It was an early morning walk around my local patch, with the main highlight being a Garden Warbler feeding in amongst the Sycamore leaves on the "Bump" in the Butterfly Reserve.
Other highlights were:
House Martin: Two over the butterfly reserve
Swallow: Two over Wakeham Meadows and four over the butterfly reserve
Common Whitethroat: One in Wakeham Meadows and three on the butterfly reserve
Lesser Whitethroat: One in Bumpers Lane
Blackcap: One in Wakeham Meadows
Chiffchaff: One along Old Quarry Lane
I also came across my first ever a Buff Long-horn moth (Nematopogon metaxella) on the butterfly reserve.
Weston Street Horse Paddock
After my morning walk I visited the horse paddock along Weston Street Here, in search of the male Ring Ouzel sighted there for the past few days. I ended up walking all around the paddock, only to come across it from where I had started. It could happen to me!!
Birds Recorded today:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
2 House Martin
6 Swallow
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
1 Ring Ouzel
1 Song Thrush
1 Garden Warbler
4 Common Whitethroat
1 Lesser Whitethroat
1 Blackcap
1 Chiffchaff
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
...............only to fly off again.
............to video.
Butterflies Recorded:
8 Speckled Wood
The only butterflies seen today were Speckled Woods with this trio getting to know each other on the butterfly reserve.
Moths Recorded:
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
7-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata)
Common Green Shieldbug (Palomena prasina)
General Shots:
The view from the "Bump" on the butterfly reserve. Far left is Portland Lighthouse and on the far right the now inactive Higher Lighthouse.
Ted:
Weston Street Horse Paddock
After my morning walk I visited the horse paddock along Weston Street Here, in search of the male Ring Ouzel sighted there for the past few days. I ended up walking all around the paddock, only to come across it from where I had started. It could happen to me!!
Birds Recorded today:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
2 House Martin
6 Swallow
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
1 Ring Ouzel
1 Song Thrush
1 Garden Warbler
4 Common Whitethroat
1 Lesser Whitethroat
1 Blackcap
1 Chiffchaff
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
My attempt at taking photos of...........
............Swallows in flight.
The male Ring Ouzel in the horse paddock, was playing hide and seek.
It did eventually drop down into the paddock..........
...............only to fly off again.
A Garden Warbler feeding.........
............in amongst the Sycamore leaves.
It was a very difficult bird to photograph and also.......
............to video.
A Lesser Whitethroat feeding along Bumpers Lane and
...........singing as well
8 Speckled Wood
Moths Recorded:
Buff Long-horn (Nematopogon metaxella)
And my first ever Buff Long-horn moth which I came across on the "Bump"
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
7-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata)
Common Green Shieldbug (Palomena prasina)
A 7-spot Ladybird
And a Common Green Shieldbug
General Shots:
The horse paddock along Weston Street where the male Ring Ouzel was today
And he flies through the air!!!