It was back in the garden this evening and there is now a light at the end of the tunnel with the amount of weeds that have been cleared from the flower beds. Despite the clearance there are still many untouched areas for the insects.
Main highlights this evening were a Hummingbird Hawk-moth feeding on the Valerian, literally inches away from my face. No chance of a photo, plus a Buzzard being mobbed by the local Herring Gulls as it headed north.
Birds Recorded:
1 Buzzard
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Dunnock
Blackbird
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Linnet
Goldfinch
Two juvenile Herring Gulls in their nest, two doors down from the cottage.
2 Azure Damselfly
A male Azure Damselfly
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Hoverflies Recorded:
10+ Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
2 Narcissus Bulb Fly (Merodon equestris)
Semaphore Fly (Poecilobothrus nobilitatus)
Broad Centurian (Chloromyia formosa)
A male Broad Centurian
Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
General Shots:
One of the lilies in the "bath" pond.
Ted:
Ted in the shade