As yesterday's walk was spoilt by the rain, I decided to re-walk it today. Though it wasn't raining it was pretty overcast and still quite mild.
If I have ID'd them correctly I managed to record two new flies for my Portland List. They were Yellow Bellied Flies (Sciara hemerobioides) and Spectacled Berry Fly (Anomoia purmunda)
I also came across a male Common Mourning Bee (Melecta albifrons). If memory serves me right, this is only the second one I have seen on Portland and this time a male on a Teasel.
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Dunnock
Blackbird
1 Chiffchaff
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Dragonflies and Damselflies Recorded:
Common Darter
Butterflies Recorded:
Large White
Small White
Meadow Brown
Gatekeeper
1 Painted Lady
Moths Recorded:
Garden Grass-veneers (Chrysoteuchia culmella)
Silver Y (Autographa gamma)
I also came across a male Common Mourning Bee (Melecta albifrons). If memory serves me right, this is only the second one I have seen on Portland and this time a male on a Teasel.
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Dunnock
Blackbird
1 Chiffchaff
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Dragonflies and Damselflies Recorded:
Common Darter
A female Common Darter
Large White
Small White
Meadow Brown
Gatekeeper
1 Painted Lady
Gatekeeper
Garden Grass-veneers (Chrysoteuchia culmella)
Silver Y (Autographa gamma)
Silver Y
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Common Mourning Bee (Melecta albifrons)
bee sp
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
A male Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Common Mourning Bee (Melecta albifrons)
Common Mourning Bee (Melecta albifrons)
And a short video of the Common Mourning Bee (Melecta albifrons) on a Teasel
bee sp
bee sp
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Long Hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta)
White-footed Hoverfly (Platycheirus albimanus)
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
The Footballer (Helophilus pendulus)
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
The Footballer (Helophilus pendulus)
A male Long Hoverfly
And another White-footed Hoverfly (Platycheirus albimanus)
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
And another Common Dronefly
The Footballer (Helophilus pendulus)
Yellow Bellied Flies (Sciara hemerobioides)
Spectacled Berry Fly (Anomoia purmunda)
Parasitic fly (Eriothrix rufomaculata)
Tachinidae fly sp.
Tachinidae fly (Phania funesta)
This is a Yellow Bellied Fly (Sciara hemerobioides) and is actually.......
.........a gnat or to be..............
...........more precise a Dark-winged fungus gnat. More on this gnat Here
Spectacled Berry Fly (Anomoia purmunda)
Spectacled Berry Fly (Anomoia purmunda)
Spectacled Berry Fly (Anomoia purmunda)
Spectacled Berry Fly (Anomoia purmunda)
Tachinidae fly (Phania funesta)
Tachinidae fly sp.
Parasitic fly (Eriothrix rufomaculata)
Parasitic fly (Eriothrix rufomaculata)
And another Parasitic fly (Eriothrix rufomaculata)
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
Common Red Soldier Beetles (Rhagonycha fulva)
Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
Common Green Capsid (Lygocoris pabulinus)
Common Red Soldier Beetle (Rhagonycha fulva)
A female Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
To the right of the Parasitic fly is a Common Green Capsid (Lygocoris pabulinus)
Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera)
Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus)
Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera)
Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus)
And another Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus)
White-lipped Banded Snail (Cepaea hortensis)
Garden Snail (Cornu aspersa)
Garden Snail (Cornu aspersa)
Plants:
Honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum)
Honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum)
Red Bartsia (Odontites vernus)
Old Man’s Beard (Clematis vitalba)
I was trying to work out why this Honeysuckle flower was sticking out so far.
When I got up close, I could see that it had wound itself around a grass stem.
This is Red Bartsia (Odontites vernus). More on this plant Here.
Old Man’s Beard (Clematis vitalba). Also known as Travellers’ Joy and Wild Clematis.
I don't think Ted is a big fan of the meadow.
He would rather be running up and down the tracks or.....
........just watching me from a distance