A quick stop at Thumb Lane before heading down to Southwell. And a good call as it appeared with singles of Pied Flycatcher, Spotted Flycatcher, Willow Warbler and Blackcap all in the copse Here. Close by were 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Common Whitethroat and another Blackcap.
On the butterfly front there were several Painted Lady's on the local Buddleia with at least 3 pristine individuals. Also noted were 4 Red Admirals.
I seemed to be doing quite well with Hummingbird Hawk-moths and just south of Thumb Lane copse there was one busy feeding on the Buddleia.
A Painted Lady
Top Fields
Highlights here were 2 Common Redstarts, with a female in the field Here and a male singing briefly Here. Several Wheatears were about and there was at least one very mobile Yellow Wagtail, or were there two!!
A Chiffchaff was the only warbler I found.
Quite a few butterflies along my walk and 3 Wall Browns were along this sheltered track Here.
Here are a few images from here.
A female Common Redstart takes off showing off her red tail markings.
And here she is sat in a bramble.
One of the several Wheatear making their way down towards the Bill and then eventually across the Channel.
One of the 3 Wall Browns I came across today.
And finally an Ichneumon Wasp, Amblyteles armatorius.
Birds Recorded: Kestrel, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Stock Dove, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Skylark, Sand Martin, Swallow, Pied Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, Dunnock, Robin, 2 Common Redstart, 7+ Wheatear, Blackbird, Common Whitethroat, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher, Pied Flycatcher, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Raven, Starling, House Sparrow, Chaffinch, Linnet and Goldfinch
Butterflies Recorded: Large White, Green-veined White, Speckled Wood, 3 Wall Brown, Small Heath, Red Admiral, Painted Lady and Common Blue
Moths Recorded: 1 Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum)
Bees Recorded: Honey Bees (Apis mellifera), Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum) and a queen Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Wasps Recorded: German Wasp (Vespula germanica) and Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
Ichneumon Wasps Recorded: 1 Amblyteles armatorius
Dragonflies and Damselflies Recorded: Emperor Dragonfly (Anax imperator)
Hoverflies Recorded: Common Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax) and Tapered Drone Fly (Eristalis pertinax)
Butterflies Recorded: Large White, Green-veined White, Speckled Wood, 3 Wall Brown, Small Heath, Red Admiral, Painted Lady and Common Blue
Moths Recorded: 1 Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum)
Bees Recorded: Honey Bees (Apis mellifera), Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum) and a queen Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Wasps Recorded: German Wasp (Vespula germanica) and Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
Ichneumon Wasps Recorded: 1 Amblyteles armatorius
Dragonflies and Damselflies Recorded: Emperor Dragonfly (Anax imperator)
Hoverflies Recorded: Common Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax) and Tapered Drone Fly (Eristalis pertinax)
Ships Today
This is the British Frigate "HMS Argyll" on manoeuvres in Weymouth Bay. More on this vessel Here.
Note
And finally if you like a bit of nostalgia here is a video from 1998 "Portland, Story of an Island"