Port and Wey: 12 Jul 19

Wakeham

Another very sunny day and with it a very welcome breeze to help keep the humidity down.

The meadows were alive with butterflies and moths again, with dozens of Six-Spot Burnet Moths either flying about or feeding on the Knapweed.

On the butterfly front it was much the same as yesterday with low numbers of Marbled Whites and Meadow Browns, though with the latter there were at least 4 pairs mating.

Away from the meadows and in the Bramble hedgerows there were several Gatekeepers. Other butterflies about were 2 Common Blues, Large Whites, Small Whites, Green-veined Whites, Large Skippers and Small Skippers.

Here are a few images from today:

A Marbled White

3 Meadow Browns

Ringlet

A Summer Brood Green-veined White

And the underside of the Green-veined White.

A Small Skipper

And a close-up of the Small Skipper on a Knapweed.

A Small Skipper on Knapweed with a Black Ant for company

A Six-Spot Burnet Moth

Hornet Mimic Hoverfly

Dock Bug

Common Green Capsid

Meadow Grasshopper

Common Field Grasshopper

Knapweed, Centaurea nigra

Birds Recorded: 1 Kestrel, Herring Gull, Wood Pigeon, 2 Swift, Dunnock, Blackbird, Song Thrush, 1 Blackcap, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Magpie, Carrion Crow, House Sparrow and Greenfinch.

Butterflies Recorded: Small Skipper, Large Skipper, Large White, Small White, Green-veined White, Ringlet, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Marbled White and 2 Common Blue

Moths Recorded: Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella) and Six-Spot Burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae)

Bees Recorded: Honey Bees, Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum), Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) and Garden Bumblebee (Bombus hortorum)

Hoverflies Recorded: Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus), Long Hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta) and Hornet Mimic Hoverfly (Volucella zonaria)

Bugs and Beetles Recorded: Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis), Dock Bug (Coreus marginatus), Common Red Soldier Beetles (Rhagonycha fulva) and 2 Common Green Capsid (Lygocoris pabulinus)

Slugs and Snails Recorded: White-lipped Banded Snail (Cepaea hortensis) and a Garden Snail (Cornu aspersa)

Grasshoppers and Crickets Recorded: Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus) and Common Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus)

Wakeham

Spent the afternoon in the back garden and lovely to see 2 male Blue-tailed Damselflies around the pond. Also one of the 3 Frogs decided to pop up and have a look around.

Also in the garden a Mint Moth, Red Admiral, 1 Long Hoverfly and at least 5 Marmalade Hoverflies.