Port and Wey: 10 Sep 21

Lower Horse Paddock, Broadcroft Quarry Lane, Broadcroft Butterfly Reserve and Higher Horse Paddock.

After sorting out the moths in the trap this morning, it was off for a walk with Ted to see what was about in the horse paddocks and reserve. To be honest there wasn't that much about, with just 3 Willow Warblers, 2 Yellow Wagtails, 1 Grey Wagtail and 4 Swallows.

Mammals Recorded:
Bunny

Birds Recorded:
Kestrel
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
4 Swallow
1 Grey Wagtail
2 Yellow Wagtail
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
3 Willow Warbler
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch

Butterflies Recorded:
Large White
Small White
2 Speckled Wood
1 Meadow Brown
2 Red Admiral

Speckled Wood

Moths Recorded:
1 Common Nettle-tap (Anthophila fabriciana)

Common Nettle-tap

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

Bumblebee sp.

Bumblebee sp.

As above - Bumblebee sp.

Same as the above two - Bumblebee sp.

Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)

Wasps Recorded:
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
wasp sp.

Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)

wasp sp.

Common Wasp (left) and wasp sp.

Hoverflies Recorded:
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)

Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Chequered Hoverfly (Melanostoma scalare)
Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)

Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)

And another Marmalade Hoverfly

Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)

Chequered Hoverfly (Melanostoma scalare)

Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)

Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
fly sp.

fly sp.

Spiders Recorded:
Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus)

Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus)

Plants:
Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris)

groundsel!!

Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris)

Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris)

Not a Common Ragwort, but possibly one of the groundsels.

A close-up of the flower head. One to ID later

Ted:

The many sides.......

............of Ted and......

........front.

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Wakeham

So this morning, while I was waiting for the sun to come up, I went through the trappings from last night, to see what moths had hidden away in the egg boxes. Considering the moth trap was only on for 90 minutes I reckon 17 moths wasn't too bad, though I did lose 2 as I was bring the trap into the conservatory.

So what did I have:-

Moth 1 - Noctua pronuba, Large Yellow Underwing

Moth 2 - Triodia sylvina, Orange Swift

Moth 3 - Lacanobia oleracea, Bright-line Brown-eye

Moth 4 - Hoplodrina ambigua, Vine's Rustic

Moth 5 - Autographa gamma, Silver Y

Moth 6a - Gymnoscelis rufifasciata, Double-striped Pug

Moth 6b - Gymnoscelis rufifasciata, Double-striped Pug.

Moth 6c - Gymnoscelis rufifasciata, Double-striped Pug

Moth 6b - Gymnoscelis rufifasciata, Double-striped Pug

Moth 7 - Acasis viretata, Yellow-barred Brindle

Moth 8 - Luperina testacea, Flounced Rustic

Moth 9 - Lesser / Common Rustic agg.