Another lovely day and a quick visit to the meadows. Still plenty of butterflies about, mainly Gatekeepers, but still a few Marbled Whites, Meadow Browns and Ringlets. Two Common Blues were along the track.
Lots of Six-Spot Burnet moths in the meadows and a few Garden Grass-veneers here as well. Along the hedgerows there was a Carnation Tortrix and a Riband Wave. And when I got home there was a Marbled Green on the washing line.
A Pimpla spuria, Ichneumon Wasp was the first one I have seen since September last year and I'm pretty sure I found a Harvestman (Opilio parietinus).
The oddest thing I saw today though was a Chiffchaff with two "black" eyes. I can only surmise it was going through some sort of moult. Photos below.
Here are a few images:
The footpath between the two meadows and at the end a Sycamore which......
.......had this really odd looking Chiffchaff feeding in amongst the leaves. Not apparent in this photo but.........
........that is some eye patch!!
Still a few Marbled Whites about, but numbers dropping off.
Still plenty of Ringlets and also picking up in numbers are.........
..........Green-veined Whites.This is a male Summer Brood. More info Here.
A Riband Wave was new for the year.
I'm pretty sure this is a worn Garden Grass-veneer
A very worn Six-Spot Burnet Moth.
And another attempt to capture one in flight. Its going to take time.
A Red-tailed Bumblebee, busy collecting pollen from a Knapweed.
A very large Ichneumon Wasp, which looks pretty much like Pimpla spuria
A male Swollen-thighed Beetle.
Two Common Red Soldier Beetles
One of the many Meadow Grasshoppers in the meadows.
Knapweed a very popular plant in the meadow for so many insects.
Birds Recorded: Herring Gull, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, House Martin, Dunnock, 1 Chiffchaff, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Magpie, Carrion Crow, House Sparrow and Chaffinch.
Butterflies Recorded: Large White, Green-veined White, Ringlet, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Marbled White and 2 Common Blue
Moths Recorded: Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella), Six-Spot Burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae), Carnation Tortrix (Cacoecimorpha pronubana), Riband Wave (Idaea aversata) and a Marbled Green (Nyctobrya muralis)
Bees Recorded: Honey Bees (Apis mellifera), Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum) and Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Ichneumon Wasps Recorded: Pimpla spuria
Hoverflies Recorded: Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) and Common Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax)
Bugs and Beetles Recorded: Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis) and Common Red Soldier Beetles (Rhagonycha fulva)
Grasshoppers and Crickets Recorded: Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus) and Common Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus)
Harvestmen Recorded: Opilio parietinus