By the looks of the weather forecast, this heatwave is about to come to an abrupt end by the weekend. However it was still with us today, with temperatures soaring into the high twenties again.
Main highlight was watching 4 Swallows heading south over the cottage.
Mammals Recorded:
Mouse sp
Mammals Recorded:
Mouse sp
As I was watering the garden, a mouse shot out from under one of the Buddleias towards the pond.
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Butterflies Recorded:
5 Large White
1 Meadow Brown
1 Red Admiral
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Hoverflies Recorded:
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Flies sp
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
3 Common Green Capsids (Lygocoris pabulinus)
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
4 Swallow
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Magpie
Carrion Crow
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
This Woodpigeon was having forty winks until...............
.............Ted came charging into the back garden
What an odd looking House Sparrow.
It's a juvenile male House Sparrow, with a very flat head. Odd.
Butterflies Recorded:
5 Large White
1 Meadow Brown
1 Red Admiral
Moths Recorded:
1 Mint Moth (Pyrausta aurata)
A Mint Moth (Pyrausta aurata) on the Lemon Balm.
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Hoverflies Recorded:
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Flies sp
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
3 Common Green Capsids (Lygocoris pabulinus)
Today there were 3 Common Green Capsids and a Swollen-thighed Beetle in the Gladiolus flower.