Hole in dead trunk of common elm in hedgerow, near to Rangley's Spinney. There is only the stump left of this tree, which was once a large one, and the hole was about 9ft from the ground. The bird sat very close, and had difficulty in making it leave the hole. The little owl frequently nests here in this hole. Gussie got the eggs for me, as my hand was too large to get in the hole, and his just managed it.
One eggs was smalller than the others, and was fresh, one of the others was much incubated, and one slightly. This place is quite near to Markham Hills, on which I found the nest of a green woodpecker in the broken off stump of what had been a large beech tree. Two holes had been bored in the rotting wood, and the bird was sitting in the top hole not many inches away, and about 12 to 14ft high. Could not make the bird leave, and had nothing with which to get the eggs, so had to leave them. On the hill slopes were Green Hairstreak, Griggled Skipper, Dingy Skipper, Common Blue, Small Heath, Brimstone, Green Veined Whites, Orange Tip, Wall, Small Copper and Small Tortoiseshell butterflies. Took one Cistus Forester moth and moth caterpillars from wild rose and hawthorn. Rock rose in full bloom, also saw first wild roses in bloom at foot of hills.
Streatley, Bedfordshire, June 5th.
One eggs was smalller than the others, and was fresh, one of the others was much incubated, and one slightly. This place is quite near to Markham Hills, on which I found the nest of a green woodpecker in the broken off stump of what had been a large beech tree. Two holes had been bored in the rotting wood, and the bird was sitting in the top hole not many inches away, and about 12 to 14ft high. Could not make the bird leave, and had nothing with which to get the eggs, so had to leave them. On the hill slopes were Green Hairstreak, Griggled Skipper, Dingy Skipper, Common Blue, Small Heath, Brimstone, Green Veined Whites, Orange Tip, Wall, Small Copper and Small Tortoiseshell butterflies. Took one Cistus Forester moth and moth caterpillars from wild rose and hawthorn. Rock rose in full bloom, also saw first wild roses in bloom at foot of hills.
Streatley, Bedfordshire, June 5th.
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