Exactly like last week 18 Aug 21 I had another opportunity to walk to the North Screen from Goldcroft Avenue Here. Though today's walk was a bit shorter this time, and instead of 50 minutes to the Screen and back, I only had 35 minutes.
However it was a good 35 minutes with highlights being a Great White Egret, Little Egret, a Greenshank and a juvenile Marsh Harrier, all seen from the hide.
Birds Recorded:
1 Great White Egret
1 Little Egret
2 Mute Swan
1 Marsh Harrier
Moorhen
1 Greenshank
Black-headed Gull
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Sand Martin
House Martin
Swallow
Meadow Pipit
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
Reed Warbler
Cetti's Warbler
Chiffchaff
Long-tailed Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Magpie
Carrion Crow
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
As I was peering out of the hide, this Little Egret landed in front of me.
A very elegant bird.
Also on the pool was this Greenshank.
Dragonflies and Damselflies Recorded:
1 Southern Hawker
2 Common Darter
1 Blue-tailed Damselfly
Butterflies Recorded:
Large White
Small White
2 Speckled Wood
2 Red Admiral
1 Common Blue
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
White-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lucorum)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
Hoverflies Recorded:
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Tapered Dronefly (Eristalis pertinax)
Plain-faced Dronefly (Eristalis arbustorum)
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
flies sp.
Sawflies Recorded:
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
Common Red Soldier Beetles (Rhagonycha fulva)
Slugs and Snails Recorded:
White-lipped Banded Snail (Cepaea hortensis)
Caterpillars Recorded:
Ted:
1 Blue-tailed Damselfly
If I have got this right, with the markings at the tip of her abdomen, this is a female Southern Hawker.
A male Common Darter. Just two seen here this afternoon.
And a Blue-tailed Damselfly
Large White
Small White
2 Speckled Wood
2 Red Admiral
1 Common Blue
A female Common Blue
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
White-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lucorum)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
Hoverflies Recorded:
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Tapered Dronefly (Eristalis pertinax)
Plain-faced Dronefly (Eristalis arbustorum)
hoverfly sp.
From left to right - Dead Head Hoverfly, hoverfly sp., Plain-faced Dronefly and a Common Dronefly.
This a female Plain-faced Dronefly (Eristalis arbustorum)
flies sp.
Sawflies Recorded:
sawfly sp.
sawfly sp.
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
Common Red Soldier Beetles (Rhagonycha fulva)
Slugs and Snails Recorded:
White-lipped Banded Snail (Cepaea hortensis)
A White-lipped Banded Snail
Caterpillars Recorded:
Ruby Tiger Moth (Phragmatobia fuliginosa)
Ruby Tiger Moth (Phragmatobia fuliginosa)
And another Ruby Tiger Moth (Phragmatobia fuliginosa)
Ted:
Ted having a good stretch of his legs.