It was another trip to St Andrew's Church in the hope of seeing the Silver-washed Fritillary I saw here a few days back. Unfortunately it wasn't seen, but there were eight other butterfly species here.
Also noted here were an Emperor Dragonfly, a hawker sp. and 3 Rose Chafers.
Mammals Recorded:
Brown Rat
Birds Recorded:
1 Oystercatcher (heard)
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Dunnock
Robin
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
Reptiles Recorded:
Wall Lizard
Dragonflies and Damselflies Recorded:
Emperor Dragonfly
hawker sp.
Butterflies Recorded:
Large White
Small White
Speckled Wood
Meadow Brown
Gatekeeper
Red Admiral
Comma
Common Blue
Chalk Hill Blue
Small White
A Comma
A male Common Blue
And another male Common Blue
#1 - Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum)
#2 - Yellow Shell (Camptogramma bilineata)
#1 - Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum)
#2 - Yellow Shell (Camptogramma bilineata)
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
Wasps Recorded:
1 Sand Wasp (Ectemnius sexcinctus)
Sand Wasp (Ectemnius sexcinctus)
Sand Wasp (Ectemnius sexcinctus)
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
Hornet Plumehorn (Volucella zonaria)
A Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea) on a flowering Japanese Spindle
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
4 Rose Chafer (Cetonia aurata)
Rose Chafer (Cetonia aurata)
And another Rose Chafer
Lime Tree
A Lime Tree
And a close-up of the seeds
The look on that face!!!
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