Thank goodness there was a break in the weather today, as this Summer has become a complete washout. So any break with this miserable weather is a chance of a walk.
The added bonus with today's break was that the sun came out for a short time, and with it quite a few butterflies and bees flying about.
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Dunnock
1 Chiffchaff
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Butterflies Recorded:
Large White
Small White
1 Speckled Wood
Meadow Brown
Gatekeeper
1 Marbled White
1 Comma
1 Holly Blue
8 Common Blue
A Speckled Wood
A Marbled White
And a male Common Blue
Moths Recorded:
5 Six-Spot Burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae)
5 Six-Spot Burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae)
A very faded 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)
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)
And a worker Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Hmm. I'm unsure on this bumblebee. Possibly a Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
And a Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
3 Hornet Plumehorn (Volucella zonaria)
1 Pied Plumehorn (Volucella pellucens)
#1 - hoverfly sp.
#1 - hoverfly sp.
#2 - hoverfly sp.
Hornet Plumehorn (Volucella zonaria)
And two more Hornet Plumehorns
A Pied Plumehorn (Volucella pellucens)
#1 - hoverfly sp.
#2 - hoverfly sp.
Red Spotted Parasite Fly (Eriothrix rufomaculata)
A Red Spotted Parasite Fly (Eriothrix rufomaculata)
Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
Hairy Shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum)
A female Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
And a Hairy Shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum)
What are you doing Ted!!
Looks like I'm in trouble when we get home