Wakeham Wood, Perryfield Butterfly Reserve, Penns Wood, St Andrews Church, Church Ope Cove, Penns Weare and Bumpers Lane
Another cloudy start to the day, but very close and humid. Still many birds passing through with the following recorded:
Wakeham Wood: 1 Chiffchaff
Perryfields Butterfly Reserve: 2 Chiffchaffs
Penns Wood: 2 Chiffchaffs
St Andrew's Church and Church Ope Cove Woods: 2 Chiffchaff
Church Ope Cove: 8 Rock Pipits, 1 Grey Wagtail and 30+ hirundine
Penns Weare: 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap and 1 Yellow Wagtail
Bumpers Lane: 2 Chiffchaff and 2 Blackcap.
Another cloudy start to the day, but very close and humid. Still many birds passing through with the following recorded:
Wakeham Wood: 1 Chiffchaff
Perryfields Butterfly Reserve: 2 Chiffchaffs
Penns Wood: 2 Chiffchaffs
St Andrew's Church and Church Ope Cove Woods: 2 Chiffchaff
Church Ope Cove: 8 Rock Pipits, 1 Grey Wagtail and 30+ hirundine
Penns Weare: 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap and 1 Yellow Wagtail
Bumpers Lane: 2 Chiffchaff and 2 Blackcap.
Off Church Ope Cove and along the coast here, there has been and still is the big Boat Fishing competition going on. And don't the gulls know it with 51 Great Black-backed Gulls sat just off the stern of one of the competition boats.*
Despite the cloudy conditions there were still good numbers of Red Admiral about. Not so many Painted Lady's, but certainly an increase in Speckled Woods with at least 10 seen along my walk.
The same/another Hummingbird Hawk-moth in the grounds of St Andrew's Church again.
The Ivy at the interchange where the steps from Rufus Castle meet those from the church are still alive with bees, wasps and hoverflies. There was certainly an increase in Ivy Bee numbers today. I checked out the area where the Ivy Bee nests were last year and all very quiet apart from 3 Ivy Bees coming out of one of the nests. The weather forecast for this weekend is warm sunny conditions, so with a bit of luck the nests might become a bit more active. We shall see!!
Here are a few images from this morning:
Despite the cloudy conditions there were still good numbers of Red Admiral about. Not so many Painted Lady's, but certainly an increase in Speckled Woods with at least 10 seen along my walk.
The same/another Hummingbird Hawk-moth in the grounds of St Andrew's Church again.
The Ivy at the interchange where the steps from Rufus Castle meet those from the church are still alive with bees, wasps and hoverflies. There was certainly an increase in Ivy Bee numbers today. I checked out the area where the Ivy Bee nests were last year and all very quiet apart from 3 Ivy Bees coming out of one of the nests. The weather forecast for this weekend is warm sunny conditions, so with a bit of luck the nests might become a bit more active. We shall see!!
Here are a few images from this morning:
A Rock Pipit calling from the roof of one of the beach huts.
And of he flies to join.........
....................the others on the beach.
Plenty of Kelp Flies on the beach to keep them interested.
Possibly the same Hummingbird Hawk-moth as yesterday here in the grounds of St Andrew's Church
More Ivy Bees out today........
A Dead Head Hoverfly.
A nymph of a Harlequin Ladybird.
Birds Recorded: 1 Cormorant, Herring Gull, 51 Great Black-backed Gull, Wood Pigeon, 5 Sand Martin, 10+ House Martin, 15+ Swallow, Meadow Pipit, 8 Rock Pipit, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Yellow Wagtail, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, 4 Blackcap, 11 Chiffchaff, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Magpie, Carrion Crow, House Sparrow and Chaffinch
Reptiles Recorded: Wall Lizard (Podarcis muralis)
Butterflies Recorded: Large White, Green-veined White, Speckled Wood, Red Admiral and Painted Lady
Moths Recorded: 1 Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum)
Bees Recorded: Honey Bees (Apis mellifera), Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum) and Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae)
Wasps Recorded: German Wasp (Vespula germanica) and Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
Hoverflies Recorded: Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus), Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea), Lesser Hornet Hoverfly (Volucella inanis), Common Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax), Tapered Drone Fly (Eristalis pertinax) and Syrphus sp.
Flies Recorded: Kelp Fly (Coelopa frigida)
Bugs and Beetles Recorded: larvae Harlequin Ladybird (Harmonia axyridis)
Ships Today
This is the Liberian Oil Tanker "Fredericia" on its way from Portland to Fawley. More on this vessel Here.
*Note: European Federation of Sea Anglers, European Boat and Line Class Championships 2019. More on this competition Here.
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