Port and Wey: 11 May 23

Old Quarry Lane and Wakeham Meadows

It was another visit to the lane and meadow across the road from the cottage.

Main highlights were two Swallows heading north, a Song Thrush flying back and forth across the meadow (delivering food to youngsters maybe! And singles of Common Whitethroat, Blackcap and Chiffchaff all singing.

Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
2 Swallow
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
1 Song Thrush
1 Common Whitethroat
1 Blackcap
1 Chiffchaff
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Greenfinch

Moths Recorded:
Yellow Belle (Aspitates ochrearia)

A very faded Yellow Belle (Aspitates ochrearia)

Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Ashy Mining Bee (Andrena cineraria)

Ashy Mining Bee (Andrena cineraria)

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

Hoverflies Recorded:
1 Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
1 Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)

Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)

Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)

Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Yellow Dung Fly (Scathophaga stercoraria)

Yellow Dung Fly (Scathophaga stercoraria)

Crickets and Grasshoppers Recorded:
Great Green Bush Cricket (Tettigonia viridissima)

The nymph of a Great Green Bush Cricket (Tettigonia viridissima)

Plants:
Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum)

American Winter-cress (Barbarea verna)
Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa)
Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta)

Common Daisy (Bellis perennis)
Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris)
Cut-leaved Cranesbill (Geranium dissectum)
Ground Ivy (Glechoma hederacea)
Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)
Hedge Bedstraw (Galium album)
Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum)

Hoary Cress (Lepidium draba)
Lady's Bedstraw (Galium verum)
Lesser Burdock (Arctium minus)

Meadow Buttercup (Ranunculus arvensis)
Red Dead-nettle (Lamium purpureum)
Wall Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster horizontalis)
Wayfaring-tree (Viburnum lantana)

Wild Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare)

Wild Garlic (Allium ursinum)