Kings Barrow Quarry, Vaycroft Quarry, The Grove and Broadcroft Quarry Butterfly Reserve (West)
It's that time of year again when the car is due its MOT, so having dropped it off late afternoon, I headed off home via Kings Barrow Quarry and Broadcroft Quarry Butterfly Reserve.
There were a few bird highlights with Common Whitethroat and Blackcap seen and heard in Kings Barrow, but very little else.
It's that time of year again when the car is due its MOT, so having dropped it off late afternoon, I headed off home via Kings Barrow Quarry and Broadcroft Quarry Butterfly Reserve.
There were a few bird highlights with Common Whitethroat and Blackcap seen and heard in Kings Barrow, but very little else.
Unfortunately it wasn't the best of days for butterflies either, as the temperature dropped quite considerably in the strong westerly wind. However a Wall Brown just north of the Young Offenders Institute was good to see.
On the moth front I came across a couple of Silver Y's, a few Six-Spot Burnet Moths and singles of Sycamore Piercer and an Orange-spot Piercer (Pammene aurana). The latter a new moth for my Portland Moth List.
Here are a few images and a video from today:
On the moth front I came across a couple of Silver Y's, a few Six-Spot Burnet Moths and singles of Sycamore Piercer and an Orange-spot Piercer (Pammene aurana). The latter a new moth for my Portland Moth List.
Here are a few images and a video from today:
A male Chalk Hill Blue
And another
If I have got this right this is a female Chalk Hill Blue
This is a male Common Blue
And another.
I did wonder if there were ..........
............2 Wall Browns. Turns out it is the same one, with the wear and tear in the same places.
And here it is again with wings folded.
Wall Brown
This shot and this......
...........one reminded me of the Gremlins film that came out in 1984.
A little less scary and it is quite obviously a Six-Spot Burnet Moth.
A lovely photo of the horses in the Lower Horse Paddock, just a shame about the eyesore behind them.
And of course a photo of Ted, who has just about covered all the island as I have.
Birds Recorded: Buzzard, Kestrel, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, House Martin, Swallow, Dunnock, Blackbird, Common Whitethroat, Blackcap, Long-tailed Tit, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Raven, Starling, House Sparrow, Chaffinch, Linnet and Goldfinch
Butterflies Recorded: Large White, Small White, Wall Brown, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Red Admiral, Comma, Common Blue and Chalk Hill Blue
Moths Recorded: 2 Silver Y (Autographa gamma), Six-Spot Burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae), Sycamore Piercer (Pammene aurita) and an Orange-spot Piercer (Pammene aurana)
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 Long Hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta)
Bugs and Beetles Recorded: Common Red Soldier Beetles (Rhagonycha fulva)
This is the British Passenger Ship "Wight Sun" on its way from Portland to Lymington. More on this vessel Here.
This is the French Cargo Ship "MN Pelican" on its way from Bilbao (Spain) to Poole. More on this vessel Here.
This is the Japanese Vehicles Carrier "Eridanus Leader" on its way from Livorno (Italy) to Zeebrugge (Belgium). More on this vessel Here.
Butterflies Recorded: Large White, Small White, Wall Brown, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Red Admiral, Comma, Common Blue and Chalk Hill Blue
Moths Recorded: 2 Silver Y (Autographa gamma), Six-Spot Burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae), Sycamore Piercer (Pammene aurita) and an Orange-spot Piercer (Pammene aurana)
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 Long Hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta)
Bugs and Beetles Recorded: Common Red Soldier Beetles (Rhagonycha fulva)
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