Well I dont know how it came to be, but Dawn, David and me all went down with some sort of virus, which saw our temperatures rise from 36.5°C to over 38°C, and along with it sore throats and coughs. Fortunately not covid, so just something that is going around. Not nice though.
So it was just a short walk today and yep around the meadow again.
Having seen a couple of Marbled Whites here a couple of days ago, I had expected to see more today. In fact it was the complete opposite with just one seen. It does make you wonder whether the Emperor Dragonfly that's been about has been snapping them up.
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Dunnock
Blackbird
1 Blackcap
Great Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
Butterflies Recorded:
Large White
Speckled Wood
Meadow Brown
1 Marbled White
3 Common Blue
Meadow Brown
Marbled White
A very worn Common Blue
#1 - Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella)
#2 - Thistle Ermine (Myelois circumvoluta)
#3 - Gelechiidae moth sp.
#1 - Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella)
#1 - And another Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella)
#2 - Thistle Ermine (Myelois circumvoluta)
#3 - Gelechiidae moth sp.
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
bee sp.
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
bee sp.
Ichneumon sp.
Ichneumon sp.
#1 - Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
#2 - Mimic Bee Hoverfly (Volucella bombylans)
#3 - cheilosia sp.
#1 - Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
#2 - Mimic Bee Hoverfly (Volucella bombylans)
#3 - cheilosia sp.
#3 - cheilosia sp.
#3 - cheilosia sp.
1 Thick-headed Fly (Sicus ferrugineus)
Tiger Cranefly (Nephrotoma flavescens)
Tiger Cranefly (Nephrotoma flavescens)
Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
miridae sp.
Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
miridae sp.
Common Green Grasshopper (Omocestus viridulus)
Common Green Grasshopper (Omocestus viridulus)
Ted:
Lets play spot the dog!!