It was clean-up day in the caravan and afterwards, Ted and I had our usual walk around the farm and coves.
Main highlights were a family of 10 Swallows at the farm. It looks like they had a successful year. Also about were singles of Common Whitethroat and Blackcap, plus 2 Willow Warblers.
Birds Recorded:
Black-headed Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
10 Swallow
1 Pied Wagtail
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
1 Common Whitethroat
1 Blackcap
2 Willow Warbler
Great Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Wren
Willow Warbler
Greenfinch
Common Hawker!!
I'm not 100% sure but I think this is a female Common Hawker
Large White
Speckled Wood
Meadow Brown
Gatekeeper
Red Admiral
butterfly sp.
A Speckled Wood
butterfly sp.
And the mystery butterfly. In fact there wasn't just one but a good dozen or so. They were "orange" in colour, similar to Commas, and about the same size as well. Not once though, did any land, instead they continually flew back and forth over the brambles and vegetation. Even with the shutter set a 1/2000 second I still couldn't get a really sharp image of one.
Moths Recorded:
Jersey Tiger (Euplagia quadripunctaria)
A Jersey Tiger
A Yellow Shell
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
Hoverflies Recorded:
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Plants:
Common Fleabane (Pulicaria dysenterica)
Common Fleabane (Pulicaria dysenterica)
