22 May 23

Old Quarry Lane and Wakeham Meadows

It was another visit to Old Quarry Lane and the meadows this afternoon, where I came across a Reed Warbler singing deep within a clump of several shrubs. Other warblers in the same area were a Common Whitethroat, Blackcap and a Chiffchaff.

Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Dunnock
Blackbird
1 Reed Warbler
1 Common Whitethroat
1 Blackcap
1 Chiffchaff
Long-tailed Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch

The Collared Doves are still canoodling in Old Quarry Lane

A Reed Warbler singing deep within these shrubs in Wakeham Meadow

Instead of getting close to this Common Whitethroat, this male came up to me instead. And.....

............here it is singing.

Butterflies Recorded:
1 Dingy Skipper
5 Orange-tip
4 Large White
2 Speckled Wood
1 Small Blue
2 Holly Blue
3 Common Blue

A Dingy Skipper

And a Speckled Wood

Moths Recorded:

2 Green-longhorn Moth (Adela reaumurella)

#1 - Yellow Belle (Aspitates ochrearia)

#2 - moth sp.

#3 - White Ermine (Spilosoma lubricipeda)

#1 - Yellow Belle (Aspitates ochrearia)

#2 - moth sp.

#3 - This White Ermine (Spilosoma lubricipeda) landed on my shirt. So.........

..........after a couple of photos I let it settle on the Oak Tree in the back garden

Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Ashy Mining Bee (Andrena cineraria)

#1 - bee sp.

#2 - bee sp.

#1 - bee sp.

#2 - bee sp.

Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
#1 - fly sp

#2 - fly sp

#1 - fly sp

#2 - fly sp

Bugs and Beetles Recorded:

#1 - beetle sp

#1 - beetle sp on a Sycamore leaf

Crickets and Grasshoppers Recorded:
Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera)

A Dark Bush-cricket nymph

Plants:
Common Knapweed (Centaurea nigra)

My first flowering Common Knapweed this year

Ted:

I can see you!!!