It was an early evening walk, just as the sun was coming down. There were a few Swifts, House Martins and Swallows catching insects high above the meadow.
In the meadow though were a 8 Meadow Browns, 4 Gatekeepers and 5 Marbled Whites, plus dozens of micro moths.
Birds Recorded:
1 Sparrowhawk
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
2 Swift
2 House Martin
3 Swallow
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
1 Chiffchaff
Magpie
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Butterflies Recorded:
8 Meadow Brown
4 Gatekeeper
5 Marbled White
A Meadow Brown roosting on a Sycamore leaf
My first Gatekeeper this year
A Marbled White
Moths Recorded:
#1 - moth sp.
#2 - moth sp.
#3 - moth sp.
#4 - moth sp.
#5 - moth sp.
#6 - moth sp.
*I will ID the following moths tomorrow.
#1 - moth sp.
#2 - moth sp.
#3 - moth sp.
#4 - moth sp.
#5 - moth sp.
#6 - moth sp.
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
Hoverflies Recorded:
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
#1 - hoverfly sp.
#1 - hoverfly sp.
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
Common Green Capsid (Lygocoris pabulinus)
A Common Green Capsid
Crickets and Grasshoppers Recorded:
30+ crickets and grasshoppers sps. (Another field trip is on the cards to ID them)
Ted:
Ted:
He's there somewhere!!