Well the plan today was to go to Weymouth for an hour or so and then have a walk around Radipole with Ted.
Unfortunately a sink hole appeared on the Portland Beach Road at Ferrybridge and whilst repairs were being carried out, there was a Traffic Management Team controlling the traffic lights. Unbelievably the TMT were absolutely clueless as to how to keep the traffic flowing, with queues stretching 2 to 3 miles in both directions. A 20 minute journey would have taken me over an hour.
So it was another day in the back garden watching Blue-tailed Damselflies, Semaphore Flies and dozens of Marmalade Hoverflies.
Overhead the 2 Swallows I saw yesterday were replaced by 2 Swifts. The latter a bit scarce on Portland this year.
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
2 Swift
Dunnock
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
House Sparrow
Linnet
Goldfinch
Reptiles Recorded:
3 Slow-worm
Butterflies Recorded:
Still no butterflies. Where have they gone!!
Bees Recorded:
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
Hoverflies Recorded:
12+ Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
8 Semaphore Fly (Poecilobothrus nobilitatus)
Crickets and Grasshoppers Recorded:
Common Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus)
Ted and Benji:
So it was another day in the back garden watching Blue-tailed Damselflies, Semaphore Flies and dozens of Marmalade Hoverflies.
Overhead the 2 Swallows I saw yesterday were replaced by 2 Swifts. The latter a bit scarce on Portland this year.
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
2 Swift
Dunnock
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
House Sparrow
Linnet
Goldfinch
Reptiles Recorded:
3 Slow-worm
Dragonflies and Damselflies Recorded:
4 Blue-tailed Damselfly
4 Blue-tailed Damselfly
Three Blue-tailed Damselflies
A female Blue-tailed Damselfly egg laying in the "Bath" Pond
A male Blue-tailed Damselfly
Butterflies Recorded:
Still no butterflies. Where have they gone!!
Bees Recorded:
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
Hoverflies Recorded:
12+ Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Marmalade Hoverfly
Marmalade Hoverfly
And another Marmalade Hoverfly
8 Semaphore Fly (Poecilobothrus nobilitatus)
A male Semaphore Fly displaying to a female
Common Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus)
Common Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus)
Benji and Ted chilling in front of the cottage.