15 Apr 23

Old Quarry Lane, Wakeham Meadows, Lower Horse Paddock, Higher Horse Paddock, Broadcroft Butterfly Reserve, Broadcroft Quarry Lane, Bumpers Lane, The Cuttings and Wakeham Railway Cuttings.

It seems that every other day is a sunny day as it was today.

Main highlight today was a Common Whitethroat singing within the brambles on the butterfly reserve.

Other highlights were a male Clouded Yellow butterfly and a Celery Fly. Both firsts for the year

Mammals Recorded:
1 Grey Squirrel

One of the many Grey Squirrels on the island

Birds Recorded:
1 Peregrine Falcon
1 Kestrel
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Wood Pigeon
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
1 Song Thrush
1 Common Whitethroat
3 Chiffchaff
2 Willow Warbler
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
3 Raven
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
Greenfinch

A Peregrine Falcon over Penns Weare

And a Song Thrush along Old Quarry Lane

I couldn't see the Common Whitethroat, but it was singing (sub-song) within this bramble patch. It wasn't until I edited the video, that I realised it was skulking within the bush. You can just make it out, moving from right to left at the bottom of the frame.

Butterflies Recorded:
1 Clouded Yellow
1 Peacock

A Peacock soaking up the sun along the railway cuttings. A male Clouded Yellow was close by, but didn't settle.

Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)

Cliff Mining Bee (Andrena thoracica)
Yellow-legged Mining Bee (Andrena flavipe)

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Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)

Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)

Cliff Mining Bee (Andrena thoracica).

And a short video of it having a brush-up.

Yellow-legged Mining Bee (Andrena flavipe)

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Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)

A Common Wasp on an Alexanders

Hoverflies Recorded:
Various hoverflies not ID'd

# Hoverfly - 1

# Hoverfly - 2

# Hoverfly - 3

# Hoverfly - 4

# Hoverfly - 5

# Hoverfly - 6

Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Yellow Dung Fly (Scathophaga stercoraria)
1 Dark-edged Bee-fly (Bombylius major)
1 Celery fly (Euleia heraclei)

A Dark-edged Bee-fly along Wakeham Railway Cuttings

Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
3 Common Green Shieldbug (Palomena prasina)

A Common Green Shieldbug

Ted:

A happy Ted having a good walk.

Ships Today:

On the left is the Maltese Ro-Ro Cargo Ship "Laureline" on its way from Rozenburg to Dublin and on the right is the Maltese Ro-Ro Cargo Ship "Catherine" on its way from Zeebrugge to Cork. More on "Laureline" Here and "Catherine" Here.