Another drizzly start to the day, which eventually cleared up, leaving another warm sultry day. A change of scenery today, though to be honest there wasn't too much about, with the only highlight being a Fulmar flying around in circles over the Mermaid Track. Not their usual passage of flight.
Over the cove were a few House Martins and Swallows making their way down the coastline, and I came across two small parties of Long-tailed Tits.
Very few butterflies seen, and those I came across were looking quite tardy, especially the "blue" butterflies.
Here are a few images and videos from today:
I tried to catch this Long-tailed Tit in flight, but ..........
.........captured a Wasp instead.
A male Common Blue
A very worn looking female Common Blue
And a male Chalk Hill Blue in an even worse state.
A Straw-barred Pearl (Pyrausta despicata)
These Straw-barred Pearls keep popping up. This one was on Penn's Weare
I think this is a Common Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus)
And quite possibly another Common Field Grasshopper. This species does vary in colour.
Just before I started videoing it, it was "chirping". Not so, when the camera started to roll though.
Common Toadflax, Linaria vulgaris (also known as Yellow Toadflax and Butter-and-eggs)
Rufus Castle from Penn's Weare.
Ted does like to pose.
And he's not afraid of heights.
That is quite a drop, but he did turn around and come back.
Birds Recorded: Fulmar, Oystercatcher, Herring Gull, Wood Pigeon, House Martin, Swallow, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, Long-tailed Tit, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, House Sparrow, Chaffinch and Goldfinch
Reptiles Recorded: Wall Lizard (Podarcis muralis)
Butterflies Recorded: Large White, Small White, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Red Admiral, Holly Blue, Common Blue and Chalk Hill Blue
Moths Recorded: Straw-barred Pearl (Pyrausta despicata)
Bees Recorded: Honey Bees (Apis mellifera), Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum), Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) and White-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum)
Hoverflies Recorded: Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea) and Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Crickets and Grasshoppers Recorded: Common Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus)
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