11 Sep 21

Lower Horse Paddock

As I only had an hour to spare this afternoon, I decided to spend it in the horse paddock. And it turned out to be a good hour with some good migrants seen which included 5 Wheatears, 1 Whinchat, 2 Spotted Flycatchers, 2 Willow Warblers, 2 fly-by Yellow Wagtails, 6 Swallows and 2 House Martin.

Birds Recorded:
Kestrel
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
1 Collared Dove
2 House Martin
6 Swallow
2 Yellow Wagtail
Dunnock
Robin
1 Whinchat
5 Wheatear
Blackbird
2 Willow Warbler
2 Spotted Flycatcher
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Raven
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch


Wheatear







Wheatear

Wheatear


Wheatears


Small Copse
Alongside the Lower Horse paddock is this treeline.

The treeline is made up of  Sycamore and Cyprus trees, much to the liking of 2 Willow Warblers and 2 Spotted Flycatchers

Willow Warbler

One of the two Willow Warblers in the paddock area.

And both singing as well.


Spotted Flycatcher #1







I'm just wondering whether this orange "insect" left over by the Spotted Flycatcher, could..........

..........be the remains of the hoverfly Hornet Plumehorn (Volucella zonaria)

Spotted Flycatcher #1

And Spotted Flycatcher #1 feeding on airborne insects around the Sycamore


Spotted Flycatcher#2



And the second Spotted Flycatcher a little further up the treeline


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

A pristine looking Speckled Wood

And a pair of Small Coppers mating


Bees Recorded:
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)


Hoverflies Recorded:
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)

A Dead Head Hoverfly


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

fly sp


Spiders Recorded:
Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus)

Two Garden Spiders

Garden Spider#1 - Dark form

Garden Spider#2 Light brown form


Ted

It's always a good idea to have a lead on, especially with several horses in the paddock. Not that Ted minded as it was a pretty long lead and he still managed a good walk.