No Wryneck today, but a great walk nevertheless with plenty of birds seen on my extended walk:
Wakeham: 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Tree Pipit and 1 Goldcrest
Wakeham Wood: 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 1 Yellow Wagtail and 3 Greenfinch
Perryfield: 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 3 Common Whitethroat and 1 Yellow Wagtail
Penns Wood: 1 Blackcap
Church Ope Cove and Woods: 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap and 4 Rock Pipit
Bumpers Lane: 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 1 Grey Wagtail and 1 Skylark
Broadcroft Quarry Lane: 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Common Whitethroat, 2 Yellow Wagtail and 2 Pied Wagtail.
Lower Horse Paddock: 1 Chiffchaff and 1 Blackcap
Also a steady stream of Meadow Pipits, Swallows and House Martin's passing overhead.
Church Ope Cove
Somewhere in amongst the swarm of Kelp Flies is a Rock Pipit.
I can see quite a few battles starting up at the cove. Today there were 5 Robins including a couple of......
..........youngsters. This one just caught a Mimic Hornet Hoverfly and is now looking for others.
A very large Wall Lizard.
Any Ivy Bee.
And another.
A Lesser Hornet Mimic Hoverfly
Poisonous to us humans this Grey Squirrel has a Horse Chestnut. More on "Conkers" Here
Mammals Recorded: 2 Grey Squirrel and a Bunny
Birds Recorded: 3 Kestrel, Herring Gull, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, 1 Skylark, House Martin, Swallow, 1 Tree Pipit, 200+ Meadow Pipit, 4 Rock Pipit, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 4 Yellow Wagtail, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, Song Thrush, 5 Common Whitethroat, 10 Blackcap, 12 Chiffchaff, 1 Goldcrest, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Magpie, Carrion Crow, House Sparrow, Chaffinch, Linnet, Goldfinch and 3 Greenfinch
Reptiles Recorded: Wall Lizard (Podarcis muralis)
Butterflies Recorded: Large White, Green-veined White, Speckled Wood, Red Admiral and Painted Lady
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), Hornet Mimic Hoverfly (Volucella zonaria), Lesser Hornet Hoverfly (Volucella inanis), Common Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax) and Tapered Drone Fly (Eristalis pertinax)
Flies Recorded: Kelp Fly (Coelopa frigida)
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On this day..........
Today's Sightings Here.
2017
Today's Sightings Here.