After a busy day out and about, it was a relaxing afternoon in the back garden.
Main highlight was coming across a new Leafhopper for my Portland Insect List.
Birds Recorded in and around the garden:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Dunnock
Blackbird
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Linnet
Goldfinch
Dragonflies and Damselflies Recorded:
4 Blue-tailed Damselfly
I'm presuming this is another immature Blue-tailed Damselfly. But it is a very dark colour!! There were also two males by the pond.
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Wasps Recorded:
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
Hoverflies Recorded:
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Crickets and Grasshoppers Recorded:
Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus)
Lacewings and Scorpionflies Recorded:
lacewing sp.
Leafhoppers Recorded:
Zygina flammigera.
Birds Recorded in and around the garden:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Dunnock
Blackbird
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Linnet
Goldfinch
Dragonflies and Damselflies Recorded:
4 Blue-tailed Damselfly
This is a female Blue-tailed Damselfly just starting to mature.
Butterflies Recorded:
Large White
Small White
Moths Recorded:
Large White
Small White
Moths Recorded:
Apple Leaf Miner moths (Lyonetia clerkella)
Apple Leaf Miner moth (Lyonetia clerkella)
Apple Leaf Miner moth (Lyonetia clerkella)
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
A Honey Bee on Lavender
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
A Common Wasp having a drink from the "Bath" Pond.
Hoverflies Recorded:
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
A very dark-coloured Marmalade Hoverfly
Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus)
Lacewings and Scorpionflies Recorded:
lacewing sp.
Leafhoppers Recorded:
Zygina flammigera.
A Leafhopper (Zygina flammigera) and a new species for my Portland List
Leafhopper (Zygina flammigera)