a clear blue sky. Meanwhile, a White Stork flew over and Barred Warbler and Red-backed Shrike were noted. We resumed the search after breakfast, adding a fresh Purple Hairstreak to the earlier tally of Green, Ilex and Sloe Hairstreaks. Marbled and Lesser Marbled, Niobe, Weavers and Twin-spot Fritillaries made an impressive showing only a few hundred meters from the hotel. A hedge close to the hotel seemed popular with the Hungarian Gliders, and turned out to be a form of myrtle – the larval host plant.
By 10am, we were on our way to the Aggtelek National Park when the bus came to an abrupt halt for a snake on the road. Gerard leapt out and almost caught an Ascalupian Snake (a non-poisonous, tree-climbing species). A shame we did not get a better view, but a relief that we had not run it over. A little higher up, we stopped on a flowery hillside, and dispersed to find what we could. The Alcon Blue was a new species, and one of the Niobe fritillaries was the form eris. Our botanists were delighted to find Fragrant and Burnt-tip Orchids in this delightful spot.
Higher up, the road went into woodland, and we had the use of a barn for our picnic (Thanks Istvan, for another fine spread). We had already noticed that Silver-washed Fritillaries seemed to like entering wooden sheds, bus shelters and the like, but this barn was outstanding; we had the company of a dozen Silver-washed for our lunchtime entertainment. At this point, it clouded over, and rain threatened, so we took a slow walk back along the woodland edge, with the bus following at a discreet distance – just in case the heavens opened.
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In fact, the humid, sultry conditions gave us some worthwhile sights, particularly of Maps flitting and resting, but also of Wood White, Red Admiral, Comma and the occasional Lesser Purple Emperor. It did start to rain, but Istvan ensured we were picked up and we continued downhill towards another feature of the National Park. Its logo is a salamander, and one of the hillsides features an enormous mosaic salamander, placed to give a view from the valley below. We paused in the drizzle to watch the damselflies around the mill stream, and inadvertently found ourselves in the background of someone's wedding photos, as the happy couple emerged from the old mill house.
Gently, the cloud and drizzle dispersed, and we drove up the Salamander Hill to find ourselves in another wonderland meadow. We started admiring the flora, but soon the sun was back, and butterflies were flying again, Marbled Whites and Small & Essex Skippers next, then Berger’s Clouded Yellow, Alcon and Mazarine Blue, Pearly Heath and Scarce Copper. By the time we reached the summit, a quartet of Swallowtails was hill topping whilst we enjoyed the all-round views. The change in the weather encouraged pairings and a mating pair of High Brown Fritillaries made a nice photograph. An unusual multi-coloured burnet was present (Zygaena fausta, not present in Britain) and a pair of them end to end combined to look like a gaudy larva. David photographed a Marbled White which had been seized by a yellow crab spider. We must have spent a couple of hours on that heavenly hillside, and some wanted to stay longer, but it was time to move on for a pause in Aggtelek village, specially to photograph a White Stork nest, where three growing chicks were keeping their parents busy.
Day 6 Sunday 23rd June
Weather: Rain early, becoming hot and sunny.
Breakfast brought rain, and with it, a change of plan. Our hotel, Cseppko is named for dripstone, or stalactite, as it was built to accommodate visitors to the region's impressive cave systems, and is situated only a few hundred yards from the entrance to the Baradla Cave. We seized the opportunity to become the first party of the day, and got there for 9am. The guided visitor route covers one kilometre of a 23 kilometre system, passing through enormous caverns alongside the River Styx and seeing amazing pillars, stalactites and stalagmites. There is wildlife in the cave, and although the interesting creatures live deeper than the tourist route, we did see one frog and one bat, probably a Lesser Horseshoe Bat. The exit is through an artificial passage and comes out into the daylight much higher up in the Baradla Valley. In the hour we had been underground, the rain had ceased, the sun had come out, and the butterflies were flying.
Our walk in the valley was another delight, and we found 46 species in the next couple of hours, three of which were new: Reverdin's Blue, which we did not immediately recognise, the White Admiral, and the Woodland Brown, Lopinga achine, one of Europe's most endangered species. Rob got very excited, as this was his top target for the trip. Clearly this valley was the natural habitat for the species, an extended glade at the margins of a deciduous forest with plenty of light scrubby shrubs, through which the butterfly flew deftly, perching generally out of sight. We saw a total of 5, and managed to photograph several of them.
Our picnic stop was made on the other side of the village of Aggtelek, and was memorable because a 6th Woodland Brown turned up, and for an extended bramble patch that was entirely in blossom and was swarming with fritillaries. Mostly these were male Silver-washed Fritillaries, and an attempt to count them reached a total of around 120.
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We continued with the original plan for the day by driving on to a disused stone quarry near Szogliget. Here we did see our first real Purple Emperor, perched in an oak high above us. At this point, the heavens opened, so we turned back for the hotel, until Gerard decided instead to go to the “Red Lake” in the National Park. It was still raining heavily when he explained that we had a chance to see the rare Yellow-bellied Toad – as long as we were prepared to get wet and to fill our boots with the red mud that gets the lake its name! Eight of us were sufficiently enthusiastic to trek to the lakeside, where they were sitting about 2 metres out from the shore, so we did not see their yellow bellies until the following day… Back at the hotel, we added Large Tortoiseshell to the Silver-washed Fritillary and Red Admiral that turned up inside the reception area during our stay.
Day 7 Monday 24th June
Weather: Cooler at 28C, but fine if humid. A dramatic thunderstorm in the evening
We started our last full day at the pretty village of Josvafo, leaving the bus at the edge of the village and walking up a trail beside the largest of several rivers meeting at Joszvafo. We were barely out of the bus before it became clear that we were in for another treat. Swallowtails and Fritillaries were swooping around the damp gravel beside the river and a female Large Copper was basking in a sheltered corner. A short uphill walk brought us to a forest glade where a couple of Lesser Purple Emperors were gliding above our heads, so we almost missed a cluster of butterflies crowded together at the base of a tree. It took a moment to appreciate that some unsavoury feast had attracted 8 Lesser Purple Emperors and that these were squeezed together peacefully in a determined feeding session. The next meadow up brought us a long list of blues, skippers and heaths, but no new species.
Gerard took us up a path away from the main footpath, and this was a good decision, as it led us to fields until recently occupied by the Carpathian Hucul horses. Their dung seems to have a special appeal, and we found some very photogenic assemblies of thirsty butterflies – not only fritillaries and whites, but also one including 3 Swallowtails. In the same location, we were delighted to have another encounter with the Woodland Brown. Two alighted on the same leaf, offering a special photographic opportunity – one with wings open and the other wings closed, and both in the same frame. One of them came to rest in a blackthorn thicket, close to a Black Hairstreak, which turned out to be the final new species of the trip. Walking back under a canopy of beech, we encountered a bright green caterpillar – the larva of the Tau Emperor, a large silkmoth found in Europe, but not in UK. We took our picnic back at the riverside in Josvafo in the company of dragonflies and damselflies.
It made sense to return to finish the walk that had been rained off the previous afternoon, so we drove back to Szogliget and continued north to a campsite at what had once been a border checkpoint. It was hot again, and we found a Purple Emperor grounded for salts – a better photo opportunity than we had experienced the day before. A woodland walk as far as a large lake turned up a Tellow-bellied Toad, and this time we got to see its belly! Gerard also showed us a Noble Crayfish, which is larger than the UK native White-clawed Crayfish or the alien Signal Crayfish with which we were familiar. On our return to the bus, we found a Nettle-tree Butterfly on the path – only the second sighting of the week.
The hotel fed us well at dinner time, and we took our meal in a large dining room with picture windows on 3 sides. As we got on with our evening debrief, a storm was brewing, the thunder got closer until at one point we had sheet lightning on all 3 sides. The dramatic thunderstorm made a memorable end to our time in Aggtelek.
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Day 8 Tuesday 25th June
Weather: A cool, misty start Our journey back to Budapest passed flooded fields and a minor landslip, consequences of the heavy overnight rainfall. En-route, we noted White Storks, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Marsh Harrier, Red-backed Shrike, Hooded Crow and lots of Common Buzzards along the motorway.
As a butterfly holiday, we had achieved a wonderful success, seeing an average of 50 species daily, with some real rarities, the memories of enormous aggregations of mud-puddling butterflies and the spectacle of clouds of them lifting off when disturbed. In all, we saw 78 species, plus two notable forms. We came down to earth at Heathrow, back in a country without Hungary's abundant biodiversity!
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Species List
Butterflies ( = recorded but not counted) List has been compiled using the current taxonomy and sequence of the 2011 European Interests Group of Butterfly Conservation list for Hungary June Common name Scientific name 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 1 Safflower Skipper Pyrgus carthami 2 Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola 3 Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris 4 Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanus 5 Scarce Swallowtail Iphiclides podalirius 6 Swallowtail Papilio machaon 7 Wood White Leptidea sinapis complex 8 Black-veined white Aporia crataegi 9 Large White Pieris brassicae 10 Small White Pieris rapae 11 Green-veined White Pieris napi 12 Eastern Bath White Pontia edusa 13 Eastern Pale Clouded Yellow Colias erate 14 Clouded Yellow Colias crocea 15 Berger's Clouded Yellow Colias alfacariensis 16 Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni 17 Large Copper Lycaena dispar 18 Scarce Copper Lycaena virgaureae 19 Purple-shot Copper Lycaena alciphron 20 Purple Hairstreak Favonius quercus 21 Green Hairstreak Callophrys rubi 22 Black Hairstreak Satyrium pruni 23 Blue-spot Hairstreak Satyrium spini 24 Ilex Hairstreak Satyrium ilicis 25 Sloe Hairstreak Satyrium acaciae 26 Small Blue Cupido minimus 27 Short-tailed Blue Cupido argiades 28 Provençal Short-tailed Blue Everes alcetas 29 Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus 30 Eastern Baton Blue Pseudophilotes vicrama 31 Green Underside Blue Glaucopsyche alexis 32 Alcon Blue Phengaris alcon 33 Silver-studded Blue Plebejus argus 34 Idas Blue Plebejus idas 35 Reverdin's Blue Plebejus argyrognomon 36 Brown Argus Aricia agestis 37 Mazarine Blue Cyaniris semiargus 38 Common Blue Polyommatus icarus 39 Adonis Blue Polyommatus bellargus 40 Nettle-tree Butterfly Libythea celtis 41 Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia 42 Dark Green Fritillary Argynnis aglaja 43 High Brown Fritillary Argynnis adippe 44 Niobe Fritillary Argynnis niobe 45 Niobe Fritillary f-eris Argynnis niobe f-eris
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June Common name Scientific name 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 46 Pallas' Fritillary Argynnis laodice 47 Queen of Spain Fritillary Issoria lathonia 48 Lesser Marbled Fritillary Brenthis ino 49 Marbled Fritillary Brenthis daphne 50 Twin-spot Fritillary Brenthis hecate 51 Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria euphrosyne 52 Weaver's Fritillary Boloria dia 53 Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta 54 Painted Lady Vanessa cardui 55 Peacock Aglais io 56 Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae 57 Comma Polygonia c-album 58 Map Butterfly Araschnia levana 59 Large Tortoiseshell Nymphalis polychloros 60 Yellow-legged Tortoiseshell Nymphalis xanthomelas 61 Lesser Spotted Fritillary Melitaea trivia 62 Spotted Fritillary Melitaea didyma 63 Nickerl's Fritillary Melitaea aurelia 64 Assmann's Fritillary Melitaea britomartis 65 Heath Fritillary Melitaea athalia 66 Poplar Admiral Limenitis populi 67 White Admiral Limenitis camilla 68 Common Glider Neptis sappho 69 Hungarian Glider Neptis rivularis 70 Lesser Purple Emperor Apatura ilia 71 Lesser Purple Emperor f. clytie Apatura ilia f. clytie 72 Purple Emperor Apatura iris 73 Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria 74 Woodland Brown Lopinga achine 75 Pearly Heath Coenonympha arcania 76 Chestnut Heath Coenonympha glycerion 77 Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus 78 Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina 79 Marbled White Melanargia galathea 80 Great Banded Grayling Brintesia circe
Moths 1 Cistus Forester moth Adscita geryon 2 Transparent Burnet Zygaena purpuralis 3 a Burnet moth Zygaena fausta 4 Nine Spotted Syntomis phegea 5 Tau Emperor larva Aglia tau 6 Spurge Hawkmoth larva Hyles euphorbiae 7 Scarlet Tiger moth Callimorpha dominula
Dragonflies (With thanks to David Alred) 1 White-legged Damselfly Platycnemis pennipes 2 Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella 3 Variable Damselfly Coenagrion pulchellum 4 Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans
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June Common name Scientific name 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 5 Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens 6 Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo 7 Club-tailed Dragonfly Gomphus vulgatissimus 8 Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis 9 Emperor Anax imperator 10 Lesser Emperor Anax parthenope 11 Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum 12 Southern Skimmer Orthetrum brunneum 13 Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa 14 Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum 15 Scarlet Darter Crocothemis erythraea 16 Small Pincertail Onychogomphus forcipatus
Birds (H=heard only) 1 Common Quail Coturnix coturnix H ? ? 2 Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 3 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 4 Gargany Anas querquedula 5 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 6 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 7 European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus 8 Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 9 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 10 Common Buzzard Buteo buteo 11 Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca 12 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 13 Corn Crake Crex crex H 14 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 15 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 16 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 17 Whiskered Tern Chlidonius hybrida 18 Common (Feral) Pigeon Columba livia 'feral' 19 Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus 20 European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 21 Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 22 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus H H H H 23 Common Swift Apus apus 24 European Bee-Eater Merops apiaster H 25 Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla H 26 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos minor H 27 Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos medius H H 28 Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus 29 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major H H 30 Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius H 31 European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis H 32 Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus H 33 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 34 Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus H H H 35 Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius H 36 Eurasian Magpie Pica pica 37 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
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June Common name Scientific name 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 38 Northern Raven Corvus corax 39 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 40 Great Tit Parus major 41 Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 42 Crested Lark Galerida cristata 43 Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis 44 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 45 Common House Martin Delichon urbicum 46 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 47 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 48 Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita H H 49 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 50 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus H H 51 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris H 52 Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla H H H 53 Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria H H 54 Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia carruca H 55 Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis 56 Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 57 Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea 58 Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 59 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla 60 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 61 Common Blackbird Turdus merula 62 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 63 European Robin Erithacus rubecula H 64 Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos H H 65 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 66 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra H 67 European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola H 68 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 69 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 70 Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 71 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 72 White Wagtail Motacilla alba 73 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 74 Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 75 European Serin Serinus serinus 76 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 77 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra H 78 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella H H H
Crustaceans 1 Noble Crayfish Astacus astacus
Crickets 1 European Mole Cricket Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa
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June Common name Scientific name 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Beetles 1 Rose Chafer Beetle Cetonia cuprea 2 Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus 3 Firefly Lampyridae sp.
Amphibians 1 Yellow-bellied Toad Bombina variegata 2 Edible Frog Pelophylax esculentus
Reptiles 1 Aesculapian Snake Zamenis longissimus 2 Wall Lizard Podarcis muralis 3 Eastern Green Lizard Lacerta viridis
Mammals (LO = leader only) 1 Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris 2 Brown Hare Lepus europaeus 3 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus 4 Lesser Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus hipposideros 5 European Wildcat Felis silvestris silvestris LO 6 Wolf scat Canis lupus lupus 7 Beech Marten scat Martes foina
Mollusca 1 Roman Snail Helix pomatia
Fungi 1 Death Cap fungus Amanita phalloides
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