Mammals Recorded:
7 Bunnies
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull, Wood Pigeon, 1 Swift, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, 2 Common Whitethroat, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, House Sparrow, Chaffinch, Linnet and Goldfinch
Wall Lizard and a possible Common Lizard
Wall Lizards
Wall Lizard
Common Lizard I think
And a close up of its head.
Butterflies Recorded:
Lulworth Skipper, Small Skipper, Large Skipper, Large White, Speckled Wood, Ringlet, Meadow Brown, 2 Gatekeeper, Marbled White, Red Admiral and Common Blue
It was amazing day for Marbled Whites, with dozens seen on my walk.
A male Common Blue
Moths Recorded:
Garden Grass-veneers (Chrysoteuchia culmella) and moth sp.
When I got home this moth was..........
..........fluttering away in the conservatory.
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera), Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris), Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum), Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) and 2 bees sp.
A Red-tailed Bumblebee
And a Buff-tailed Bumblebee
Common Carder
A bee sp.
Ichneumon Wasps Recorded:
2 Ichneumon sp.
Ichneumon sp.
Hoverflies Recorded:
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus), Long Hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta), Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea), Narcissus Bulb Fly (Merodon equestris) and Hornet Mimic Hoverfly (Volucella zonaria)
A male Long Hoverfly
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Broad Centurian (Chloromyia formosa), Thick-headed Fly (Sicus ferrugineus) and several flies sp.
Thick-headed Fly (Sicus ferrugineus)
Broad Centurian
Fly sp.
And another fly sp.
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
Common Red Soldier Beetles (Rhagonycha fulva), 3 Rose Chafer (Cetonia aurata) and Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
Rose Chafer
Crickets and Grasshoppers Recorded:
Dark Bush-cricket nymphs (Pholidoptera griseoaptera)
Spiders Recorded:
A Crab Spider sp.
This Crab Spider has caught a hoverfly.
I'm not sure what species of hoverfly this was, but hopefully I'll be able to ID the spider by its distinct markings.
Plants:
Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis), Biting Stonecrop (Sedum acre), Wild Marjoram (Origanum vulgare) and Common Centaury (Centaurium erythraea)
Ted:
