Today was a bit like "After the Mayors Show". Having had a great day yesterday I decided to have a walk around Tout Quarry, especially as it was just around the corner from the recycling centre I had just visited. But talk about disappointing. The main highlight was a Greenfinch
As yesterday a few images alongside the fauna and flora recorded:
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull, 2 Stock Dove, Wood Pigeon, 1 Meadow Pipit, Dunnock, 3 Common Whitethroat, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Linnet, Goldfinch and a Greenfinch
Butterflies Recorded:
1 Dingy Skipper, 2 Meadow Brown, 1 Red Admiral and 5 Common Blue
Herring Gull, 2 Stock Dove, Wood Pigeon, 1 Meadow Pipit, Dunnock, 3 Common Whitethroat, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Linnet, Goldfinch and a Greenfinch
Butterflies Recorded:
1 Dingy Skipper, 2 Meadow Brown, 1 Red Admiral and 5 Common Blue
Dingy Skipper
Moths Recorded:
Yellow Shell (Camptogramma bilineata)
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera), Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris), Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum) and Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Hoverflies Recorded:
Spring Epistrophe (Epistrophe eligans) and dozens of Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Flies sp.
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
None!
Crickets and Grasshoppers Recorded
Common Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus) and a Speckled Bush-cricket nymph (Leptophyes punctatissima)
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera), Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris), Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum) and Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Hoverflies Recorded:
Spring Epistrophe (Epistrophe eligans) and dozens of Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Flies sp.
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
None!
Crickets and Grasshoppers Recorded
Common Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus) and a Speckled Bush-cricket nymph (Leptophyes punctatissima)
Speckled Bush-cricket nymph (Leptophyes punctatissima)
Plants Recorded
Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) and Biting Stonecrop (Sedum acre)
Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis)
I have a feeling that all the Rock Stonecrop (Sedum forsterianum) I have seen on Portland, I have been calling it Biting Stonecrop
Ted
Ted's not too sure whether he can get down.
And this tricky bit has stumped Ted for quite a few years, until today that is.
This afternoon there was a pair of Azure Damselflies mating in the new pond, with two male Blue-tailed Damselflies close-by.
The new pond is looking good.
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