After the past 2 days of rain it was good to see some dry and sunny weather again. In fact it was that warm I had to take my jacket off.
Main highlights were 6 Swallows, 8 Meadow Pipit, 3 Blackcap, 8 Chiffchaff, 10 Long-tailed Tit and a large mixed flock of 80+ Linnet and 20+ Goldfinch.
Birds Recorded:
Buzzard
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
6 Swallow
8 Meadow Pipit
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
3 Blackcap
8 Chiffchaff
10 Long-tailed Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
80+ Linnet
20+ Goldfinch
A female Blackcap skulking in the bushes.
On the other hand the male was quite happy to sit a bit further out until............
...............he spotted Ted and was off
Spot the Goldfinch in amongst the Linnets.
And a close-up of a fem/imm Linnet
5 Speckled Wood
5 Red Admiral
There are still quite a few Red Admirals about, even.......
...........though a few are a bit bedraggled.
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae)
Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
German Wasp (Vespula germanica)
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
Caterpillars Recorded:
Fox moth (Macrothylacia rubi)
The caterpillar of the Fox moth (Macrothylacia rubi). More on this moth Here.
Plants:
Pampas Grass (Cortaderia selloana)
Pampas Grass
#1 - Fungi sp.
#1 - Fungi sp.
#1 - Fungi sp.
#1 - Fungi sp.
Ted being Ted, waiting for me to come down the "bump".
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