It was another scorcher of a day, so it was case staying put and sorting out those jobs that I have been putting off for months.
Today was when the "Flying Ants" decided to emerge from our garden and judging by the large number of gulls feeding on them above the cottage, there must must have been thousands of them emerging.
Birds Recorded:
200+ Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Birds Recorded:
200+ Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Swift
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Magpie
Carrion Crow
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Magpie
Carrion Crow
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
So many Herring Gulls overhead.
And they just got closer and closer.
Here they are catching fling ants
Dragonflies and Damselflies Recorded:
A single male Blue-tailed Damselfly by the new pond.
Butterflies Recorded:
2 Large White
Red Admiral
This Red Admiral was resting................
................. up on the Ivy clad Cherry Tree
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
Wasps Recorded:
A wasp sp. in the Cherry Tree
Ichneumon Wasps Recorded:
Ichneumon sp
Hoverflies Recorded:
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
There are still plenty of Marmalade Hoverflies in the garden
And they are also on the other plants as well
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Flies sp.
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
Rough-haired Lagria Beetle (Lagria hirta)
This is a Rough-haired Lagria Beetle (Lagria hirta) and the first one I have seen in the back garden
Garden Snail (Cornu aspersa)
Ants Recorded:
Small Black Ant (Lasius niger)
One of many Queen ants in the back garden and overhead.
Cherry Tree
The Cherries look good enough to eat
Ted and Benji
A bit of shade for Ted
And Benji is making sure no one........
..........pinches his bit of wood.