3 Apr 20

Wakeham

Another garden tick today with 2 Chiffchaffs passing through the garden, bringing my total to 33 since 24 Mar.

Other birds of interest were were a pair of Kestrels circling overhead and a flock of 15 Meadow Pipits heading north.

A very cloudy day with the odd burst of sun, which unfortunately wasn't enough to bring the butterflies out. However there was just enough heat to draw out a few Yellow-legged Mining Bees, Furrow Bees, Buff-tailed Bumblebees and a Tree Bumblebee.

One of the Sun-jumper spiders I came across was busy tucking into an unfortunate fly. And the resident Common Green Shieldbug has moved 180° in 2 days.

Here are a few images and videos from today.

One of the local Kestrels circles overhead

A Blue Tit. Sadly not nesting in our nest box this year.

A Goldfinch

This one is sporting a ring.

A Dunnock singing in my neighbours garden

There were quite a few Mining Bees out today.

They are all very similar looking.

Though the abdomen on this one appears darker.

I'm not sure whats going on here. I'm presume they are mating...........

..........but are they!!

I did wonder if they were Andrena scotica but it has now been confirmed that they are Yellow-legged Mining Bees, Andrena flavipe

And here we have one peeping out of its hole in the lawn.

A syrphus hoverfly.

As to which one, who knows. They are all very similar and often its down to examining a specimen and checking the micro-hairs on the wing under a microscope.

He is still here on the same Valerian. This time the Common Green Shieldbug  has turned 180° from 2 days ago.

And one of the Jumping-sun Spiders has a meal. Its nearly as big as he is.

Guess who's just had lunch. Okay Ted, just don't tell mum I gave you a bit of my chicken pie.


Garden Birds  (24 Mar - Present Day)

Species: Sparrowhawk, Peregrine Falcon, Kestrel, Pheasant, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Stock Dove, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Meadow Pipit, Pied Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Long-tailed Tit, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Raven, Starling, House Sparrow, Chaffinch, Linnet, Goldfinch and Greenfinch. Total of 33

Today's Sightings 

Bees Recorded: Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris), Tree Bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum), Bronze Furrow Bee (Halictus tumulorum) and Yellow-legged Mining Bee (Andrena flavipe)

Hoverflies Recorded: Syrphus sp.

Bugs and Beetles Recorded: Common Green Shieldbug (Palomena prasina)

Spiders Recorded: Sun-jumpers (Heliophanus sp.)

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On this day..........
2019
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2018
Today's Sightings Here.