Nothing on the Trail Camera from last night, but this morning the pond area was visited by a pair of Goldfinches and a Dunnock. I also realised when I played back the videos, that a Sycamore leaf was triggering the motion sensor, so there were also 10 false videos. I'm going to have be a bit more savvy where I place the camera in the future.
A pair of Goldfinches at 7:36am
A Dunnock at 8:30am
Old Quarry Lane, Wakeham Meadow, Wakeham Railway Cuttings, Perryfield Quarry Butterfly Reserve, Penns Wood, St Andrew's Church, Church Ope Cove, Penn's Weare, Penn's Copse, Rufus Castle, The Cuttings Quarry, Bumpers Lane, Broadcroft Quarry Butterfly Reserve and Lower Horse Paddock
I was feeling a lot better today, so Ted and I put in a good walk this afternoon to catch up on what has been happening on my local patch.
Well everything looked greener for starters and with the light winds and warm sun, there were an awful lot of invertebrates about, but remarkably not a single butterfly seen. Most odd!!
On the bird front the only migrants I came across were a Common Whitethroat "churring" around the Wakeham Railway Cutting and a Blackcap singing in Penns Wood.
Here are a few images from today:
I was feeling a lot better today, so Ted and I put in a good walk this afternoon to catch up on what has been happening on my local patch.
Well everything looked greener for starters and with the light winds and warm sun, there were an awful lot of invertebrates about, but remarkably not a single butterfly seen. Most odd!!
On the bird front the only migrants I came across were a Common Whitethroat "churring" around the Wakeham Railway Cutting and a Blackcap singing in Penns Wood.
Here are a few images from today:
One of the many Dunnocks I came across on my walk
And a very iridescent Starling
And another which........
.........wasn't to happy about having its photo taken.
One of many Honey Bee seen this afternoon. This one is on a Dandelion flower.
I'm going to have to check the ID of this andrena bee
The Dandelion flowers are very popular at the moment with bees and hoverflies like this one.
A Dead Head Hoverfly on an Alexanders (My first this year)
Mammals Recorded: Bunny
Birds Recorded: Herring Gull, Stock Dove, Wood Pigeon, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, 1 Common Whitethroat, 1 Blackcap, Long-tailed Tit, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Starling, House Sparrow, Chaffinch, Linnet, Goldfinch and Greenfinch
Reptiles Recorded: Wall Lizard (Podarcis muralis) and a lizard sp.
Bees Recorded: Honey Bees (Apis mellifera), Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris), White-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) and Andrena sp.
Hoverflies Recorded: Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus), Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea), Chequered Hoverfly (Melanostoma scalare) and Syrphus sp.
Ships Today
This is the cargo ship "RMS Goole" flying the flag of Antigua Barbuda. It is on its way from Teignmouth to Loviisa (Finland) More on this vessel Here.
This is the Cypriot Container Ship "Elbfeeder" on its way from Dublin to Antwerp. More on this vessel Here.
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