Port and Wey: 30 May 22

Old Quarry Lane and Wakeham Meadow

Well the weather turned out to be better than forecast and certainly up to 3:00pm it remained dry and sunny, with no sign of any rain. It was certainly a good start to our 5th anniversary, since moving here on this day back in 2017.

No real highlights other than the Common Whitethroat, Blackcap and the Lesser Whitethroat males all singing short bursts of song.

Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Dunnock
1 Common Whitethroat
1 Lesser Whitethroat
1 Blackcap
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch

The male Lesser Whitethroat singing next to Wakeham Meadow

Reptiles Recorded:

Slow-worm

Slow-worm along Old Quarry Lane

Butterflies Recorded:
1 Orange-tip (male)
5 Large White
3 Speckled Wood
7+ Common Blue

Moths Recorded:
#1 - Vetch Piercer (Grapholita jungiella)

#2 - Possibly Epiblema scutulana (Thistle Bell) or Epiblema cirsiana (Knapweed Bell)

Vetch Piercer (Grapholita jungiella)

#2 - Thank you to my good friend Ed Wilson for suggesting that this is either Thistle Bell (Epiblema scutulana) or Knapweed Bell (Epiblema cirsiana). Neither of which I have come across before.

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

Hoverflies Recorded:
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Chequered Hoverfly (Melanostoma scalare)