A busy day in the garden, so no walk today. A couple of highlights a Common Buzzard overhead and a Common Darter which passed through the garden
Birds Recorded:
1 Buzzard
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Dunnock
Magpie
Carrion Crow
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
Dragonflies and Damselflies Recorded:
Common Darter
Butterflies Recorded:
2 Large White
1 Meadow Brown
2 Red Admiral
1 Buzzard
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Dunnock
Magpie
Carrion Crow
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
Dragonflies and Damselflies Recorded:
Common Darter
Butterflies Recorded:
2 Large White
1 Meadow Brown
2 Red Admiral
These two Red Admirals.........
...........were at opposite ends of the garden
Rustic Shoulder-knot (Apamea sordens) - Possibly
Possibly a worn Rustic Shoulder-knot (Apamea sordens)
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
sweat bee sp.
A Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) on the Lavender
A Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) on the Everlasting Sweat Pea
A Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum) on Purple Loosestrife and..........
...........another Common Carder on the Lavender.
A sweat bee sp. on Common Ragwort
5 Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
1 Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)