29 Jun 23

Wakeham

The Purple Loosestrife in the new flower bed, is proving to be a big hit with the bees, with five species visiting it this afternoon.

The new flower bed in the back garden, with both the Purple Loosestrife (left) and the Everlasting Sweet Peas attracting a lot of bees and a few hoverflies.

Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
2 Swallow
Dunnock
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch

Dragonflies and Damselflies Recorded:
6 Azure Damselfly

Azure Damselflies with....

.....a pair mating and another male close-by.

Butterflies Recorded:
1 Small White


Bees Recorded:
2 Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
1 Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
3 White-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lucorum)
5 Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
1 Brown-footed Leafcutter Bee (Megachile versicolor)

#1 - bee sp.

#2 - bee sp.

White-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lucorum)

Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)

And another Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)

A Brown-footed Leafcutter Bee (Megachile versicolor)

#1 - A bee sp. and........

#2 - .....an even smaller bee sp.

Hoverflies Recorded:
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)

#1 - hoverfly sp.

Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)

#1 - hoverfly sp.

#1 - hoverfly sp.

Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Semaphore Fly (Poecilobothrus nobilitatus)