Wildlife!

Yesterday I went on a wildlife surveying walk and saw:
- 3 adders (1 female, 2 male - the males were having a bit of a face-off and one was quite badly injured); I spotted the female basking, then 5 minutes later, CRI saw the males nearby
- several groundhoppers, probably Tetrix subulata but hard to identify; never recorded at the site before (though the habitat is perfect for them). ETA: it's being confirmed by an expert, but CRI is pretty sure that it's T. subulata after comparing with a photo of the other species it might have been!
- workers of Bombus pratorum, B. pascuorum, B. terrestris and B. hypnorum - all the first workers of the species we've seen this year
...and...
- a probable worker of Bombus jonellus, which is rather rare in the UK and hasn't been recorded at that site before, and I spotted it! Feeling VERY chuffed about that; an expert has taken it away to ID properly, but it's looking pretty fortunate that I argued that its face was all wrong for B. hortorum and it was too small!

I also heard...
- a nightingale (well, 3 in fact!)
- a cuckoo

I'd never heard these before and known it, and honestly still wouldn't have known except there were some very knowledgeable field surveyors along with us.

Altogether a delightful and very educational day!