Penns Wood, St Andrew's Church, Penns Weare, Penns Copse, Rufus Castle, The Cuttings Quarry and The Mermaid Track.
A nice sunny day with a bit of a breeze coming up the island. Main highlight this afternoon was coming across a large flock of Long-tailed Tits foraging in the canopy of Penns Wood. In amongst them were Great Tits, Blue Tits, Chaffinches, and at least 2 Willow Warblers.
Other warblers noted were a Willow Warbler in The Cuttings Quarry and another one, plus a Common Whitethroat along The Mermaid Track.
Still a few butterflies about and my first Adonis Blue of the year in The Cuttings Quarry. Other butterflies noted were Large White, Green-veined White, Speckled Wood, Gatekeeper, Red Admiral, Painted Lady, Common Blue and Chalk Hill Blue.
A nice sunny day with a bit of a breeze coming up the island. Main highlight this afternoon was coming across a large flock of Long-tailed Tits foraging in the canopy of Penns Wood. In amongst them were Great Tits, Blue Tits, Chaffinches, and at least 2 Willow Warblers.
Other warblers noted were a Willow Warbler in The Cuttings Quarry and another one, plus a Common Whitethroat along The Mermaid Track.
Still a few butterflies about and my first Adonis Blue of the year in The Cuttings Quarry. Other butterflies noted were Large White, Green-veined White, Speckled Wood, Gatekeeper, Red Admiral, Painted Lady, Common Blue and Chalk Hill Blue.
The only moth seen today was yet another Hummingbird Hawk-moth.
For the first time in quite awhile a few Harlequin Ladybirds are beginning to show, with 3 found in Penns Wood. Two were the form conspicua, and the other succinea. More on Harlequins Here.
Here are a few images from today:
In the canopy of Penns Wood a Willow Warbler joins a large flock of Long-tailed Tits.
Meanwhile in The Cuttings Quarry another Willow Warbler...........
........makes its way through a Buddleia
A male Large White
I seem to be doing pretty well with Hummingbird hawk-moths this year.
This one was in the grounds of St Andrew's Church.
This one was captured on camera at 2000th of a second, and there is still movement in those wings.
Two Harlequin Ladybirds and two different forms.
The one above on the left and this one on a nettle is the form conspicua, whilst..........
..........this one is the form succinea
Birds Recorded: Herring Gull, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, 1 Common Whitethroat, 4 Willow Warbler, Long-tailed Tit, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Magpie, Carrion Crow, House Sparrow, Chaffinch, Linnet and Goldfinch
Butterflies Recorded: Large White, Green-veined White, Gatekeeper, Red Admiral, Painted Lady, Common Blue, Adonis Blue and Chalk Hill Blue
Moths Recorded: 1 Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum)
Bees Recorded: Honey Bees (Apis mellifera) and Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Wasps Recorded: German Wasp (Vespula germanica) and Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
Hoverflies Recorded: Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea), Common Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax) and Tapered Drone Fly (Eristalis pertinax)
Ladybirds Recorded: 1 Harlequin Ladybird (Harmonia axyridis, form succinea) and 2 Harlequin Ladybird (Harmonia axyridis, form conspicua)