After the morning rain, the sun eventually came out and it was a pretty decent afternoon. It was a late walk, but there was plenty about including a Blackcap calling from one of the Buddleias around the meadow.
Overhead were more House Martins and Swallows making their way south.
Also about was a Painted Lady, plus several Rush Veneer moths and a Straw Conch.
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
House Martin
Swallow
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
1 Blackcap
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Goldfinch
Butterflies Recorded:
5 Large White
2 Small White
4 Speckled Wood
1 Painted Lady
4 Common Blue
Common Blues
Moths Recorded:
Yellow-spot Tortrix (Pseudargyrotoza conwagana)
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
White-jawed Yellow-face Bee (Hylaeus confusus)
Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
Hoverflies Recorded:
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Parasitic Fly (Eriothrix rufomaculata)
Ted:
Yellow-spot Tortrix (Pseudargyrotoza conwagana)
Straw Conch (Cochylimorpha straminea)
Rush Veneer (Nomophila noctuella)
A Straw Conch (Cochylimorpha straminea)
Rush Veneer (Nomophila noctuella)
Rush Veneer (Nomophila noctuella)
Rush Veneer (Nomophila noctuella)
Rush Veneer (Nomophila noctuella)
And another Rush Veneer (Nomophila noctuella)
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
White-jawed Yellow-face Bee (Hylaeus confusus)
Two "Commons". A Common Blue on the left and a Common Carder on the right.
A White-jawed Yellow-face Bee (Hylaeus confusus) coming.......
........into land.
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
Hoverflies Recorded:
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
And another Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Parasitic Fly (Eriothrix rufomaculata)
fly sp.
Crickets and Grasshoppers Recorded:
Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus)
Lacewings and Scorpionflies Recorded:
lacewing sp.
A Parasitic Fly (Eriothrix rufomaculata)
As above.
A "green" fly sp. on Wild Fennel
Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus)
Lacewings and Scorpionflies Recorded:
lacewing sp.
There is a particular Sycamore along my walk that has dozens of lacewings on it.
Ted:
After being stuck at home for the past couple of days, Ted was well up for a decent walk.
Wakeham
Early this morning, in the pouring rain, there were 17 Goldfinch, 5 House Sparrows and the Fife Canary on the feeders in the back garden.