Wakeham Wood, Bottom Combe Quarry, Perryfield, Penns Wood, St Andrew's Church, Church Ope Cove, Penns Weare, Penns Copse, Rufus Castle, The Cuttings, Bumpers Lane, Bumpers Quarry, Broadcroft Quarry Lane and Lower Horse Paddock
Another sunny but blustery day. The easterly wind is still driving in, making any decent bird watching hard work. The only patch worth watching was in Wakeham Wood.
Here are the highlights from Wakeham Wood and the rest of my walk:
Wakeham Wood: 3 Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff (1 singing), 3 Willow Warbler (2 singing) and 2 Spotted Flycatchers
Bottom Combe Quarry: 1 Chiffchaff and 1 Greenfinch
Penns Wood: 1 Chiffchaff and 3 Goldcrest
Church Ope Cove: 12 Rock Pipit, 1 Black-headed Gull and 2 Swallows
Bumpers Lane Quarry: 1 Blackcap
Bumpers Lane: 1 Blackcap
Even fewer butterflies today with just a handful of Red Admirals, Large Whites, a couple of Painted Lady's and 2 Speckled Woods.
Wherever there was any shelter I came across hundreds of bees, wasps and hoverflies on the flowering Ivy. And still plenty of Ivy Bees about.
A few Wall Lizards about and some juveniles as well.
Here are a few images from this morning:
Another sunny but blustery day. The easterly wind is still driving in, making any decent bird watching hard work. The only patch worth watching was in Wakeham Wood.
Here are the highlights from Wakeham Wood and the rest of my walk:
Wakeham Wood: 3 Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff (1 singing), 3 Willow Warbler (2 singing) and 2 Spotted Flycatchers
Bottom Combe Quarry: 1 Chiffchaff and 1 Greenfinch
Penns Wood: 1 Chiffchaff and 3 Goldcrest
Church Ope Cove: 12 Rock Pipit, 1 Black-headed Gull and 2 Swallows
Bumpers Lane Quarry: 1 Blackcap
Bumpers Lane: 1 Blackcap
Even fewer butterflies today with just a handful of Red Admirals, Large Whites, a couple of Painted Lady's and 2 Speckled Woods.
Wherever there was any shelter I came across hundreds of bees, wasps and hoverflies on the flowering Ivy. And still plenty of Ivy Bees about.
A few Wall Lizards about and some juveniles as well.
Here are a few images from this morning:
..........Spotted Flycatchers, plus a host of warblers including 2 singing Willow Warblers and 1 singing Chiffchaff.
It is still rough on the beach at Church Ope Cove and today's visitor was a.........
Nearly forgot the rock Pipits.
Today there were 12 feeding very close to the shoreline.
Up on Penns weare a Wall Lizard in miniature. Probably no more than 5cm long and its still got its tail.
Sorry more Ivy Bees. These and the following images were just up from The Cuttings.
Not a bee but a Dead Head Hoverfly
Along the same stretch of hedgerow a Speckled Wood and this...........
.........Ichneumon Wasp sp
Birds Recorded: Kestrel, 1 Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, 3 Swallow, 12 Rock Pipit, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, 5 Blackcap, 7 Chiffchaff, 3 Willow Warbler, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Starling, House Sparrow, Chaffinch, Linnet, Siskin and 1 Greenfinch
Reptiles Recorded: Wall Lizard (Podarcis muralis)
Butterflies Recorded: Large 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)
Ichneumon Wasps Recorded: 1 Ichneumon Wasp sp
Hoverflies Recorded: 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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