This is more like, wall to wall sunshine, though it did mean a much shorter walk for Ted.
No real highlights but plenty of butterflies seen and for the third day running another Willow Warbler heading south.
Here are a few images today:
A Common Blue
I didn't get a chance to see these "blue" butterflies with their wings open, which would have helped identify them. However......
.......going by the underwing patterns I think these are a pair of Chalk Hill Blues.
And this is the female about to be "pounced" on by the male.
A lot easier to identify. This is is a Gatekeeper and there are dozens still about.
A Six-spot Burnet moth on a Knapweed.
Another Six-spot Burnet with a female Swollen-thighed Beetle for company.
Amazing colours on this Pea Moth.
I have come across this species before, and like a majority of moths they can vary in size, pattern and colour.
A male Red-tailed Bumblebee
And a Large Meadow Mining Bee (Andrena labialis)......
.........with the antennae of another Six-spot Burnet just showing at the rear.
Ted is off across the Butterfly Reserve
Looks like he's found something down a hole. That should keep him amused for a bit.
Birds Recorded: Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Swift, Meadow Pipit, Dunnock, Blackbird, Willow Warbler, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, 2 Raven, House Sparrow, Chaffinch, Linnet and Goldfinch
Butterflies Recorded: Large Skipper, Large White, Small White, Ringlet, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Marbled White, Red Admiral, Small Blue, Common Blue, Adonis Blue and Chalk Hill Blue
Moths Recorded: Six-Spot Burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae) and a Pea Moth (Cydia nigricana)
Bees Recorded: Honey Bees (Apis mellifera), Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum), Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius), White-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) and Large Meadow Mining Bee (Andrena labialis)
Bugs and Beetles Recorded: Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis) and Common Red Soldier Beetles (Rhagonycha fulva)
Butterflies Recorded: Large Skipper, Large White, Small White, Ringlet, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Marbled White, Red Admiral, Small Blue, Common Blue, Adonis Blue and Chalk Hill Blue
Moths Recorded: Six-Spot Burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae) and a Pea Moth (Cydia nigricana)
Bees Recorded: Honey Bees (Apis mellifera), Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum), Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius), White-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) and Large Meadow Mining Bee (Andrena labialis)
Bugs and Beetles Recorded: Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis) and Common Red Soldier Beetles (Rhagonycha fulva)
Wakeham
This evening over a dozen Honey Bees on the Lavender and another Willow Warbler calling from one of the neighbour's gardens. Also noted was a very small Blue-tailed Damselfly.
A Honey Bee coming into lander on the Lavender.
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