9 Jul 22

Old Quarry Lane and Wakeham Meadow

The weather at the moment seems to be getting hotter and hotter, with today's temperature reaching 26°C. Last night the temperature didn't drop below 18.4°C. It is certainly warm.

Some good highlights this afternoon with dozens of Ringlets, Marbled Whites and a Painted Lady in the meadows, plus dozens of Six-Spot Burnet moths on the wing.


Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Dunnock
Blackbird
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
House Sparrow
Goldfinch

Dunnock

Butterflies Recorded:
1 Small Skipper
3 Large White
12+ Ringlet
7 Meadow Brown
6 Gatekeeper
12+ Marbled White
1 Painted Lady
1 Common Blue

Common Blue

Moths Recorded:
Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella)
12+ Six-Spot Burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae)

Six-Spot Burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae) on Common Knapweed

Six-Spot Burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae)

Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
Brown-banded Carder Bee (Bombus humilis)
bee sp.

Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)

Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) - worker

Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) - male

bee sp.

Ichneumon Wasps Recorded:
Ichneumon sp.

An Ichneumon Wasp sp. The closest I can get is an Ichneumon extensorius. However that has a white spot at the base of the thorax, which I can't see on this individual.

Hoverflies Recorded:
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)

Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
Mimic Bee Hoverfly (Volucella bombylans)

Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)

Mimic Bee Hoverfly (Volucella bombylans)

Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
fly sp.

fly sp.

Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
Common Red Soldier Beetles (Rhagonycha fulva)
Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
miridae sp.

Common Red Soldier Beetle (Rhagonycha fulva)

More Common Red Soldier Beetles surrounding the Ichneumon wasp sp.

A female Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)

miridae sp.

Crickets and Grasshoppers Recorded:
Great Green Bush Cricket (Tettigonia viridissima)
Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus)
Common Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus)

Great Green Bush Cricket (Tettigonia viridissima)

Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus)

Ted:

Ted's got the right idea. a bit of shade from the Sycamore.