Penns Wood, St Andrew's Church, Church Ope Cove, Church Ope Cove Wood, Penn's Weare, Penn's Copse, Rufus Castle, The Cuttings Quarry and Mermaid Track
Today was a very overcast day, but it certainly wasn't cold. The sun tried to get through the cloud cover, but we only had a few bright spells.
Main highlight today was coming across two Hornet Mimic Hoverflies, just below the grounds of St Andrew's Church. Also about were 2 Chiffchaffs calling along the Mermaid Track and a Blackcap in Penns Wood.
Mammals Recorded:
Bunny
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Stock Dove, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Rock Pipit, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, 1 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, House Sparrow, Chaffinch, Linnet and Goldfinch
Mammals Recorded:
Bunny
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Stock Dove, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Rock Pipit, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, 1 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, House Sparrow, Chaffinch, Linnet and Goldfinch
Reptiles Recorded:
Wall Lizard
Despite the cloudy conditions there were a few Wall Lizards about.
Is it just me or are they all trying to stare me out.
This one doesn't seem to bothered though.
Butterflies Recorded:
Dingy Skipper, Small Skipper, Lulworth Skipper, Large Skipper, Large White, Speckled Wood, Ringlet, Meadow Brown, Marbled White, Red Admiral and Common Blue
Dingy Skipper
Small Skipper
Lulworth Skipper
A Large Skipper
Large White (St Andrew's Church Grounds)
Ringlet
Marbled White
A male Common Blue
Small Fan-footed Wave (Idaea biselata)
A Small Fan-footed Wave (Idaea biselata) which was by the Cuttings Quarry
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera), Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris), Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum), Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) and a White-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lucorum)
White-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lucorum)
And another view of it.
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus), Long Hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta), Hornet Hoverfly (Volucella zonaria), Thick-legged hoverfly (Syritta pipiens)
My first Hornet Hoverfly (Volucella zonaria) of the year.
A brute of a hoverfly
There are so many Marmalade hoverflies out now.
Thick-legged Hoverfly (Syritta pipiens)
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Possibly a macquartia sp.
A macquartia sp. possibly!!
Another shot of it
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis), a 2nd Instar Common Green Shieldbug (Palomena prasina) and a miridae sp.
A miridae sp on my backpack
On the far right is a 2nd Instar Common Green Shieldbug (Palomena prasina)
Crickets and Grasshoppers Recorded:
Great Green Bush Cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) and Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera)
Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera)
And another Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera)
White-lipped Banded Snail (Cepaea hortensis), Brown-lipped Banded Snail (Cepaea nemoralis) Garden Snail (Cornu aspersa) and Black Slug (Arion ater)
Plants Photographed Today:
Hedge Woundwort (Stachys sylvatica), Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis), St John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum) and Wild Marjoram (Origanum vulgare)
This is Hedge Woundwort (Stachys sylvatica)
It looks almost like a Snapdragon.
Pyramidal Orchids (Anacamptis pyramidalis)
Wild Marjoram (Origanum vulgare)
A quick look to see where I am and then he was off again.