Still quite windy, but with the sun out and in the shelter of Church Ope Cove it was really warm this morning.
Just the one Willow Warbler seen today in Penns Copse, whilst elsewhere there were a lot of juvenile Chaffinches and Wrens in and around Penns Wood. Over Penns Weare a few House Martins heading south.
A few butterflies seen today with 5 Gatekeepers, and both Common Blues and Chalk Hill Blues in The Cuttings Quarry. Along the Mermaid Track there were 3 Speckled Woods and 2 Painted Lady. A single Marbled White was a bit of a surprise as it flew over Penns Weare.
On the Japonica in Penns Wood the flowers are attracting many hoverflies, wasps and flies, with 3 Hornet Mimic Hoverflies taking stage, along with Dead Head Flies and Tapered Drone Flies.
Here are a few images from this morning:
A Kestrel searches for a snack over Penns Weare
Along the Mermaid Track a Painted Lady
And another in the Cuttings Quarry.
A male Meadow Brown
A female Chalk Hill Blue
Birds Recorded: Kestrel, Herring Gull, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, House Martin, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, Willow Warbler, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Magpie, Carrion Crow, House Sparrow, Chaffinch and Goldfinch.
Butterflies Recorded: Large White, Green-veined White, Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, 1 Marbled White, 2 Painted Lady, Common Blue and Chalk Hill Blue
Bees Recorded: Honey Bees (Apis mellifera) and Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Hoverflies Recorded: Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus), Dead Head Fly (Myathropa florea), Hornet Mimic Hoverfly (Volucella zonaria) and Tapered Drone Fly (Eristalis pertinax)
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