Port and Wey: 2 Sep 21

Radipole RSPB Reserve

It was another visit to the North Screen today and it was lovely to have Dawn joining me and Ted. Dawn has excellent eye-sight and found Peacock Butterfly caterpillars and our largest British hoverfly a Hornet Plumehorn.

Other highlights were a female Marsh Harrier, 5 Gadwall, 2 Reed Warblers, 3 Chiffchaffs and a Shrew.

Mammals Recorded:
Shrew

Honest, that little brown furry thing hunkered down in the grass is a Shrew.

Birds Recorded:
5 Gadwall
Marsh Harrier
Black-headed Gull
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
House Martin
Swallow
Dunnock
Blackbird
2 Reed Warbler
3 Chiffchaff
Long-tailed Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch

This is a Marsh Harrier. A female or juvenile I'm not sure

Dragonflies and Damselflies Recorded:
Migrant Hawker

Butterflies Recorded:
Large White
Small White
Gatekeeper

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

A male Red-tailed Bumblebee

Wasps Recorded:
wasp sp.

Hoverflies Recorded:
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Tapered Dronefly (Eristalis pertinax)
Plain-faced Dronefly (Eristalis arbustorum)
The Footballer (Helophilus pendulus)
Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
Hornet Plumehorn (Volucella zonaria)

A Common Dronefly

And a Tapered Dronefly

A male Pale-faced Dronefly

And a female Pale-faced Dronefly

And well done to Dawn for spotting this Hornet Plumehorn

Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Spotted House Fly (Graphomya maculata)

This is a Spotted House Fly

Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
22-spot Ladybird (Psyllobora 22-punctata)

Its okay I haven't gone mad. To the right of the Spotted House Fly is a 22-spot Ladybird. I hadn't realised it was there until I edited this photo..

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