Wildlife count: part two

It is day 18 of my Wildlife count project and already I have reached my goal of 100 species (see here)! I will, however, still be counting. I have seen quite a few rarer species, so I would like to list a few...

Essex skipper, Common toad, Siskin, Kingfisher, Blue tailed damselfly, Silver washed fritillary, Banded demoiselle, Green sandpiper, Whimbrel and Black tailed godwit.

This Essex skipper is on some fleabane

This Siskin is a male

You can see the proboscis on this fritillary

I spotted this Banded demoiselle from a hide!

Wild count update: 29/7/15

It is day 6, I have already seen 60 different species and I am 60% to my goal.
Today we went to Chichester. Why? For my sister to do some photography, and for her to go shopping. But what did I see?

Chichester cathedral is known in the birding world for being home to the fastest known species of our planet, the peregrine falcon! Unfortunately we didn't see them. It turned out, I saw most of my species today whilst travelling on the train! This includes little egrets and a kestrel. Kestrels are also in the falcon family.

Overall I saw and counted 20 species today. It is amazing what you can see from the train.

Wild count update 24/7/15

So far in the wildlife count project I have seen over 30 different species, mostly at the RSPB reserve at Pulborough yesterday (see here). Some species in the list are rabbits, sparrows, buzzards, Essex skippers (see here) and even a green woodpecker.

This male house sparrow was grabbing food off of the table while we ate!

One of the many meadow grasshoppers we found.

Wildlife count: part one

Today, my school broke up for the summer holidays, so I have decided to undertake a huge summer wildlife project. This is going to be called "The Wildlife Count Project". It is very simple, I go everywhere with a notebook, a pen and a Wildlife ID book.

If I see a species of animal, (not a plant), then I will record it in the notebook. At the end of the day, I record it on a spread sheet, (maybe post it on this blog if it is interesting), and at the end of the project I count up all of the different species. I will then share this with you.

My goal is to record over one hundred species.