Port and Wey: 1 Aug 22

Lower Horse Paddock, Upper Horse Paddock, Broadcroft Butterfly Reserve, Broadcroft Quarry Lane, and Bumpers Lane

It was a short break from working in the back garden today, though I was back in the afternoon, doing more work. And I had helper, it was Dawn's day off and we managed to do a fair bit of weeding etc.

Main highlight on my walk was seeing a fritillary butterfly. Having seen a Silver-washed Fritillary a week or so back, could it have been another one!!

A few more warblers about with both Common Whitethroat and Chiffchaff seen and heard by the "bump".

A Hummingbird Hawk-moth was good to see, though it didn't stop for a photo.. And there were dozens of Yellow-spot Tortrix moths flitting about.

Birds Recorded:
1 Buzzard
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
2 Swallow
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
2 Common Whitethroat
2 Chiffchaff
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Linnet
Goldfinch

One of the local........

............Common Buzzards.......

...........soaring above me on my walk.

One of this year's Carrion Crow youngsters.

A Goldfinch

Butterflies Recorded:
Large Skipper
Large White
Small White
Speckled Wood
Meadow Brown
Gatekeeper
2 Marbled White
Red Admiral
Comma
Common Blue
Chalk Hill Blue
fritillary sp.

A female Common Blue

Moths Recorded:
Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum)
Six-Spot Burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae)
20+ Yellow-spot Tortrix (Pseudargyrotoza conwagana)

A pair of Six-Spot Burnet moths (Zygaena filipendulae)

One of the dozens of Yellow-spot Tortrix moths seen on my walk.

Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)