Ted and I had a very late walk this evening, one because it had been another very busy day and two, it was a lot cooler for Ted.
Main highlights were 2 unidentified hawkers flying up and down Old Quarry Lane and a Painted Lady in the meadow.
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Dunnock
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
House Sparrow
Goldfinch
Dragonflies and Damselflies Recorded:
hawker sps.
Butterflies Recorded:
1 Large White
1 Meadow Brown
1 Painted Lady
5 Common Blue
7 Chalk Hill Blue
A Painted Lady. A real shame about the grass.
A female Common Blue
And this is a Chalk Hill Blue
Moths Recorded:
Yellow-spot Tortrix (Pseudargyrotoza conwagana)
moth sp.
Yellow-spot Tortrix (Pseudargyrotoza conwagana)
moth sp.
A Yellow-spot Tortrix
moth sp.
None seen
Hoverflies Recorded:
1 Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
2 Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea) on Wild Fennel
lacewing sp.
I shook one of the Sycamore branches and around 20 lacewings took off. This is one of them.
Spiders Recorded:
Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus)
A Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus) and its supper.
Ted:
Ted has seen something and is.......
...........off. It was a cat which made a hasty retreat!!