Our walk this morning was a little later than it has been for the past few days. So instead of an extended walk, Ted and I kept to the short walk with plenty of shade, rest stops and water of course.
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Dunnock
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
House Sparrow
Linnet
Goldfinch
Butterflies Recorded:
Small Skipper
Large White
Small White
Green-veined White
Speckled Wood
Ringlet
Meadow Brown
Gatekeeper
Marbled White
Common Blue
Chalk Hill Blue
Moths Recorded:
Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella)
Six-Spot Burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae)
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
White-jawed Yellow-face Bee (Hylaeus confusus)
In the centre of the frame is a White-jawed Yellow-face Bee (Hylaeus confusus). I'm not sure what the two flies are behind it.
Hoverflies Recorded:
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)Superb Ant-hill Hoverfly (Xanthogramma pedissequum)
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Lesser Golden Knapweed Fly (Chaetorellia jaceae)Red Spotted Parasite Fly (Eriothrix rufomaculata)
Crickets and Grasshoppers Recorded:
Common Green Grasshopper (Omocestus viridulus)
Ted:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Dunnock
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
House Sparrow
Linnet
Goldfinch
Butterflies Recorded:
Small Skipper
Large White
Small White
Green-veined White
Speckled Wood
Ringlet
Meadow Brown
Gatekeeper
Marbled White
Common Blue
Chalk Hill Blue
A female Common Blue
And a male Common Blue
Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella)
Six-Spot Burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae)
Six-Spot Burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae)
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
White-jawed Yellow-face Bee (Hylaeus confusus)
A Honey Bee on Knapweed
Ichneumon Wasps Recorded:
#1 - Ichneumon sp.
#1 - Ichneumon sp.
#2 - Ichneumon sp.
#3 - Ichneumon sps.
#1 - Ichneumon sp.
#2 - Ichneumon sp.
#3 - Ichneumon sps.
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Superb Ant-hill Hoverfly (Xanthogramma pedissequum)
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Lesser Golden Knapweed Fly (Chaetorellia jaceae)
A Red Spotted Parasite Fly (Eriothrix rufomaculata)
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
Common Red Soldier Beetles (Rhagonycha fulva)
Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
miridae sp.
Common Red Soldier Beetles (Rhagonycha fulva)
Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
miridae sp.
A male Swollen-thighed Beetle
A miridae sp. with an Ichneumon sp. behind it.
Common Green Grasshopper (Omocestus viridulus)
A Common Green Grasshopper (Omocestus viridulus)
One of Ted's favourite trees................
.............where he can get a bit of shade.
Alternatively there is always a nice cool spot for a rest break along one of the tracks.
And there's always a drink when he wants one.