We seem to be doing very well with the weather, with yet another warm sunny day. Main highlight this afternoon was the large flock of Long-tailed Tits, Great Tits and Blue Tits moving through Penns Wood. Sadly not a single warbler or crest in amongst them. Also in the wood were dozens of finches with youngsters of both Chaffinch and Goldfinch all chattering away.
Other birds of interest were a handful of Swallows heading south over the cove and my first Raven for quite a few weeks, croaking over Wakeham.
There seemed to be fewer butterflies about today, having said that there were still good numbers of Painted Lady's, Chalk Hill Blues and Common Blues. A Red Admiral was also noted on my walk.
Here are a few images from this afternoon.
One of the many juvenile Goldfinches in Penns Wood this afternoon.
A Wall Lizard on a wall, where else. There were also a few juvenile Common Lizards on Penns Weare.
A Honey Bee on Ragwort
Also on the Ragwort was this...........
Leafcutter Bee (Megachile centuncularis)
A Crab Spider and its "spun" meal all wrapped up on top of the Ragwort.
Birds Recorded: Herring Gull, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Swallow, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, Long-tailed Tit, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Raven, House Sparrow, Chaffinch and Goldfinch.
Reptiles Recorded: Wall Lizard (Podarcis muralis) and Common Lizard (Zootoca vivipara)
Butterflies Recorded: Large White, Green-veined White, 1 Red Admiral, 8 Painted Lady, Common Blue and Chalk Hill Blue
Bees Recorded: Honey Bees (Apis mellifera), Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum), Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius), Garden Bumblebee (Bombus hortorum) and a Leafcutter Bee (Megachile centuncularis)
Wasps Recorded: German Wasp (Vespula germanica) and Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
Hoverflies Recorded: Hornet Mimic Hoverfly (Volucella zonaria) and Common Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax)
Spiders Recorded: Crab Spider (Xysticus audax)
This is the Dutch Cargo ship "Eems Coast" on its way from Cork to an unknown destination. More on this vessel Here.
And I have no idea what ship this is. It didn't show up on the Marine Traffic website, which makes me think that it is some sort of military boat.
Reptiles Recorded: Wall Lizard (Podarcis muralis) and Common Lizard (Zootoca vivipara)
Butterflies Recorded: Large White, Green-veined White, 1 Red Admiral, 8 Painted Lady, Common Blue and Chalk Hill Blue
Bees Recorded: Honey Bees (Apis mellifera), Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum), Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius), Garden Bumblebee (Bombus hortorum) and a Leafcutter Bee (Megachile centuncularis)
Wasps Recorded: German Wasp (Vespula germanica) and Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
Hoverflies Recorded: Hornet Mimic Hoverfly (Volucella zonaria) and Common Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax)
Spiders Recorded: Crab Spider (Xysticus audax)
Ships Today
