A breezy day, but at least the sun was out. Main highlights were 2 Chiffchaffs in Penns Wood, a Willow Warbler at the back of the cove and a few House Martin and Swallows moving south overhead.
On the beach just 7 Rock Pipits. Also here were several lizards, which I presume are Wall Lizards foraging in amongst the pebbles. I've seen a couple here before but not half way down the beach.
A few butterflies about with 2 Holly Blues in the church grounds, a Small Copper along the Mermaid Track and an interesting sighting of a Small White presumably taking in salt from the washed up seaweed on the beach.
Hoverflies, hundreds of them wherever there were flowering Ivy. On one patch alone I counted at least 50, and on one flower head there was a Dead Head Hoverfly, a Common Drone Fly and a Lesser Hornet Mimic Hoverfly.
Here are a few images from this morning.
Is it possible that this is the same Black-headed Gull as the one seen here yesterday!!
A beach lizard. I can't quite work out if its a Wall Lizard or Common Lizard.
Whichever species they are, they love it on the beach. Church Opes version of the Galapagos's Marine Iguana.
These lizards are quite a way out on the beach looking for Kelp Flies.
A Small White on the seaweed
Not a sight I have seen before. A Small White presumably taking in salt from the seaweed.
A Small Copper and one of my favourites. I mean what isn't there to like about those colours.
A Holly Blue, in fact there were two in the church grounds.
And the Lesser Hornet Mimic Hoverfly
Another hoverfly this time a Pellucid.
And my one and only bug seen today a Dock Bug.
Birds Recorded: 2 Kestrel, 1 Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, House Martin, Swallow, 7 Rock Pipit, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, Long-tailed Tit, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Dipper, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, House Sparrow, Chaffinch and Goldfinch
Reptiles Recorded: 8+ Wall Lizard (Podarcis muralis)
Butterflies Recorded: Large White, Small White, Green-veined White, Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Red Admiral, Painted Lady, Small Copper, 2 Holly Blue and 1 Common Blue
Bees Recorded: Honey Bees (Apis mellifera), Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum) and Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
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), Pellucid Hoverfly (Volucella pellucens), Common Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax) and Tapered Drone Fly (Eristalis pertinax)
Bugs and Beetles Recorded: Dock Bug (Coreus marginatus)
Grasshoppers and Crickets Recorded: Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus) and Common Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus)
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