Today was a mixture of sunshine and showers, so it was a day in the garden catching up on outstanding jobs.
Main highlight was a Rose Chafer on one of the two bananas I placed on the wall, to entice the butterflies. So that was a bit of a surprise. The only other highlight was a fly-by Painted Lady.
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Magpie
Carrion Crow
House Sparrow
Goldfinch
If I have this correct. On the left is an adult Goldfinch moulting and on the right a juvenile.
Reptiles Recorded:
Slow-worm
Amphibians Recorded:
Palmate Newt
In the smaller garden pond a Palmate Newt came up for air.
Butterflies Recorded:
2 Large White
1 Painted Lady
Moths Recorded:
Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana)
White-shouldered House Moth (Endrosis sarcitrella)
Light Brown Apple Moth
A White-shouldered House Moth (Endrosis sarcitrella). Thank you to my good friend Ed Wilson for the ID.
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
A male Red-tailed Bumblebee
And another male Red-tailed Bumblebee
A Common Carder
Another Common Carder
Hoverflies Recorded:
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
hoverfly sp.
hoverfly sp.
A Marmalade Hoverfly
A Common Dronefly
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
fly sp.
A fly sp.
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
Rose Chafer (Cetonia aurata)
Tawny Cockroach (Ectobius pallidus)
A Rose Chafer on a Banana I left out for the butterflies.
And a Tawny Cockroach
Garden Snail (Cornu aspersa)
A Garden Snail having a good chomp on one of my Gladiolus.
Dwarf Sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
A Dwarf Sunflower
One of those "butter wouldn't melt" moments.