Well it might not have been the brightest of days, but it was still fairly warm. The sun eventually put in an appearance around 5:00pm, so it was a good time to go for a walk with Ted to see what was about.
There weren't too many highlights, as the sun had only just come out, but I did manage to see 10 butterfly species.
On the moth front there was no sign of any Six-Spot Burnet moths, but I did come across quite a few Yellow-spot Tortrix and 3 Red-clover Case-bearers.
The only odd thing on the walk was that I only found one beetle, a male Swollen-thighed Beetle!!
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Dunnock
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
House Sparrow
Goldfinch
Butterflies Recorded:
4 Large White
2 Small White
1 Green-veined White
1 Speckled Wood
6 Meadow Brown
1 Marbled White
1 Red Admiral
1 Peacock
4 Common Blue
8 Chalk Hill Blue
A male Common Blue
Chalk Hill Blue
8 Yellow-spot Tortrix (Pseudargyrotoza conwagana)
3 Red-clover Case-bearer (Coleophora deauratella)
Not the best of shots of a Yellow-spot Tortrix (Pseudargyrotoza conwagana)
This Red-clover Case-bearer (Coleophora deauratella) was deep into the hedge.
At least one of the three Red-clover Case-bearer (Coleophora deauratella) was easier to photograph.
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
A male Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
And lift off from the Knapweed it was on.
4 Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
hoverfly sp.
A Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea) on Wild Fennel
A side profile.
And another Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea), also on Wild Fennel
A hoverfly sp. on Common Teasel.
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
1 Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
It was a bit of a surprise to find just one Swollen-thighed Beetle on my walk.
Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus)
Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus)
Lacewings and Scorpionflies Recorded:
lacewing sp.
A lacewing sp.
Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris)
Field Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)
Old Man’s Beard (Clematis vitalba)
Wild Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare)
Common Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum)
Provence Rose (Rosa gallica)
Wild Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare)
And a close-up of the flower-head
At first glance you would be forgiven in thinking Ted was barking. In fact he's just caught a whiff of a Bunny!!!