20 Jun 22

Wakeham

Not a good day, so it was just a few minutes spent in the back garden. Main highlights were a fly-by Hummingbird Hawk-moth, a male Blue-tailed Damselfly and miridae sp.

Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
Great Tit
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
House Sparrow
Linnet
Goldfinch

A juvenile Blackbird

Reptiles Recorded:

1 Slow-worm


Amphibians Recorded:
Frog
tadpole sp.

There are fewer tadpoles now, but I'm still none the wiser as to what they will become.

Dragonflies and Damselflies Recorded:
Blue-tailed Damselfly

I came across a Blue-tailed Damselfly flying around the pond. sadly no photo, but I did come across this "exuviae", which is the remains of the larval skin when a damselfly emerges as an adult.

Butterflies Recorded:
Large White
Red Admiral


Moths Recorded:
Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum)


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

Hoverflies Recorded:
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)


Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
miridae sp.

miridae sp.

miridae sp.

Plants:
Cherry

The Cherries are really ripening now. Bird fodder.