After a bit of a damp start, the sun came out and remained out for the whole afternoon. The one noticeable highlight was the number of Red Admirals flying about, with a good 30 plus seen. The one highlight I did miss was a possible Fritillary on Penns Weare. I had already seen a Comma at this was a lot larger!!
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Dunnock
Blackbird
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Reptiles Recorded:
10+ Wall Lizards
Dragonflies and Damselflies Recorded:
2 Common Darter
#1 - Common Darter
#2 - And the second........
.........Common Darter. Both were in the church grounds.
Butterflies Recorded:
20+ Large White
10+ Small White
5 Green-veined White
4 Meadow Brown
4 Gatekeeper
1 Silver-washed/Dark Green Fritillary
30+ Red Admiral
5 Peacock
1 Comma
5 Common Blue
6 Chalk Hill Blue
A very worn Meadow Brown
What a day it was for Red Admirals........
...........they were everywhere
A Peacock
And a worn Comma
A male Common Blue and......
............a very ragged female.
A male Chalk Hill Blue
And another male.
Okay then a third male as well. I've still not seen a female Chalk Hill Blue!!
Moths Recorded:
1 Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum)
1 Silver Y (Autographa gamma)
5 Six-Spot Burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae)
2 Sycamore Piercer (Pammene aurita)
A Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) in the church grounds
A Six-Spot Burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae) on Valerian
Spot the micro-moth on the Sycamore leaf..........
.......this is a Sycamore Piercer (Pammene aurita)
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Garden bumblebee (Bombus hortorum)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
A male Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Inside this Large Bindweed (Calystegia silvatica) is a male Garden bumblebee (Bombus hortorum)
Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
Golden-moustached Fly Fox's (Ectemnius cavifrons)
If you go down to the woods today, you're find this rotting trunk of a Horse Chestnut Tree which.......
...........is now inhabited with......
............these.........
...................Golden-moustached Fly Fox wasps.
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
Hornet Plumehorn (Volucella zonaria)
hoverfly sp
A Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) on Japanese Spindle
A Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax) on a bramble leaf
Also in amongst the Japanese Spindle was this Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
And on this Hemp Agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum) was a Hornet Plumehorn (Volucella zonaria)
hoverfly sp.
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Sieve-winged Snail-killer (Coremacera marginata)
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
7-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata)
Rose Chafer (Cetonia aurata)
Hairy Shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum)
These 7-spot Ladybirds (Coccinella septempunctata) are very thin on the ground this year.
A Rose Chafer (Cetonia aurata) on Hemp Agrimony
And a Hairy Shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum) on Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris)
Plants:
Hemp Agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum)
Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa)
Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa)
Hemp Agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum) Also known as 'Raspberries and Cream'
And Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa). Also known as Sloe
General Shots:
St Andrew's Church or the "Pirates Graveyard" as the locals call it.
Church Ope Cove as seen from the Pirates Graveyard
Looking south over Penn's Copse
The path up from Rufus Castle to the Museum
Ted:
You can do it Ted.
One step for mankind and a huge leap for Ted. 😂😂
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