Wakeham
In the garden this morning 2 Straw-barred Pearl moths were seen flying around and then a third one entered the cottage.
In the garden this morning 2 Straw-barred Pearl moths were seen flying around and then a third one entered the cottage.
One of the 3 Straw-barred Pearls seen in the garden and cottage today.
Old Quarry Lane, Wakeham Meadow, Perryfield Quarry Butterfly Reserve, Penns Wood, St Andrew's Church Grounds, Church Ope Cove, Penn's Weare, Penn's Copse, Rufus Castle, The Cuttings Quarry, Bumpers Lane and Lower Horse Paddock.
A beautiful warm sunny day, but no real highlights. Just 3 Swallows, 2 Blackcaps and a Siskin the only migrants noted.
Not so many butterflies either, though a Wall Brown was good to see at the Perryfields butterfly reserve.
Here are a few images from this afternoon
One of the many Wall Lizards out in the sun today.
And another lizard, albeit a legless one, a Slow-worm
A Common Carder Bee
A male Long Hoverfly
And Ted waiting for me to catch up.
Mammals Recorded: Bunny
Birds Recorded: Herring Gull, Wood Pigeon, Swallow, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, 2 Blackcap, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Starling, House Sparrow, Chaffinch, Linnet, Siskin and Goldfinch
Reptiles Recorded: Wall Lizard (Podarcis muralis)
Butterflies Recorded: Large White, Small White, Speckled Wood, Wall Brown, Red Admiral and Common Blue
Bees Recorded: Honey Bees (Apis mellifera), Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae) and Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
Wasps Recorded: Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
Hoverflies Recorded: Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus), Long Hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta), Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea), Hornet Mimic Hoverfly (Volucella zonaria), Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax) and Tapered Dronefly (Eristalis pertinax)
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