I was up fairly early this morning and despite it being the first full day of the school holidays, I took a chance that it wouldn't be too busy at the Cove. Wrongggggg, it was very busy. So instead of walking around the cove I cut across to Penn's Weare from the church grounds instead.
The main highlight was seeing my first ever Silver-washed Fritillary. And what an impressive butterfly; just slightly larger than a Comma, it is a very bright orange butterfly.
I managed to see it three times flying about in the grounds of St Andrew's Church, but not once did it land. However I met a lovely lady called Jenny, who had managed to photograph it before I had arrived. She was kind enough to let me photograph the Silver-washed Fritillary from the back of her camera, which is shown below. Thank you Jenny.
Birds Recorded:
2 Buzzard
Kestrel
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
10+ Swift
5 House Martin
4 Swallow
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
Photos: The 2 Common Buzzards and the last image is of a Kestrel. All three birds were over Penn's Weare
Reptiles Recorded:
Wall Lizard
Dragonflies and Damselflies Recorded:
Butterflies Recorded:
Large Skipper
Large White
Small White
Ringlet
Meadow Brown
Gatekeeper
Marbled White
Silver-washed Fritillary, Argynnis paphia (59.017 BF1608 )
Red Admiral
Comma
Common Blue
Chalk Hill Blue
And my first ever Silver-washed Fritillary, which I saw flying around in the grounds of St Andrew's Church. Many thanks to Jenny who kindly let me photograph it (from the back of her camera) and show it on the Blog. A really stunning butterfly. Well chuffed.
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Hoverflies Recorded:
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
Common Green Shieldbug (Palomena prasina)
When I was editing the photo of the male Blue-tailed Damselfly, I realised there was a "bug" further up the grass stem. This is the 2nd instar nymph of a Common Green Shieldbug.
Plants:
Wayfaring-tree (Viburnum lantana)
Reptiles Recorded:
Wall Lizard
Wall Lizard
Wall Lizard
Dragonflies and Damselflies Recorded:
Blue-tailed Damselfly
2 hawker sp.
2 hawker sp.
A male Blue-tailed Damselfly in the grounds of St Andrew's Church, where there was one possibly two hawker sps.
Large Skipper
Large White
Small White
Ringlet
Meadow Brown
Gatekeeper
Marbled White
Silver-washed Fritillary, Argynnis paphia (59.017 BF1608 )
Red Admiral
Comma
Common Blue
Chalk Hill Blue
A very worn Meadow Brown
And the slightly smaller Comma.
A female Chalkhill Blue
And another female Chalkhill Blue
This is a male Chalkhill Blue
And the same male as above.
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Hoverflies Recorded:
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
Common Green Shieldbug (Palomena prasina)
Plants:
Wayfaring-tree (Viburnum lantana)
One of many Wayfaring-trees on Portland and in.................
............berry.
Ted:
This one very chilled dog and a sensible one sat in the shade.
Ships Today:
This is the Maltese Ro-Ro Cargo Ship "Celine" on its way from Zeebrugge to Dublin. More on this vessel Here.