9 Aug 21

Wakeham

Best-laid plans and all that. The walk I was going on today, turned out to be a huge amount of effort tidying up the garden. I only went out to the feeders to top them up and realised the garden was very much neglected.

So as per norm, when I'm in the garden, it was a case of working away and taking a few breaks to see what was about.

Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon,
Collared Dove
Dunnock
2 Chiffchaff
Magpie
Carrion Crow
House Sparrow
Goldfinch


Reptiles Recorded:
Slow-worm

Today there were 2 adult Slow-worms under the corrugated sheet.

Butterflies Recorded:
1 Large White
1 Small White


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

One of many Honey Bees on the Lavender

This very pale looking bee is I suspect a male Buff-tailed Bumblebee

Here is another view of it.

This bee is a Common Carder Bumblebee

Ichneumon Wasps Recorded:
Ichneumon sp

Ichneumon sp

Hoverflies Recorded:
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)


Slugs and Snails Recorded:
White-lipped Banded Snail (Cepaea hortensis)
Garden Snail (Cornu aspersa)

There were a few White-lipped Banded Snails in the garden, but not as many as........

..........the Garden Snails. There must have been a good 20 or so that I came across. Goodness knows how many others there were. I amazed anything grows in our garden

Ants and Aphids Recorded:
Small Black Ant (Lasius niger)

Black Bean Aphids (Aphis fable)

On one of my plants in the garden these Small Black Ants are collecting honeydew from these Black Bean aphids. More on this Here

Pond Photos:

I was intrigued by the fact that there wasn't any Duckweed (Lemna minor) in the original pond until.........

............I introduced it to the new "Bath" pond here. Its not taken long, but I suspect the birds which have been drinking and bathing in this the new pond have transferred the Duckweed to the old pond. More on this plant Here.

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On this day..........

2020

Today's Sightings Here

2019
Today's Sightings Here

2018
Today's Sightings Here.

2017
Today' Sightings Here.