It was another very sunny day, though that brisk north-easterly kept the temperature down. First time I have had to wear a jacket apart from when it rained at Radipole earlier in the week.
Not too many highlights on my local patch with 4 House Martin, 2 Swallow, 2 Meadow Pipit and 8 Chiffchaff, being the only migrants noted. Two Greenfinches in Broadcroft Quarry Lane were the first I have seen here in quite awhile.
Birds Recorded:
1 Sparrowhawk
1 Kestrel
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
4 House Martin
2 Swallow
2 Meadow Pipit
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
8 Chiffchaff
Long-tailed Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
1 Raven
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
2 Greenfinch
A female Sparrowhawk on the prowl
And a female Kestrel hovering over the lower horse paddock before........
..........heading off to another spot.
1 Large White
1 Speckled Wood
3 Red Admiral
A Red Admiral
4 Rush Veneer (Nomophila noctuella)
Just 4 Rush Veneers seen
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
A Common Carder
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
Sawflies Recorded:
Bramble Sawfly (Arge cyanocrocea)
Bramble Sawfly
Hoverflies Recorded:
1 Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
10+ Eupeodes sps.
Eupeodes sp
7-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata)
A 7-spot Ladybird tucked up in a Bramble leaf
1 Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera)
Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus)
Dark Bush-cricket
Meadow Grasshopper
I'm not totally convinced, but I believe this is a brown form of Meadow Grasshopper.
This is not going to end well. And it didn't! Ted was covered in bits of bramble, seeds and other sticky plants.
Ships Today:
This is the Panamanian Reefer "Cool Eagle" on its way from Vlissingen to Moin (Costa Rica). More on this vessel Here.
HMS Dauntless. Or is............
...........this HMS Dauntless!!!!
This is the Panamanian Container Ship "Ever Alp" on its way from Rotterdam to Port Said (Egypt). More on this vessel Here.