This afternoon we finally had some welcome relief from the heat and humidity, we have been subjected to for the past 4 or 5 days, as the rain arrived to cool things down quite considerably.
Before it arrived, I managed a few hours out in the back garden and had a couple of good highlights, with a Slow-worm lying in the grass cuttings and a Hummingbird Hawk-moth feeding on the Valerian, albeit for a few seconds.
Also in the garden were a few butterflies, mainly Large Whites and Small Whites. A Gatekeeper was a fly-by and there was a female Chalk Hill Blue on the Lavender.
Also in the garden were a few butterflies, mainly Large Whites and Small Whites. A Gatekeeper was a fly-by and there was a female Chalk Hill Blue on the Lavender.
Other than the Hummingbird Hawk-moth there were also 3 Silver Y's
And once again the 22-Spot ladybirds were out in force again on the leaves of a Marrow. This time there were 7.
Here are a few images and videos from today:
Four days ago I had a male Chalk Hill Blue on the Lavender. Today.....
........the female turned up.
I was just thinking wouldn't it be great if a Hummingbird Hawk-moth put.........
.........in an appearance and lo and behold a few minutes later, one turned up.
I even managed a short video of it, before it shot away.
..........and just a single worker.
One of about 30 Honey Bees on the Lavender with both "forms" of orange and black coloured abdomens.
A giant of a spider the Giant House-spider. Not something I would want to be too close to.
Birds Recorded: Sparrowhawk, Herring Gull, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Swift, Pied Wagtail, Dunnock, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, House Sparrow, Chaffinch and Goldfinch
Reptiles Recorded: Slow-worm
Butterflies Recorded: Large White, Small White, Gatekeeper and Common Blue
Moths Recorded: 1 Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) and 3 Silver Y (Autographa gamma)
Bees Recorded: Honey Bees (Apis mellifera), Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum), Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) and White-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum)
Hoverflies Recorded: Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) and 3 Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Bugs and Beetles Recorded: 22-Spot Ladybird (Psyllobora 22-punctata)
Spiders Recorded: Giant House-spider (Tegenaria duellica)
Reptiles Recorded: Slow-worm
Butterflies Recorded: Large White, Small White, Gatekeeper and Common Blue
Moths Recorded: 1 Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) and 3 Silver Y (Autographa gamma)
Bees Recorded: Honey Bees (Apis mellifera), Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum), Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) and White-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum)
Hoverflies Recorded: Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) and 3 Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Bugs and Beetles Recorded: 22-Spot Ladybird (Psyllobora 22-punctata)
Spiders Recorded: Giant House-spider (Tegenaria duellica)
Also
Over the past few days I have come across moths from different locations around Wakeham. Here are a few of them
Lesser Yellow Underwing (Noctua comes)
Marbled Beauty (Bryophila domestica)
Yellow-spot Tortrix (Pseudargyrotoza conwagana)
