Another beautiful sunny day, but that north-easterly was pretty raw.
Highlights today were 7 Wheatear at Shepherd's Dinner, my first Speckled Wood butterflies of the year as well as a Grey-patched Mining Bee.
Here are a few images from today:
Always nice to see a few Wheatears on their travels.
These Wheatears were at Shepherd's Dinner.
A female Linnet tackling a Dandelion seed.
And this I believe is an Early Mining Bee, which would be my first for the year as well.
This andrena bee and......
........this one are two I have seen before, but there name escapes me. I will check of course.
The butterfly reserve was alive with Dead Head Hoverflies
Sorry couldn't resist!!
Mammals Recorded: 7 Bunnies
Birds Recorded: Fulmar, Buzzard, Kestrel, Herring Gull, 3 Stock Dove, Wood Pigeon, Dunnock, Robin, 7 Wheatear, Blackbird, 3 Chiffchaff, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Starling, House Sparrow, Chaffinch, Linnet and Goldfinch
Butterflies Recorded: 10+ Large White, Small White, 4 Speckled Wood and Red Admiral
Bees Recorded: Honey Bees (Apis mellifera), Early Mining Bee (Andrena haemorrhoa) and andrena sp.
Wasps Recorded: Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
Hoverflies Recorded: 8 Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
Ships Today
This is the British Fishing Boat "Portland Isle" on its way back to Weymouth Bay. More on this vessel Here.