Port and Wey: 7 Jun 22

Out and About

It was yet another trip back to Bodenham today for Dawn's appointment with her surgeon, who wanted to have a look at her other shoulder to see what needs doing for her next key-hole op. The appointment was for 40 minutes, so instead of walking down to the River Avon I drove there, so that Ted and I could have a walk along the river bank.

Ninety minutes later and Dawn rang to say she had finished. Needless to say, Ted and I had a pretty good walk.

Main highlights were 2 Cuckoos interacting and a Nightingale singing downstream from where I had parked.

The journey to Bodenham was pretty good as well, with 2 Corn Buntings and a Yellowhammer singing from the hedges near Throop and a Red Kite just south of Salisbury.

Mammals Recorded:
Water Vole

Birds Recorded around River Avon:
2 + 2 cygnets Mute Swan
2 Gadwall
Pheasant
Moorhen
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
2 Cuckoo
1 Green Woodpecker

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
2 Swallow
1 Grey Wagtail
Dunnock
1 Nightingale
Robin
Blackbird
Song Thrush
Reed Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Cetti's Warbler
Garden Warbler
Blackcap
Chiffchaff
Goldcrest
Long-tailed Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Nuthatch
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Bullfinch

One of the adult Mute Swans with one cygnet alongside

The other adult was head down in the river with the second cygnet having a ride.

One of the swans had this orange ring "C2P" on its left leg. On the...........

..............other leg was a metal ring WH17258. I shall investigate further.

Now this Cuckoo was cook-cooing

And so was this one in the next tree.

Cuckoo

A Chiffchaff with its rendition of "chiff chaff, chiff chaff"

Dragonflies and Damselflies Recorded:

Large Red Damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula)

Banded Demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens)

Large Red Damselfly

Banded Demoiselle

Butterflies Recorded:
None. Most odd!!!

Moths Recorded:
Common Nettle-tap (Anthophila fabriciana)
Six-Spot Burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae)
Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata)

Common Nettle-tap (Anthophila fabriciana)

Six-Spot Burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae)

Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata)

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

Hoverflies Recorded:
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
The Footballer (Helophilus pendulus)

Pellucid Hoverfly (Volucella pellucens)

A mating pair of Helophilus pendulus (The Footballer)

A partial view of a Pellucid Hoverfly

Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:

Green Drake Mayfly (Ephemera danica)

Robber fly sp.

This is a Green Drake Mayfly. More on this mayfly Here.

This is a Green Drake Mayfly

Robber fly sp.

Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
7-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata)
Dock Bug (Coreus marginatus)
Garden Chafer (Phyllopertha horticola)
Common Nettle Bug (Liocoris tripustulatus)