With the Autumn migration well on its way, I decided to have a walk from Thumb Lane to Avalanche Road and back.
In the copse at Thumb Lane there were 2 Spotted Flycatchers and on the way back a fem/juv Pied Flycatcher. Also here were 4 Willow Warblers/Chiffchaff.
At Avalanche Wood I came across another Spotted Flycatcher. Also here was a Blackcap and 2 Willow Warblers.
Between the two locations I also came across 2 more Willow Warblers, another Blackcap and a Common Whitethroat.
Other things of note were 6 Hummingbird Hawk-moths along my walk, plus a Painted Lady.
Birds Recorded:
2 Buzzard
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
5 House Martin
10+ Swallow
Dunnock
1 Common Whitethroat
2 Blackcap
8 Willow Warbler/Chiffchaff
2 Spotted Flycatcher
1 Pied Flycatcher
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
House Sparrow
Linnet
Goldfinch
This Common Buzzard just kept getting closer and....
.......and closer.....
......and closer still until........
......it was too big to fit in the frame.
One of the Willow Warblers I...........
..........came across on my walk.
And here are the two......
...........Spotted Flycatchers.
Unlike Pied Flycatchers, which tend to fly to another branch after it has caught its prey, Spotted Flycatchers often return to the same branch after a successful catch. This one returned twice before moving onto another tree.
Dragonflies and Damselflies Recorded:
Common Darter
A male Common Darter
Butterflies Recorded:
Large White
Small White
10+ Speckled Wood
4 Meadow Brown
4 Red Admiral
1 Painted Lady
2 Holly Blue
Common Blue
So many Speckled Woods out today
Mind you there weren't too many Meadow Browns.
A very worn Red Admiral
And this is a Painted Lady
6 Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum)
Silver Y (Autographa gamma)
moth sp.
Well what a day it was for Hummingbird Hawk-moths, with this one and......
..........and this one.........
.........and this one, plus........
.............this one all resting.
Two others, this one and.......
A moth sp.
This is a Silver Y (Autographa gamma) which was on the front wall of the cottage as I left to go on my walk.
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
Hoverflies Recorded:
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Tapered Dronefly (Eristalis pertinax)
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
A Dead Head Hoverfly
Common Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus)
Ted:
Another shady walk that Ted enjoys.
Hmm. Not my best set of Teds