Still sunny, but absolutely freezing in that strong easterly wind. Temperature late was 10.0°C, compared to yesterday's 17.2°C.
There were certainly fewer bees about, with just 2 Buff-tailed Bumblebees, a Red-tailed Bumblebee, 1 Honey Bee, an Ashy Mining Bee, 1 Early Mining, 2 Yellow-legged Mining Bees and 1 Bronze Furrow Bee. A new addition to my garden list was a Grey-patched Mining Bee (Andrena nitida)
New to the garden list today were a Dead Head Hoverfly and a "tent" full of Brown-tail Moth caterpillars. Not a caterpillar liked on Portland due to the irritating hairs they have which can cause skin rashes.
And a new fly to add not only to my garden list but to my Portland one as well. A very small fly called a Brachycoma devia.
Here are a few images and a video from today.
Red-tailed Bumblebee
Buff-tailed Bumblebee
A Grey-patched Mining Bee (Andrena nitida)
Quite a colourful Mining Bee
Ashy Grey Mining Bee
Yellow-legged Mining Bee
Yellow-legged Mining Bee
Andrena sp.
Dead Head Hoverfly a new addition to my garden list.
A very very small fly.
After a bit of stealth I managed to get in close. I have been told that this could be a Brachycoma devia
And another new addition to the garden list, a "tent" full of caterpillars of the Brown-tail Moth.
Garden Birds, Invertebrates and other wildlife
(24 Mar - Present Day)
Birds Recorded: Sparrowhawk, Peregrine Falcon, Kestrel, Pheasant, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Stock Dove, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Little Owl, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Swallow, Meadow Pipit, Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Goldcrest, Long-tailed Tit, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Raven, Starling, House Sparrow, Chaffinch, Linnet, Goldfinch and Greenfinch. Total 37
Butterflies Recorded: Peacock, Red Admiral, Orange-tip, Small White and a Large White Butterfly
Moths Recorded: Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) and the caterpillars of the Brown-tail Moth (Euproctis chrysorrhoea)
Bees Recorded: Honey Bees (Apis mellifera), Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius), White-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lucorum), Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris), Early Bumblebee (Bombus pratorum), Bronze Furrow Bee (Halictus tumulorum), Yellow-legged Mining Bees (Andrena flavipe), Grey-patched Mining Bee (Andrena nitida) Red Mason Bee (Osmia bicornis), Fabricius' Nomad Bee (Nomada fabriciana), Painted Nomad Bee (Nomad fucata), Lathbury's Nomad Bee (Nomad lathburiana)
Wasps and Ichneumon Wasps Recorded: Parasitic Wasp (Ichneumon stramentor), Possible Sapyga quinquepunctata
Hoverflies Recorded: Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax), Tapered Dronefly (Eristalis pertinax), Migrant Hoverfly (Meliscaeva auricollis), Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea), Eumerus ornatus and Syrphus sp.
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded: Common Fruit Fly (Tephritis bardanae), Moth Fly (Tonnoiriella pulchra), Noon Fly (Mesembrina meridiana), Possible Root-maggot Fly (Delia radicum), Brachycoma devia
Bugs and Beetles Recorded: 7-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata), Common Green Shieldbug (Palomena prasina), Hairy Shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum), Dock Bug (Coreus marginatus)
Slugs and Snails Recorded: White-lipped Banded Snail (Cepaea hortensis), Girdled Snail (Hygromia cinctella), Garden Snail (Cornu aspersa)
Spiders Recorded: Sun-jumper (Heliophanus sp.), Crab Spider (Xysticus ulmi)
Woodlice Crustaceans Recorded: Porcellio spinicornis, Woodlouse sp
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