Well the weather started off dry and sunny, but just like yesterday, the clouds rolled in again with rain following later. It was a bit like Groundhog Day!!!
I was hoping to find a few "blue" butterflies, but as the sun disappeared any hopes of finding anything different than Common Blues went out the window.
However it wasn't all gloom and doom, and there were other butterflies on the wing with 1 Large Skipper, 4 Large White, 3 Wall Brown, 8 Painted Lady and 4 Small Tortoiseshell
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Wood Pigeon
1 Swallow
1 Pied Wagtail
Dunnock
2 Common Whitethroat
1 Blackcap
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
8 Greenfinch
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Wood Pigeon
1 Swallow
1 Pied Wagtail
Dunnock
2 Common Whitethroat
1 Blackcap
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
8 Greenfinch
Tout Quarry is a much loved place by the Jackdaws. Lots of food on the slopes.
A Goldfinch by the car park.
Butterflies Recorded:
1 Large Skipper
Bees Recorded:
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Hoverflies Recorded:
1 Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
1 Dock Bug (Coreus marginatus)
1 Bloody-nosed Beetle (Timarcha tenebricosa)
Spiders Recorded:
Crab Spider sp.
Plants:
Ted:
Ships Today:
1 Large Skipper
4 Large White
3 Wall Brown
8 Painted Lady
4 Small Tortoiseshell
8 Common Blue
3 Wall Brown
8 Painted Lady
4 Small Tortoiseshell
8 Common Blue
A slightly worn Large White
It was a good day for Painted Lady's........
............I counted at least 8.
And there were also a few Small Tortoiseshells about. This one is on a Valerian.
And if they weren't on the flowers they were basking in.............
..............in the sun. Well what was remaining of it.
And a couple of photos of...........
...........Common Blues.
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
A Buff-tailed Bumblebee
Hoverflies Recorded:
1 Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
And a lone Common Dronefly
1 Dock Bug (Coreus marginatus)
1 Bloody-nosed Beetle (Timarcha tenebricosa)
A Dock Bug
And a Bloody-nosed Beetle
Spiders Recorded:
Crab Spider sp.
A Crab Spider sp.
White Valerian (Centranthus ruber alba)
Red Valerian (Centranthus ruber)
#1 flower sp.
White and Red Valerian
#1 flower sp.
#1 flower sp. Maybe a speedwell or a Fairy Flax. One to ID later.
General Shots:
There was quite a swell today and there was a fair bit of "scum" on the surface.
The swell saw a few surfers trying their luck in Chesil Cove.
Ted on his way up a slope.
Ted and The Roy Dog.
The Roy Dog
This is the British F82 Frigate "HMS Somerset" just off Chesil Beach. More on this vessel Here.