Wow what a change in the weather. Once the weather front, which brought in the thunderstorms yesterday, had passed through it was a much fresher feel today. And it was a lot cloudier.
Highlights today were two Common Lizards I came across in the upper Meadow. This is the first time I have come across them before. Even more reason not to build houses at this location.
Highlights today were two Common Lizards I came across in the upper Meadow. This is the first time I have come across them before. Even more reason not to build houses at this location.
With the cooler and slightly darker conditions there were quite a few moths about including a Six-belted Clearwing (Bembecia ichneumoniformis)
Note: Just a few photos tonight. More to be uploaded on Thursday.
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
House Martin
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
House Sparrow
Goldfinch
Reptiles Recorded:
2 Common Lizard
Butterflies Recorded:
Large White
Small White
Ringlet
Meadow Brown
Gatekeeper
Marbled White
Common Blue
Chalk Hill Blue
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
House Martin
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
House Sparrow
Goldfinch
Reptiles Recorded:
2 Common Lizard
Butterflies Recorded:
Large White
Small White
Ringlet
Meadow Brown
Gatekeeper
Marbled White
Common Blue
Chalk Hill Blue
A male Common Blue
Moths Recorded:
Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella)
Six-Spot Burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae)
Six-belted Clearwing (Bembecia ichneumoniformis)
Sycamore Piercer (Pammene aurita)
Six-belted Clearwing (Bembecia ichneumoniformis)
Six-belted Clearwing (Bembecia ichneumoniformis)
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
A Red-tailed Bumblebee
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
Lesser Golden Knapweed Fly (Chaetorellia jaceae)
A Lesser Golden Knapweed Fly (centre) and a fly sp.
Common Red Soldier Beetles (Rhagonycha fulva)
Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
miridae sp.
miridae sp.
4 Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera)
Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus)
Common Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus)
Common Green Grasshopper (Omocestus viridulus)
A Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera) and a spider sp. (right)
4 lacewings sp.
Spiders Recorded:
spider sp.
A spider sp.
harvestman sp.
A harvestman sp.
Empoasca vitis
Empoasca vitis
Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris)
Field Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)
Old Man’s Beard (Clematis vitalba). Also known as Travellers’ Joy and Wild Clematis.
Wild Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare)
Honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum)
Common Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum)
Provence Rose (Rosa gallica) Also known as French Rose, Red Rose, Rose
Ted:
A Butter wouldn't melt moment.