A late afternoon walk and apart from a Speckled Wood in Wakeham Wood, I came across 12+ Small Blues with several males displaying and mating in the Brambles half way down the Cuttings.
The only bugs I found again were Lesser Thick-legged Flower Beetles. Where have all the Swollen-thighed Beetles gone!!
Here are a few images from this afternoon:
The old Easton Railway Cuttings
In the foreground was a bramble patch where there were dozens of Small Blues displaying and mating.
Here are a few images of the Small Blues.
Small Blue
Small Blues.
Small Blue
Small Blues.
Small Blue
Small Blue
Small Blue
Still a few Brown-tail Moth caterpillars about.
A Slow-worm in the undergrowth
Lesser Thick-legged Flower Beetle
And finally
Post one
Post 2
Post 3
And Post 4. If it's for development then the Dorset County Council Public Footpath will have to be diverted!!!
Birds Recorded: Herring Gull, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, House Martin, Swallow, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, Great Tit, Wren, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch and Goldfinch.
Reptiles Recorded: 2 Slow-worms
Butterflies Recorded: 12+ Small Blue and 1 Speckled Wood
Bees Recorded: Common Carder and Honey Bee
Bugs and Beetles Recorded: Lesser Thick-legged Flower Beetle (Ischnomera cyanea)
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