25 Jul 21

Wakeham

After a very long drive back from Telford, it was great to stretch the legs in the back garden, with the camera of course.

Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
Great Tit
Magpie
Carrion Crow
House Sparrow
Goldfinch


Reptiles Recorded:
Slow-worm

I did wonder if I might come across the Yellow-necked mouse again. Not today it seems, but good to see the Slow-worms are still about.


Butterflies Recorded:
Large White


Moths Recorded:
1 - Cherry Fruit Moth (Argyresthia pruniella)
2 - Honeysuckle Moth (Ypsolopha dentella)

1- Cherry Fruit Moth (Argyresthia pruniella)

2- Honeysuckle Moth (Ypsolopha dentella)

2- Honeysuckle Moth (Ypsolopha dentella)


Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)

Honey Bee on the Lavender

Hmm. I need to check this one out. It has a long face!!


Hoverflies Recorded
:
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Vagrant Hoverfly (Eupeodes corollae)

Not as many as there were a few weeks back, but still quite a few Marmalade Hoverflies about.

Vagrant Hoverfly (Eupeodes corollae)


Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Flies sp.


Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
14-spot Ladybird (Propylea 14-punctata)
Possibly the nymph of a Common Green Capsid (Lygocoris pabulinus)

Straight away I thought ahh a 22-spot Ladybird (Psyllobora 22-punctata) had returned to the garden again. And then looked a bit closer and it is in fact my first 14-spot Ladybird (Propylea 14-punctata) I have had in the garden. The only other 14-spot Ladybird I have seen before was at Radipole Nature Reserve, three years ago.

Possibly the nymph of a Common Green Capsid (Lygocoris pabulinus). There have been quite a few adults in the in the Gladiolus flowers just lately.


Slugs and Snails Recorded:
Garden Snail (Cornu aspersa)


Ted:

And Ted, wondering what an earth those great big leaves are!!

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