Port and Wey: 25 Mar 22

Penns Wood, St Andrew's Church, Church Ope Cove, Church Ope Cove Wood, Penn's Weare, Penn's Copse, Rufus Castle and Bumpers Lane

It was definitely warmer today, especially as that easterly wind has now moved around to the south-east.

Main highlight was a Chiffchaff singing at the bottom of Penns Wood. Other highlights were my first Large White, 4 Small Whites and a Dock Bug for the year.

Mammals Recorded:
Bunny

Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
1 Chiffchaff (singing)
Long-tailed Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch

Reptiles Recorded:
Wall Lizards

Butterflies Recorded:
1 Large White
4 Small White
2 Comma

One of the 2 Commas seen this afternoon.

And the second one.

Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
Early Bumblebee (Bombus pratorum)
Hairy-footed Flower Bee (Anthophora plumipes)

One of many Honey Bees seen....

..........on the Alexanders.

Wasps Recorded:
3 Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)

A Common Wasp.

And another on the Alexanders.

Hoverflies Recorded:
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Plain-faced Dronefly (Eristalis arbustorum)
Chequered Hoverfly (Melanostoma scalare)
Hairy-eyed Flower Fly (Syrphus torvus)

hoverfly sp.

Marmalade Hoverfly

Plain-faced Dronefly

Hairy-eyed Flower Fly

I'm not sure which species of Hoverfly this is. One to ID later

Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
Dock Bug (Coreus marginatus)
Common Green Shieldbug (Palomena prasina)

My first Dock Bug of the year.

And my first "green" Common Green Shieldbug of the year. All the previous ones this year were in the process of changing from their brown Winter colours to their green Summer colours.

Spiders Recorded:

Nursery Web Spider (Pisaura mirabilis)