Old Quarry Lane, Wakeham Meadow, Lower Horse Paddock and Broadcroft Butterfly Reserve
It was pretty windy today, but still quite warm with temperatures reaching 19.0°C. Main highlights were several House Martin/Swallows, 1 Meadow Pipit, 1 Wheatear, 1 Common Whitethroat, 2 Blackcap and 4 Willow Warbler. No Spotted Flycatchers today
Other highlights were a Emperor Dragonfly hawking Wakeham Meadow and around 30+ Red Admirals seen on Buddleia along my walk.
Mammals Recorded:
5 Bunnies
Birds Recorded:
Sparrowhawk
Buzzard
2 Kestrel
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
House Martin
Swallow
1 Meadow Pipit
Dunnock
Robin
1 Wheatear
Blackbird
1 Common Whitethroat
2 Blackcap
4 Willow Warbler
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
1 Raven
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
Mammals Recorded:
5 Bunnies
Birds Recorded:
Sparrowhawk
Buzzard
2 Kestrel
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
House Martin
Swallow
1 Meadow Pipit
Dunnock
Robin
1 Wheatear
Blackbird
1 Common Whitethroat
2 Blackcap
4 Willow Warbler
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
1 Raven
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
This Kestrel was taking time out from hunting over the meadow.
Well it was pretty breezy.
And here it is again hovering above the meadow.
A close up of its tail.
A Meadow Pipit which I almost stood on in the Butterfly Reserve.
And the tree where a Spotted Flycatcher had been for the past two days, is now a "song post" for this Robin
Another lone Wheatear in the horse paddock
3 Slow-worm
Two of the 3 Slow-worms under one of the boards along my walk.
1 Emperor Dragonfly
Butterflies Recorded:
Large White
Small White
Speckled Wood
Meadow Brown
30+ Red Admiral
1 Painted Lady
Common Blue
There were plenty of Speckled Woods about today.
Here's another.
And what a day it was for Red Admiral's, with a good 30+ seen on the Buddleias along my walk.
Just the one Painted Lady seen. And in good condition as well.
10+ Rush Veneer (Nomophila noctuella)
And following the large numbers of Red Admirals seen today, there......
...........were good numbers of Rush Veneers.
There were a good 10 or more in......
...........Wakeham Meadow.
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
A Common Carder Bumblebee
Dipoloepis rosaea
A Robin's Pincushion on a Dog Rose.
And another. It is a gall caused by the larvae of a tiny gall wasp, Dipoloepis rosaea.
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
Hornet Plumehorn (Volucella zonaria)
Hornet Plumehorn (Volucella zonaria)
Common Dronefly
Another slightly lighter coloured Common Dronefly
A Hornet Plumehorn
Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
A female Swollen-thighed Beetle
White-lipped Banded Snail (Cepaea hortensis)
Garden Snail (Cornu aspersa)
Large Red Slug (Arion ater)
Spiders Recorded:
Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus)
Spiders Recorded:
Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus)
It's not clear here as to what this Garden Spider has caught.
The prey turns out to be an unfortunate Speckled Wood butterfly
The final wrap and the spider is off to repair its web.
What scary eyes you have. All the better to see you. Sounds familiar
I failed again, just the four Teds.