A morning spent at home in glorious sunshine and then when I had a bit more time on my hands in the afternoon, it hammered down.
Nothing special today, though for the second day running there has been a Pheasant calling from one of the neighbours garden's.
The Great Tits have stopped bringing nesting material into the nest box and on the odd ocassion the female leaves the nest for short breaks.
Here are a few images from the garden this morning:
Birds heard and seen this morning from the back garden: 1 Pheasant, Herring Gull, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Dunnock, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Starling, House Sparrow, Chaffinch and Goldfinch
Butterflies Recorded: 1 Large White
Bees Recorded: Honey Bee (Apis mellifera), Bronze Furrow Bee (Halictus tumulorum), Chocolate Mining Bee (Andrena scotica) and a Red Mason Bee (Osmia bicornis)
Wasps Recorded: 1 Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
Hoverflies Recorded: 1 Chequered Hoverfly (Melanostoma scalare)
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded: 2 flies sp.
Bugs and Beetles Recorded: 2 Common Green Shieldbug (Palomena prasina)
Here are a few images from the garden this morning:
My first Red Mason Bee of the year
A Chequered Hoverfly
I'm not quite sure what species this is. It looks very similar to a Root Fly.
Another fly to be ID'd possibly one of the muscid species.
Oh good something I do know. This is a Common Green Shieldbug and close by was another.
This is a Copper Sun-jumper and it looks like its tucking into an aphid possibly
Oh dear I know what that looks means. Fortunately there were other family members on hand to give Ted a walk.
Birds heard and seen this morning from the back garden: 1 Pheasant, Herring Gull, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Dunnock, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Starling, House Sparrow, Chaffinch and Goldfinch
Butterflies Recorded: 1 Large White
Bees Recorded: Honey Bee (Apis mellifera), Bronze Furrow Bee (Halictus tumulorum), Chocolate Mining Bee (Andrena scotica) and a Red Mason Bee (Osmia bicornis)
Wasps Recorded: 1 Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
Hoverflies Recorded: 1 Chequered Hoverfly (Melanostoma scalare)
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded: 2 flies sp.
Bugs and Beetles Recorded: 2 Common Green Shieldbug (Palomena prasina)