Today I thought I would concentrate on 3 areas in the garden to see what I could find. One thing was for sure and that was that the new flower garden is a real hit with the insects.
Flower Garden
The flower garden produced:
2 Azure Damselflies
2 Large Whites
1 Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
2 Common Carders (Bombus pascuorum)
2 White-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lucorum)
1 Blue Mason Bee (Osmia caerulescens)
1 Ichneumon sp
5 Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
1 hoverfly sp.
1 Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
5 Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
1 hoverfly sp.
1 Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
A male Azure Damselfly
A Common Carder Bee
A White-tailed Bumblebee
I'm pretty sure this is a female Blue Mason Bee (Osmia caerulescens)
And here she is on..........
.........the Purple Loosestrife.
One of the five Marmalade Hoverflies seen in the flower beds.
A hoverfly sp.
A male Swollen-thighed Beetle
White Stonecrop (Sedum album)
The Bath Pond:
Around the pond were:
2 Azure Damselflies
10+ Semaphore Flies (Poecilobothrus nobilitatus)
2 Azure Damselflies
10+ Semaphore Flies (Poecilobothrus nobilitatus)
A male Azure Damselfly
Semaphore Flies (Poecilobothrus nobilitatus)
Cherry Tree Avenue
Around the Cherry tree and Buddleia were:
1 Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
1 nomad bee sp.
10+ Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
1 nomad bee sp.
10+ Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
1 hoverfly sp.
1 Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
10+ fly sps
A hoverfly sp.
A Dead Head Hoverfly
#1 - fly sp.
#2 - fly sp.
#3 - fly sp.
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
2 House Martin
Dunnock
Blackbird
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Goldfinch
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
2 House Martin
Dunnock
Blackbird
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Goldfinch
One of the two adult Herring Gull and their two offspring on the neighbours chimney stack.