It was a trip to the recycling tip today, followed by a walk around the north end of the island. Sadly there wasn't too much about, other than a good eight Common Whitethroats singing along my walk.
Birds Recorded:
1 Buzzard
1 Pheasant
Herring Gull
Stock Dove
Wood Pigeon
2 Sand Martin
4 Swallow
Dunnock
Robin
2 Stonechat
1 Wheatear
Blackbird
8 Common Whitethroat
1 Blackcap
1 Chiffchaff
Long-tailed Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Butterflies Recorded:
1 Speckled Wood
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Hoverflies Recorded:
Stripe-backed Dasysyrphus (Dasysyrphus albostriatus)
Ted:
Herring Gull
Stock Dove
Wood Pigeon
2 Sand Martin
4 Swallow
Dunnock
Robin
2 Stonechat
1 Wheatear
Blackbird
8 Common Whitethroat
1 Blackcap
1 Chiffchaff
Long-tailed Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
A Pheasant close to New Ground
Also in the same area was this female Stonechat and her mate........
........plus this male Wheatear.
All along my walk were Common Whitethroats......
..........just about everywhere.
Butterflies Recorded:
1 Speckled Wood
Just the one butterfly seen, a Speckled Wood
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Hoverflies Recorded:
Stripe-backed Dasysyrphus (Dasysyrphus albostriatus)
A Stripe-backed Dasysyrphus
