With the forecast of rain late morning, I had hoped my mid-morning walk would be just right to avoid it. Unfortunately not and after just 20 minutes the rain began to fall.
At least I managed to get to the meadow, but to be honest there wasn't much about as the weather started to close in.
There were a few highlights with a single Slow-worm close to the meadow, a few Chalk Hill Blues about and several Scarce Orange Legionnaire Flies, which are now on the grass seeds as opposed to the umbellifers they have been on. Oh and not for the first time, I came across a Semaphore Fly which was nowhere near water.
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Dunnock
Blackbird
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Magpie
House Sparrow
Goldfinch
Reptiles Recorded:
Slow-worm
Butterflies Recorded:
Large White
Small White
Meadow Brown
Gatekeeper
Red Admiral
Common Blue
Chalk Hill Blue
Gatekeeper
Chalk Hill Blue
Yellow-spot Tortrix (Pseudargyrotoza conwagana)
Yellow-spot Tortrix (Pseudargyrotoza conwagana)
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
A worker Red-tailed Bumblebee
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Long Hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta)
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
White-footed Hoverfly (Platycheirus albimanus)
Hoverfly sp.
Hoverfly sp.
Semaphore Fly (Poecilobothrus nobilitatus)
Scarce Orange Legionnaire (Beris clavipes)
Parasitic Fly (Eriothrix rufomaculata)
Fly sp.
A female Semaphore Fly (Poecilobothrus nobilitatus)
Scarce Orange Legionnaires (Beris clavipes)
Scarce Orange Legionnaires (Beris clavipes)
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
Common Red Soldier Beetles (Rhagonycha fulva)
Along with Common Red Soldier Beetle is a Scarce Orange Legionnaire (Top Right) and a fly sp.
Pale Flax (Linum bienne)
A Pale Flax (Linum bienne)
Ted doesn't need to be told twice that we are going home because its raining. He's off!!!!!