Despite it being a warm sunny day, there were very few invertebrates to be found. Apart from the 100's of ants going about their business the only insects of note were several Common Blue butterflies.
Having said that I did find a few bugs and beetles in amongst the Buttercup Flowers including several Pot Beetles.
The only birds of note were 5 singing Common Whitethroats and 2 Swallows.
The only birds of note were 5 singing Common Whitethroats and 2 Swallows.
Also of interest was an owl pellet I found by the Pools. This will be fun dissecting it.
Here are a few images and videos from today:
One of around 5 male Common Whitethroats singing along my walk.
A juvenile Starling hitches a ride on the back of this horse
By the Pools, not just one but two Song Thrushes singing, albeit the second bird is a little further away.
A Common Blue
Small Blue
Holly Blue
And a Dingy Skipper
The only moth I came across today was this female Green-longhorn Moth (Adela reaumurella)
I do like to dabble in PhotoShop. Sorry Ted couldn't resist.
Mammals Recorded: 2 Bunnies
Birds Recorded: Herring Gull, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, 2 Swallow, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, 5 Common Whitethroat, Long-tailed Tit, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Starling, House Sparrow, Chaffinch, Linnet and Goldfinch
Butterflies Recorded: 1 Dingy Skipper, Large White, Small White, Small Blue, Holly Blue and 7+ Common Blue
Moths Recorded: 1 Green-longhorn Moth (Adela reaumurella)
Bees Recorded: Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Hoverflies Recorded: Stripe-backed Dasysyrphus (Dasysyrphus albostriatus)
Bugs and Beetles Recorded: 2 Dock Beetles (Coreus marginatus), 4 Lesser Thick-legged Flower Beetles (Ischnomera cyanea), a weevil sp. and several Pot Beetles (Cryptocephalus aureolus)
Flies Recorded: A possible Root-maggot fly (Anthomyia procellaris)
Crickets and Grasshoppers Recorded: 1 Dark Bush-cricket nymphs (Pholidoptera griseoaptera)
Ants Recorded: ant sp.