After another day of DIY in the house, it was a late afternoon chilling out in the back garden. Highlights were 3 Swifts screeching overhead, a lone Meadow Brown that passed through the garden and my first ever Spider Wasp
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Dragonflies and Damselflies Recorded:
2 Blue-tailed Damselfly
Butterflies Recorded:
1 Meadow Brown
Moths Recorded:Small Dusty Wave (Idaea seriata)
Bees Recorded:
1 Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Hoverflies Recorded:
20+ Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
1 Narcissus Bulb Fly (Merodon equestris)
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
20+ Semaphore Fly (Poecilobothrus nobilitatus)
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
None
Some of the Cherries look good enough to eat. That's if the Wood Pigeons and Blackbirds don't get to them first.
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
3 Swift
Dunnock
Blackbird
Song Thrush
Great Tit
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
The resident male Dunnock singing away at the top of the Cherry Tree
Dragonflies and Damselflies Recorded:
2 Blue-tailed Damselfly
2 Azure Damselfly
A male Blue-tailed Damselfly and.......
..........another male.
A male Azure Damselfly and............
...........a female close-by.
Butterflies Recorded:
1 Meadow Brown
Moths Recorded:
Small Dusty Wave (Idaea seriata)
1 Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Wasps Recorded:
Spider Wasp (agenioideus cinctellus).
This is a female Spider Wasp (agenioideus cinctellus)
Spider Wasp (agenioideus cinctellus)
Hoverflies Recorded:
20+ Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
1 Narcissus Bulb Fly (Merodon equestris)
There are still lots of........
..............Marmalade Hoverflies about.
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
20+ Semaphore Fly (Poecilobothrus nobilitatus)
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
None
Plants:
Cherry Tree (Prunus avium)