After a quick visit to the Caravan, it was nice leisurely walk around the coves via the farm.
Main highlights were 3 Bar-tailed Godwits feeding on the edge of Tidmoor Cove and some good close-ups of hawkers.
Other than the godwits, I came across a few Swallows, a Common Whitethroat and 6 Chiffchaffs.
Birds Recorded:
3 Bar-tailed Godwit
Butterflies Recorded:
Large White
2 Clouded Yellow
40+ Speckled Wood
2 Meadow Brown
5 Red Admiral
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae)
This is an Ivy Bees (Colletes hederae) and was first seen in the British Isles in Dorset in 2001, having arrived from continental Europe. A real stunner of a bee and a species that is solely dependent on Ivy flowers. Hence the reason it is a "seasonal" bee and can only be seen between September and the end of October, maybe the start of November, depending on the amount of Ivy still in flower.
Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
Hoverflies Recorded:
Tapered Dronefly (Eristalis pertinax)
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Plants:
Ted:
Wakeham
Birds Recorded:
3 Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-headed Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Swallow
Meadow Pipit
3 Pied Wagtail
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
1 Common Whitethroat
6 Chiffchaff
Long-tailed Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Rook
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
2 Greenfinch
These three Bar-tailed Godwits dropped into Tidmoor Cove as I was walking along the coast path.
Sadly the godwit in the centre has only one leg. The other is just a strand.
Here they are preening in the shallows.
A juvenile Herring Gull
Black-headed Gulls in Lynch Cove
A Rook overhead.
Two juvenile Greenfinches.
Dragonflies and Damselflies Recorded:
6 Common Darter
4 Common Hawker
6 Common Darter
4 Common Hawker
A male Common Darter
And a side-profile.
A male Common Hawker
And a pair of mating Common Hawkers
Butterflies Recorded:
Large White
2 Clouded Yellow
40+ Speckled Wood
2 Meadow Brown
5 Red Admiral
A Speckled Wood with wings closed.
And another slightly worn Speckled Wood.
A Red Admiral on blackberries.
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae)
Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
Hoverflies Recorded:
Tapered Dronefly (Eristalis pertinax)
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Plants:
mushrooms sp.
Black Bryony (Dioscorea communisa)
Well they say where there's muck there's money. Well in this case.........
...............its mushrooms and lots of them. I'm not sure........
........they are are edible though!!
Black Bryony (Dioscorea communisa)
Ted:
Lots of scents along our walk. I suspect Ted has found a Bunny hole.
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Wakeham
A Fox in the back garden, in the early hours of this morning.
A Fox under the bird feeders in the back garden.