Just a few bits and bobs in around and around the garden today.
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Dunnock
Robin
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Linnet
Goldfinch
An adult Dunnock on the Arbour roof.
On the left a juvenile Dunnock and a female House Sparrow on the right.
A male House Sparrow
2 Large White
1 Small White
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
Hoverflies Recorded:
1 Stripe-backed Dasysyrphus (Dasysyrphus albostriatus)
A Stripe-backed Dasysyrphus having a drink from the "Bath" Pond
Dock Bug (Coreus marginatus)
A Dock Bug
Ferrybridge
As I was driving past Ferrybridge around 4:00pm there were around 300 Mediterranean Gulls on the Sandflats.