With the Jubilee Celebrations on today in the street, it was just a short walk again across the road to the Meadows. Its a shame to think that in all probability, there will 33 homes on a ground that wasn't ear-marked for development. Hmm
Main highlight today was coming across my first Meadow Brown of the year, which gave me the slip. So unfortunately no photograph.
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
1 Lesser Whitethroat
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
"Jenny" Wren
3 Large White
4 Speckled Wood
1 Meadow Brown
1 Painted Lady
Speckled Wood
Painted Lady
Silver Y (Autographa gamma)
Vetch Piercer (Grapholita jungiella)
A Vetch Piercer (Grapholita jungiella)
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
Early Bumblebee (Bombus pratorum)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
Early Bumblebee (Bombus pratorum)
12+ Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Plain-faced Dronefly (Eristalis arbustorum)
Barred Anthill Hoverfly (Xanthogramma citrofasciatum)
hoverfly sp.
hoverfly sp.
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
And another Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Plain-faced Dronefly (Eristalis arbustorum)
Barred Anthill Hoverfly (Xanthogramma citrofasciatum)
hoverfly sp.
Thick-headed Fly (Sicus ferrugineus)
A Thick-headed Fly (Sicus ferrugineus) on a Knapweed flower
Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
Lesser Thick-legged Flower Beetle (Ischnomera cyanea)
A male Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
spiders sp.
A male spider sp.!!
And the presumed female spider sp. carrying an egg sac.
Dog Rose (Rosa canina)
Dog Rose (Rosa canina)
General Shots:
The Queens Jubilee Street Party in Wakeham
Ted in the long grass again