Another very cold and sunny day, with overnight temperatures dropping to 3.2°C in the back garden. In a few sheltered spots, like in the grounds of St Andrew's Church, there was evidence of a frost plus ice.
The only highlight today was a juvenile Wall Lizard in the grounds of St Andrew's Church, which when the sun was out, was probably one of the warmest locations on the island, despite the overnight frost and ice here.
I'm not sure why, but there was no sign of the Firecrest, Goldcrest and Chiffchaff in Pennsylvania Castle Woods, and the beach is still void of Rock Pipits, though today, the Grey Wagtail which was here yesterday has been replaced by two Pied Wagtails.
There were a few more bees and hoverflies on the wing today, especially around the flowering Hebes.
Mammals Recorded:
Grey Squirrel
Brown Rat
Birds Recorded:
Gannet
Cormorant
2 Oystercatcher
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Wood Pigeon
2 Pied Wagtail
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
Long-tailed Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
A Blue Tit
1 Wall Lizard
A juvenile Wall Lizard ventures out into the sun.
But where to go!!
Seems its found a good spot
2 Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
3 Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
These flowering Hebes are certainly what the bees are glad to see. This is a Honey Bee and this.....
..........is a Buff-tailed Bumblebee
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
hoverfly sp.
And it wasn't just the bees out, but also this Marmalade Hoverfly,....
............Common Dronefly and..................
.............this small black and white hoverfly which I need to ID.
Kelp Fly (Coelopa frigida)
General Shots:
Ground frost in the grounds of St Andrew's Church where there was also.....
............this slither of ice I came across in the recess of a fallen gravestone.
Ted:
Ted waiting patiently for me to hurry up.