After a very busy day, it was an evening walk for me and Ted. Even at 7:0pm it was still fairly mild, well at least in the sheltered spots, however if you were walking into that north-westerly breeze, it certainly had a bit of a bite to it.
As the sun was setting, so quite a few micro moths started to appear. Unfortunately trying to follow them and seeing where they landed proved to be quite challenging. In a few sunny spots I came across a Painted Lady, a few hoverflies and several bees.
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Stock Dove
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Magpie
Carrion Crow
House Sparrow
Linnet
Goldfinch
Butterflies Recorded:
1 Large White
1 Painted Lady
1 Common Blue
A Painted Lady absorbing the last rays of sunshine this evening.
Just the one male Common Blue in the meadow.
And again with its wings closed.
Silver Y (Autographa gamma)
Common Grass-veneer (Agriphila tristella)
Several micro-moth sps.
Along with several micro-moths and Silver Y, I also came across a few Common Grass-veneers.
Bees Recorded:
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
A Buff-tailed Bumblebee
A pale looking male Red-tailed Bumblebee
And a Common Carder
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
There weren't too many hoverflies about, but where there was a bit of evening sun.........
.........there were a few Common Droneflies about.
Yellow Dung Fly (Scathophaga stercoraria)
Whoops I over-flashed this Yellow Dung Fly just a tad. I should have used a diffuser.
Ted:
