Wakeham Wood, Bottom Combe Quarry, Wakeham Railway Cuttings, Church Ope Car Park, Penns Wood, St Andrew's Church, Church Ope Cove, Penns Weare, Penns Copse, Rufus Castle, Mermaid Track, Bumpers Lane, Broadcroft Quarry Lane and Lower Horse Paddock.
Here are my highlights from today:
Wakeham Wood: 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap and 1 Goldcrest. Overhead a small flock of Skylarks heading south whilst there many Meadow Pipits and Chaffinch heading north.
Bottom Combe Quarry: 1 Greenfinch
Wakeham Railway Cuttings: 3 Chiffchaff
Church Ope Car Park: 2 Chiffchaff and 5 Goldcrest
Penns Wood: 2 Goldcrest
Church Ope Cove: 4 Rock Pipit and 1 fly-by Cormorant
Mermaid Track: 2 Chiffchaff and 1 Blackcap
Unusual sighting today was a "reverse" migration of Meadow Pipits. For the past week or so they have been heading south, but today many were heading back up the island. My only thought is that with lots of Chaffinches moving up the island today, they somehow felt compelled to join them. Who knows!!
A few butterflies about mainly Red Admirals, a couple of Large Whites and a worn Painted Lady.
Here are a few images from today:
Wakeham Railway Cutting where today there were.........
.........3 Chiffchaffs.
Here is the second bird.
And the third Chiffchaff.
Also along the Cuttings a Blue Tit.
By Rufus Castle were a couple of...........
............Wall Lizards enjoying the warm sunshine.
On the Ivy by the Castle an Ivy Bee and as a comparison............
............a Honey Bee.
The Ivy Bush was also alive with hoverflies. This is a Marmalade Hoverfly and.............
.............keeping it company an Epistrophe grossulariae
In the Lower Horse paddock this fawn coloured Bunny.
A very short video of this fawn coloured Bunny.
Mammals Recorded: Grey Squirrel and 3 Bunnies.
Birds Recorded: 1 Cormorant, Buzzard, Kestrel, Herring Gull, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Skylark, Meadow Pipit, 4 Rock Pipit, 3 Pied Wagtail, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, 3 Song Thrush, 2 Blackcap, 8 Chiffchaff, 8 Goldcrest, Long-tailed Tit, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Starling, House Sparrow, Chaffinch, Linnet, 3 Siskin, Goldfinch and 1 Greenfinch
Reptiles Recorded: 2 Wall Lizard (Podarcis muralis)
Butterflies Recorded: Large White, Red Admiral and 1 Painted Lady
Bees Recorded: Honey Bees (Apis mellifera) and Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae)
Wasps Recorded: German Wasp (Vespula germanica) and Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
Hoverflies Recorded: Common Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax), Tapered Drone Fly (Eristalis pertinax), a Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) and an Epistrophe grossulariae
Flies Recorded: Kelp Fly (Coelopa frigida)
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