Today, I spotted this jay in the alders. I managed to get a shot as it flew off and was astonished to see that its wing pattern looks like the face of a fierce animal.
I logged a total of 279 species over the year. But, when I was compiling a book of this blog, I noticed that the burdock gall fly had been incorrectly identified and was, in fact, a yellow dung fly. So the total has to be adjusted down to 278. But, if I were to add up all the species that I actually saw in the watermeadow (not the top garden or front garden) from 5 June 2023 to 4 June 2024, it would come to well over 290, with unidentified grasses, plants and sedges.