This is more like it, wall to wall blue sky and sunshine. Despite the temperature only reaching 6.0°C, I came across two bee species and three hoverfly species on the flowering Hebe at the cove and a Red Admiral in Pennsylvania Castle Wood.
On the bird front there were 2 Goldcrests and a Chiffchaff in Pennsylvania Castle Wood, 8 Rock Pipits, 2 Pied Wagtails, 1 Grey Wagtail and a Robin on the beach, whilst out to sea there were dozens of Razorbills & Guillemots fishing just off Church Ope Cove.
Birds Recorded:
Gannet
Cormorant
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Razorbill
Guillemot
Wood Pigeon
8 Rock Pipit
2 Pied Wagtail
1 Grey Wagtail
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
1 Chiffchaff
2 Goldcrest
Long-tailed Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
One of the 8 Rock Pipits feeding on Kelp Flies at the cove.
One of the two Pied Wagtails on the beach
Here it is catching Kelp Flies
Not the best of photos I know, but it's taken me awhile to photograph the Grey Wagtail on the beach
Red Admiral
A Red Admiral in Pennsylvania Castle Wood
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
A Honey Bee at the cove this afternoon
Hoverflies Recorded:
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
hoverfly sp.
A Marmalade Hoverfly.
Two Common Droneflies and a hoverfly sp. on the flowering Hebe at the cove.
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Kelp Fly (Coelopa frigida)
Mahonia sp.
Ted:
Ted looking a lot cleaner and whiter than a couple of days ago, when..................
......................he looked like this!!
Ships Today:
This is the British Tug "Duchess" towing a "rig" from Liverpool to Southampton. More on this vessel Here.