Port and Wey: 22 Aug 21

Old Quarry Lane, Wakeham Meadow, Lower Horse Paddock, Broadcroft Quarry Lane, Broadcroft Pools and Broadcroft Butterfly Reserve

Despite the brisk north-westerly wind blowing across the island, it was actually quite warm. Highlights today were both Chiffchaffs and Willow Warblers seen and heard at various locations along my walk.

There were also quite a few butterflies about including 4 Wall Browns and 3 Painted Lady's

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Mammals Recorded:
3 Bunny's

Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Swallow
Dunnock
Blackbird
Chiffchaff
Willow Warbler
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch

Dragonflies and Damselflies Recorded:
2 Emperor Dragonfly
1 Migrant Hawker

Butterflies Recorded:
Large White
Small White
4 Wall Brown
Speckled Wood
Meadow Brown
Gatekeeper
Red Admiral
3 Painted Lady
1 Holly Blue
Common Blue
Chalk Hill Blue

Gatekeepers

Gatekeeper

A male Chalk Hill Blue

Moths Recorded:

Rush Veneer (Nomophila noctuella)
Yellow-spot Tortrix (Pseudargyrotoza conwagana)

Rush Veneer (Nomophila noctuella)

Yellow-spot Tortrix (Pseudargyrotoza conwagana)

Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)

A Buff-tailed Bumblebee and a Honey Bee

Ichneumon Wasps Recorded:
Ichneumon sp

Ichneumon sp

Gall Wasps Recorded:

Gall Wasp (Dipoloepis rosaea)

This is a Robin's Pincushion on a Dog Rose. It is a gall caused by the larvae of a tiny gall wasp. More on this Here.

Hoverflies Recorded:
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Long Hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta)
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)

Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)

Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)

Another Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)

Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)

Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Four-spot Wingwaver (Herina lugubris)

Fly sp.

A Four-spot Wingwaver on an umbellifer.

Despite the strong wind this Four-spot Wingwaver was attempting to display.

Fly sp.

Crickets and Grasshoppers Recorded:
Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera)
Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus)
Common Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus)