10 Jul 22

Old Quarry Lane and Wakeham Meadow

It was another scorcher of a day, so it was a short walk with plenty of shade for Ted down Old Quarry Lane and around the meadow.

What was seen was very much like yesterday with dozens of Marbled Whites, Ringlets and Six-spot Burnet moths.

New for the day though was a Lime-speck Pug (Eupithecia centaureata) and micro moth sp.


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


Butterflies Recorded:
1 Small Skipper
5 Large White
1 Green-veined White
12+ Ringlet
8+ Meadow Brown
8+ Gatekeeper
12+ Marbled White
3 Common Blue

Small Skipper

Green-veined White

A recently emerged Ringlet

A Meadow Brown with one white dot in the black spot

And a Gatekeeper with two white dots in the black spot. Though very occasionally Meadow Browns can a have an additional second but very feint white dot,

A Marbled White

And a pair of Marbled Whites mating

A Common Blue

And a pair of Common Blues mating.

Moths Recorded:

#1 - 12+ Six-Spot Burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae)

#2 - #2 - Lime-speck Pug (Eupithecia centaureata)

#3 - 10+ Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella)

#4 - Elbow-stripe Grass-veneer (Agriphila geniculea)

#5 - moth sp.

#1 - Six-Spot Burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae)

#1 - And another Six-Spot Burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae)

#2 - Lime-speck Pug (Eupithecia centaureata)

#3 - Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella)

#4 - Elbow-stripe Grass-veneer (Agriphila geniculea)

#5 - moth sp.

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

bee sp.

Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)

Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)

Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) - worker

Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) - male

bee sp.

Ichneumon Wasps Recorded:
#1 - Ichneumon sp.

#2 - Ichneumon sp.

#1 - Ichneumon sp.

#2 - Ichneumon sp. with a Common Red Soldier Beetle (Rhagonycha fulva) behind it

Hoverflies Recorded:
20+ Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
1 The Footballer (Helophilus pendulus)
1 Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
1 Long Hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta)
1 Bumblebee Plumehorn (Volucella plumata)

1 Shiny-backed Melangyna (Melangyna umbellatarum)

The Footballer (Helophilus pendulus)

Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)

A Shiny-backed Melangyna (Melangyna umbellatarum). A new hoverfly for my Portland List. More on this hoverfly here.

Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Broad Centurian (Chloromyia formosa)

1 Thick-headed Fly (Sicus ferrugineus)

A female Broad Centurian (Chloromyia formosa) and..........

.........another view of it.

And another female Broad Centurian.

Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
Common Red Soldier Beetles (Rhagonycha fulva)
Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
miridae sp.

A male Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)

And a female Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)

miridae sp.

Crickets and Grasshoppers Recorded:
Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus)

Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus)

Lacewings and Scorpionflies Recorded:
lacewing sp.

A lacewing sp. surrounded by pollen beetles

Plants:

Roses sp

Roses sp

General Shots:

A very parched looking meadow

Ted:

Definitely one of Ted's favourite walks with plenty of shade along it.