Wildlife around Granta Park

26th June 2022 - an early morning walk around Granta Park revealed an interesting selection of wildlife - Andy M.

A Hare gambling around in the wildflower meadow

Hare

Hare

Grey Squirrel - alert for danger

Young Mallard ducklings

Female Mallard and ducklings

Male Mallard partially moulting into new plumage

Many Mallard taking to the safety of the lake during their moult

Also on the lake, a male Little Grebe - an unusual bird in the Abingtons, 

with only a handful of reported sightings in the last ten years.

Barnacle Goose

Grey Wagtail hunting for insects along the shadowy riverbank

Male Pied Wagtail

Female Green Woodpecker eyeing me up from the telegraph pole

Female Green Woodpecker

Regurgitated pellets on a path. Probably from a Kestrel.

Note the large number of beetle wing-cases

Meadow Brown on Cow Parsley

Meadow Brown on Oxeye Daisy - note the double white spot in the black eye, 

which is normally seen in Gatekeeper butterflies, but occasionally in Meadow Brown too.

Male Common Blue Damselfly

Common Centaury

Pyramidal Orchid

Stonecrop

Viper's Bugloss

Himalayan Balsam - an unwelcome invasive species