Wakeham Wood, Penns Wood, St Andrew's Church and Church Ope Cove
What a difference a day makes, not just the weather but also the birds seen this morning. Here's a break down on what I recorded:
Wakeham Wood: 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcaps and 2 Song Thrushes
What a difference a day makes, not just the weather but also the birds seen this morning. Here's a break down on what I recorded:
Wakeham Wood: 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcaps and 2 Song Thrushes
Penns Wood: 1 Chiffchaff and 1 Blackcap
St Andrew's Church and the back of Church Ope Cove: 4 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 2 Garden Warblers, 1 Common Whitethroat, 2 Goldcrests, 15+ Long-tailed Tits, 15+ Great Tits and Blue Tits. Overhead Sand Martin, House Martin and Swallows.
St Andrew's Church and the back of Church Ope Cove: 4 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 2 Garden Warblers, 1 Common Whitethroat, 2 Goldcrests, 15+ Long-tailed Tits, 15+ Great Tits and Blue Tits. Overhead Sand Martin, House Martin and Swallows.
Also noted just 2 Rock Pipits on the beach.
Butterflies galore on this warm sunny morning with dozens of Red Admirals, Painted Lady's and Large Whites.
And at long last my favourite bee the Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae) has appeared a day earlier than last year Here.
As for the hoverflies well there were hundreds on the flowering Ivy with Common Drone-fly and Tapered Drone-flies making up the bulk, along with Marmalade, Dead Head Hoverfly and both Hornet Mimic Hoverflies and Lesser Hornet Mimic Hoverflies.
A Common Darter was in the grounds of St Andrew's Church
Here are a few images and a video from this morning:
One of the 5 Chiffchaff in Wakeham Wood this morning.
Another Chiffchaff, this one in Penns Wood.
There was a large flock of Long-tailed Tits in the grounds of St Andrew's Church this morning.
Also in the church grounds this Common Darter.
The woods at the back of Church Ope...........
........where today there were dozens of......
..........my favourite bee the Ivy Bee.
They will feed on the Ivy right up until November and then...........
..........they will be gone.
The Ivy Bee is truly a seasonal bee and has only been the UK since 2001. More on this bee Here.
The first Ivy Bee of the year.
A Lesser Mimic Hornet Hoverfly
It wasn't just bees and hoverflies in amongst the ivy but also this Ichneumon Wasp, Amblyteles armatorius
Today saw dozens and dozens of Red Admirals on the wing.
It wasn't just the Red Admirals out in force today but also quite a few Painted Lady's.
Birds Recorded: Herring Gull, Wood Pigeon, Sand Martin, House Martin, Swallow, Meadow Pipit, 2 Rock Pipit, 1 Grey Wagtail, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Garden Warbler, 1 Common Whitethroat, 7 Blackcap, 10 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 15+ Long-tailed Tit, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Magpie, Carrion Crow, House Sparrow, Chaffinch and Goldfinch
Butterflies Recorded: Large White, Green-veined White, Speckled Wood, 2 Ringlet, 20+ Red Admiral and 15+ Painted Lady
Bees Recorded: Honey Bees (Apis mellifera) and Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae)
Wasps Recorded: German Wasp (Vespula germanica) and Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
Ichneumon Wasps Recorded: 1 Amblyteles armatorius
Dragonflies and Damselflies Recorded: Common Darter (Sympetrum striolatum)
Hoverflies Recorded: Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus), Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea), Hornet Mimic Hoverfly (Volucella zonaria), Lesser Hornet Hoverfly (Volucella inanis), Common Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax) and Tapered Drone Fly (Eristalis pertinax)
Ferrybridge
On the way back from Weymouth a few waders on the sand-banks including 1 Greenshank.
Ships Today
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