Port and Wey: 16 Apr 22

The Grove and Fancy's Farm

It wasn't my intention to walk to Fancy's Farm and back to the Grove, but as I was at the top end of the island I thought I would have a look and see what was about..

Main highlights on another very sunny day were 2 Chiffchaffs and a Willow Warbler feeding in amongst the Alexanders.

It wasn't just the birds in and around the Alexanders, but many bees, wasps, hoverflies and flies, including my first Plain-faced Dronefly of the year.

Just the one butterfly seen, a Speckled Wood.

Birds Recorded:
1 Buzzard
1 Kestrel
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
1 Pied Wagtail
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
2 Chiffchaff
1 Willow Warbler
Long-tailed Tit
Great Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
Greenfinch

Its not often I can photograph Buzzards from above, but when you are on a cliff looking down, there's always a chance to do so.

Not on this occasion though, as a Kestrel hovers above me.

A Dunnock

Butterflies Recorded:
1 Speckled Wood

Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)

Grey-patched Mining Bee (Andrena nitida)

Yellow-legged Mining Bee (Andrena flavipe)

Chocolate Mining Bee (Andrena scotica)

Ashy Mining Bee (Andrena cineraria) seen but not photographed.

A Honey Bee

And a Buff-tailed Bumblebee

Grey-patched Mining Bee

Yellow-legged Mining Bee

Chocolate Mining Bee

Wasps Recorded:
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)

Hoverflies Recorded:
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Chequered Hoverfly (Melanostoma scalare)
Hairy-eyed Syrphus (Syrphus torvus)

Plain-faced Dronefly (Eristalis arbustorum)

Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)