It was a change of scenery today and a long overdue walk to Church Ope Cove via Pennsylvania Castle Woods. Main highlights were 2 Gannets way out to sea, a Peregrine Falcon which flew over the cove and 3 Chiffchaffs.
Birds Recorded:
2 Gannet
2 Buzzard
1 Peregrine Falcon
2 Kestrel
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Wood Pigeon
Pied Wagtail
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
3 Chiffchaff
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
A Kestrel hovering over Penn's Weare
A Great Black-backed Gull just off the cove
Large White
Green-veined White
Speckled Wood
Red Admiral
Speckled Wood
Red Admiral
A male Large White
And a male Green-veined White
A pristine Red Admiral........
........And a side profile shot.
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae)
A Honey Bee
And an Ivy Bee
And another
And one more
And a short video of an Ivy Bee
Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
German Wasp (Vespula germanica)
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
A Common Wasp
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
#1 - hoverfly sp.
Marmalade Hoverfly
Common Dronefly
#1 - hoverfly sp.
Slugs and Snails Recorded:
#1 - snail sp.
#1 - snail sp.
Ted:
Seems Ted likes the..........
.............high ground.
Ships Today:
This is the Dutch General Cargo Ship "Veendijk" on its way from Cowes to Belfast. More on this vessel Here.