I can't believe it was 46 years ago today, that I joined the Royal Air Force as an Air Photography Operator and then progressing to a NVQ Assessor. Overall it was a pretty good career, spanning 30 years, plus a further 3 years as a Reservist. How time flies.
Sadly no walk today, as I was needed at home, but at least I managed a bit of gardening and of course keeping an eye out for the wildlife around me.
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
1 Stock Dove
1 Wood Pigeon
2 Collared Dove
2 Dunnock
1 Robin
1 Blackbird
2 Great Tit
1 Blue Tit
2 Magpie
2 Carrion Crow
1 Jackdaw
5 House Sparrow
2 Linnet
5 Goldfinch
Amphibians Recorded:
4 Frog
Butterflies Recorded:
2 Large White
1 Holly Blue
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Grey-patched Mining Bee (Andrena nitida)
And a short video of it having a brush-up
Hoverflies Recorded:
Spring Epistrophe (Epistrophe eligans)
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
Spiders Recorded:
Copper Sun-jumper (Heliophanus cupreus)
General Shots:
The view down the back garden with the "bath" pond in the foreground and Dawn's Volkswagen Beetle Muriel on the garden shed at the far end of the garden.
Ted:
Anyone would think he's been a naughty boy. Far from it, he's just waiting patiently for me to open the gate for the back garden.
1 Wood Pigeon
2 Collared Dove
2 Dunnock
1 Robin
1 Blackbird
2 Great Tit
1 Blue Tit
2 Magpie
2 Carrion Crow
1 Jackdaw
5 House Sparrow
2 Linnet
5 Goldfinch
A pair of Collared Doves keeping a wary eye on me and Ted, as they feed on the fallen Nyjer Seeds.
A Dunnock just taking off.
A male Linnet in the neighbours Sycamore Tree.
And two Goldfinches on the Nyjer Feeders.
Amphibians Recorded:
4 Frog
Lots of Frogs in the small pond
And another..........
............two more. The larger "bath" pond doesn't appear to have Frogs in it, but Palmate Newts and Toads.
2 Large White
1 Holly Blue
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Grey-patched Mining Bee (Andrena nitida)
Ashy Mining Bee (Andrena cineraria)
A Grey-patched Mining Bee (Andrena nitida)
And an Ashy Mining Bee (Andrena cineraria)
And a short video of it having a brush-up
Hoverflies Recorded:
Spring Epistrophe (Epistrophe eligans)
And a not particular good photo of a Spring Epistrophe hoverfly
Cinnamon Bug (Corizus hyoscyami)
Rosemary Beetle (Chrysolina americana)
A Cinnamon Bug - Corizus hyoscyami
And another view of it.
A Rosemary Beetle, which in this case is on a Lavender and not on the Rosemary just 2 metres away.
Copper Sun-jumper (Heliophanus cupreus)
A Copper Sun-jumper (Heliophanus cupreus)
And another slightly out of focus shot of it again.
And the original pond which I made out of an old Tractor tyre.
Ted:
