Wakeham
One of the largest flocks of Goldfinches I have seen here in Wakeham. Visually not brilliant but you can certainly hear.
A walk with a difference today, as my son Tom and his girlfriend Laura came to visit me and Dawn, all the way from Shropshire. The walk around Church Ope Cove, Penn's Weare and Rufus Castle I think is probably one of the best walks on the island. And so it proved to be, though the one disappointment was realising that a few of the Ammonites on the beach had disappeared under a landslip.
Fortunately neither of them are squeamish when it comes to insects and were both impressed by the huge numbers of Ivy Bees and hoverflies about. Though with so much activity it was sometimes difficult to tell the Ivy Bees from some very small Honey Bees, which have just appeared!!
In Penns Wood was Spotted Flycatcher and just before we left the Cottage a small flock of Siskins passed overhead, plus a Hummingbird Hawk-moth around the Valerian in the back garden.
Here are a few images from this morning
Birds Recorded: Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Kestrel, Herring Gull, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Swallow, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, Spotted Flycatcher, Long-tailed Tit, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, House Sparrow, Chaffinch, Linnet, Siskin and Goldfinch
This is the Passenger Ship "Arcadia" flying the flag of Bermuda. It is on its way to Torquay from an unknown port. More on this vessel Here.
Here are a few images from this morning
Ted following me up The Cuttings where there were.......
.................dozens of Ivy Bees and this Rose Chafer on the flowering Ivy.
On the beach there were several Wall Lizards scurrying around plus this female Large White butterfly.
And a Wall Lizard, this one was in the grounds of St Andrew's Church
Birds Recorded: Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Kestrel, Herring Gull, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Swallow, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, Spotted Flycatcher, Long-tailed Tit, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, House Sparrow, Chaffinch, Linnet, Siskin and Goldfinch
Reptiles Recorded: Wall Lizard (Podarcis muralis)
Butterflies Recorded: Large White, Small White, Speckled Wood and Red Admiral
Butterflies Recorded: Large White, Small White, Speckled Wood and Red Admiral
Moths Recorded: 1 Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum)
Bees Recorded: Honey Bees (Apis mellifera), Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae), Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum) and White-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lucorum)
Wasps Recorded: Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
Wasps Recorded: Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
Hoverflies Recorded: Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax) and Tapered Dronefly (Eristalis pertinax)
Bugs and Beetles Recorded: Bloody-nosed Beetle (Timarcha tenebricosa) and a Rose Chafer (Cetonia aurata)
Ships Today
This is the Irish Cargo Ship "Arklow Faith" on its way from Shoreham to Greenore. More on this vessel Here.
