Port and Wey: 29 Jun 22

Lynch Cove, Tidmoor Cove and Furzedown Farm

Another trip to the caravan and a nice walk afterwards with Dawn and Ted. It was lovely having Dawn leading the walk, as she spotted a lot of insects, which I'm pretty sure I would have missed.

Main highlight was a Lesser Whitethroat at Tidmoor Cove, plus 2 Chiffchaffs singing.

Key: - (D) spotted by Dawn

Birds Recorded:
1 Sparrowhawk
Black-headed Gull
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Pied Wagtail
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
Song Thrush
1 Lesser Whitethroat
1 Blackcap
2 Chiffchaff
Long-tailed Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch

Nothing exciting it's just a Black-headed Gull in Tidmoor Cove. The only bit of interest is that its the same Black-headed Gull that was here on Monday. A nest close-by maybe!!

Butterflies Recorded:
10+ Small Skipper
3 Large White
1 Speckled Wood
4 Ringlet
8 Meadow Brown
2 Gatekeeper
4 Marbled White
1 Peacock
1 Holly Blue

Small Skipper

A pristine Gatekeeper

And another Gatekeeper, which looks like it had the tips of its wings "bitten" off when its wings were folded up!! (D)

A Marbled White (D)

Peacock (D)

Holly Blue (D)

Moths Recorded:
#1 - Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella)
#2 - moth sp.

#3 - Yellow Shell (Camptogramma bilineata)

#1 - Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella) (D)

#1 - And another Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella)

#2 - moth sp.

#3 - Yellow Shell (Camptogramma bilineata)

Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
Large Meadow Mining Bee (Andrena labialis)

Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) (D)

Large Meadow Mining Bee (Andrena labialis)

Hoverflies Recorded:
Tapered Dronefly (Eristalis pertinax)

Thank you to my good friend Ed Wilson, for pointing out to me that this is a Tapered Dronefly (Eristalis pertinax) and not a Common Dronefly (E. tenax) as I first thought. More on Tapered Droneflies Here and Here.

Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
#1 - Semaphore Fly (Poecilobothrus nobilitatus)

#2 - fly sp

#3 - fly sps

#1 - A male Semaphore Fly (Poecilobothrus nobilitatus)

#1 - A female Semaphore Fly (Poecilobothrus nobilitatus)

#2 - fly sp

#3 - fly sps

Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
7-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata)
Common Red Soldier Beetles (Rhagonycha fulva)
Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)

Rough-Haired Lagria Beetle (Lagria hirta)

Devil's Coach Horse (Ocypus olens)