It seems I timed it pretty well for a walk today. As no sooner had I got home it started to rain. It didn't last long, but later it did cloud over with a threat of heavier stuff to come.
Despite it being overcast, it was still pretty warm with the main highlight being the number of Chalk Hill Blues on the wing, with well over 20 seen.
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
2 House Martin
1 Pied Wagtail
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
2 Chiffchaff
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
Reptiles Recorded:
2 Wall Lizard
Dragonflies and Damselflies Recorded:
1 dragonfly sp.
Butterflies Recorded:
10 Large White
5 Small White
2 Green-veined White
1 Wall Brown
1 Speckled Wood
10 Meadow Brown
15 Gatekeeper
3 Red Admiral
1 Peacock
4 Common Blue
20+ Chalk Hill Blue
A Wall Brown
And a Speckled Wood
On top of the grass stem is a male Common Blue and below it an unusual looking female.
Here are a couple more photos.....
.............of the female
A male Chalk Hill Blue
1 Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum)
7 Six-Spot Burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae)
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
A male Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) on Wild Marjoram (Origanum vulgare)
Inside this Large Bindweed (Calystegia silvatica) is a Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
Another Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Hornet Plumehorn (Volucella zonaria)
A Hornet Plumehorn (Volucella zonaria)
Cockroaches Recorded:
Lesser Cockroach (Ectobius sylvestris)
A Lesser Cockroach (Ectobius sylvestris)
1 Scarce Orange Legionnaire (Beris clavipes)
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
2 7-spot Ladybirds (Coccinella septempunctata)
3 Dock Bug (Coreus marginatus)
Common Red Soldier Beetle (Rhagonycha fulva)
Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
2 7-spot Ladybirds (Coccinella septempunctata)
3 Dock Bug (Coreus marginatus)
Common Red Soldier Beetle (Rhagonycha fulva)
Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
Hairy Shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum)
Dock Bug (Coreus marginatus)
Inside this Large Bindweed (Calystegia silvatica) is a Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
Common Red Soldier Beetle (Rhagonycha fulva)
Hairy Shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum)
Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera)
Roesel's Bush-cricket (Metrioptera roeselii)
#1 - grasshopper sp.
Mottled Grasshopper (Myrmeleotettix maculatus)
A Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera)
A Roesel's Bush-cricket (Metrioptera roeselii)
#1 - grasshopper sp.
A Mottled Grasshopper (Myrmeleotettix maculatus)
White-lipped Banded Snail (Cepaea hortensis)
White-lipped Banded Snail (Cepaea hortensis)
Plants:
Carline Thistle (Carlina vulgaris)
Common Centaury (Centaurium erythraea)
Carline Thistle (Carlina vulgaris)
Carline Thistle (Carlina vulgaris)
Common Centaury (Centaurium erythraea)
I see no ships!!
Ships Today:
