A really sunny and for a change, a warm day, despite the strong westerly.
There were a some good highlights in the back garden this afternoon, though it was a mystery as to why there weren't any butterflies seen. A lone Swift overhead, a Lesser Whitethroat singing and a Kestrel low over the garden were good to see and hear.
Birds Recorded:
1 Kestrel
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
1 Swift
Dunnock
Blackbird
1 Lesser Whitethroat
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
The female Great Tit is still sat on her nest in the Pizza Oven.
2 Slow-worms
Amphibians Recorded:
Palmate Newt
tadpoles sp.
Dragonflies and Damselflies Recorded:
Azure Damselfly
Blue-tailed Damselfly
Butterflies Recorded:
None!!
Moths Recorded:
Common Nettle-tap (Anthophila fabriciana)
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
Hoverflies Recorded:
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Amphibians Recorded:
Palmate Newt
tadpoles sp.
Dragonflies and Damselflies Recorded:
Azure Damselfly
Blue-tailed Damselfly
Butterflies Recorded:
None!!
Moths Recorded:
Common Nettle-tap (Anthophila fabriciana)
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
Hoverflies Recorded:
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
A Marmalade Hoverfly in flight.
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Semaphore Fly (Poecilobothrus nobilitatus)
A male Semaphore Fly
And a female Semaphore Fly
Common Green Shieldbug (Palomena prasina)
Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
Rosemary Beetle (Chrysolina americana)
Common Green Shieldbug (Palomena prasina)
Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
Rosemary Beetle (Chrysolina americana)
Crickets and Grasshoppers Recorded:
grasshopper sp. (seen but not photographed)
Ted:
Yes I'm watching you too Ted!!