Old Quarry Lane, Wakeham Meadow, Lower Horse Paddock, Broadcroft Quarry Lane, Broadcroft Quarry Pools and Broadcroft Quarry Butterfly Reserve
This is better, sunshine and a bit of warmth. Though if you were out in the open, there was a bit of a chilly north-easterly.
Lots of highlights this afternoon:
Birds:
Butterfly Reserve - A Reed Warbler, 3 Common Whitethroats and a pair of Greenfinches.
The Pools - 2 Common Whitethroat, 1 Blackcap and a Song Thrush
Lower Horse paddock - 2 Common Whitethroat
Butterflies
Along my walk - 12+ Large Whites
Butterfly Reserve - Common Blue, Small Blue and Dingy Skipper
Moths
Butterfly Reserve - Green-longhorn Moth (Adela reaumurella) and a possible Plain Fanner (Glyphipterix fuscoviridella)
The Pools - 2 Yellow Belle (Aspitates ochrearia)
Here are a few images from today:
There were quite a few Common Whitethroats seen and heard on my walk this afternoon.
One of many Linnets in the fields. This is a male.
One of several male Common Blue butterflies on the reserve.
There were also Small Blues and a couple of these Dingy Skippers.
I'm not a 100% sure but I believe this is a Plain Fanner (Glyphipterix fuscoviridella)
A Yellow Belle (Aspitates ochrearia), in fact there were 2 by the pools.
Orange-tip Mining Bee (Andrena haemorrhoa)
Chocolate Mining Bee (Andrena scotica)
Orange-tip Mining Bee (Andrena haemorrhoa) and on the right a Chocolate Mining Bee (Andrena scotica)
This is the Ichneumon Wasp - Amblyteles armatorius
This is the Narcissus Bulb Fly (Merodon equestris form narcissi) and a species of hoverfly
A Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
I'm pretty sure this is a Stripe-backed Dasysyrphus (Dasysyrphus albostriatus).
Thick-legged hoverfly (Syritta pipiens)
Nursery Web Spider (Pisaura mirabilis) and a possible Yellow-legged Mining Bee (Andrena flavipe)
Dagger Fly (Empis tessellata)
Fly sp.
Same as above
Fly sp.
Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil (Polydrusus formosus)
A beetle sp. in a Buttercup.
Bloody-nosed Beetle larvae (Timarcha tenebricosa)
Dark Bush-cricket nymph (Pholidoptera griseoaptera)
Green Bush Cricket female nymph (Tettigonia viridissima)
More on Sainfoin Here.
Me messing about with PhotoShop again. Good old Ted, great company on my walks.
Mammals Recorded: 5 Bunnies
Birds Recorded: Kestrel, Herring Gull, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, Song Thrush, 1 Reed Warbler, 7 Common Whitethroat, 1 Blackcap, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Starling, House Sparrow, Chaffinch, Linnet, Goldfinch and Greenfinch
Butterflies Recorded: Dingy Skipper, Large White, Small White, Small Blue and Common Blue
Moths Recorded: Green-longhorn Moth (Adela reaumurella), Yellow Belle (Aspitates ochrearia) and a possible Plain Fanner (Glyphipterix fuscoviridella)
Bees Recorded: Honey Bees (Apis mellifera), Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum), Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius), Orange-tip Mining Bee (Andrena haemorrhoa), Chocolate Mining Bee (Andrena scotica) and a possible Yellow-legged Mining Bees (Andrena flavipe)
Wasps Recorded: Potter Wasp sp. and a Ichneumon Wasps Recorded: Amblyteles armatorius
Hoverflies Recorded: Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea), Thick-legged hoverfly (Syritta pipiens) and Stripe-backed Dasysyrphus (Dasysyrphus albostriatus)
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded: Cranefly (Tipula fascipennis), Dagger Fly (Empis tessellata) and 2 fly sps.
Bugs and Beetles Recorded: Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil (Polydrusus formosus), a Bloody-nosed Beetle larvae (Timarcha tenebricosa) and a beetle sp.
Crickets and Grasshoppers Recorded: Dark Bush-cricket nymph (Pholidoptera griseoaptera), Great Green Bush Cricket female nymph (Tettigonia viridissima) and a Grasshopper nymph sp.
Spiders Recorded: Nursery Web Spider (Pisaura mirabilis) and a Jumping Spider (Salticus scenicus)