17 Aug 23

Wakeham

With the threat of thunderstorms heading our way, it was probably just as well I was convalescing at home and so eliminating any dash back if I got caught out. Back aches are a real pain!!!

So it was a walk to the end of the garden and back, to stretch my legs and also to see what was about. The first thing I came across was a Hummingbird Hawk-moth on the Valerian. That's two days on the trot now that one has been "buzzing" up and down the garden. However, unlike yesterday's, this individual was a bit too quick for me to photograph.

I have also found out why there has been a few Red Admirals visiting the garden of late. We have Fig tree with fruit, with at least three that gone over. They are so ripe they were covered in Common Green Bottle Flies, Common Wasps and of course Red Admirals which really do enjoy fermenting fruit.

Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Magpie
Carrion Crow
House Sparrow
6 Goldfinch


Butterflies Recorded:
1 Large White
1 Red Admiral

A Red Admiral on a fermenting Fig

Moths Recorded:
1 Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum)


Bees Recorded:
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder Bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum)
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)

A Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) on the Everlasting Sweat Pea

Common Carder Bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum) on Lavender

A Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) just leaving the Sunflower. I'm not sure what its holding though!!

Wasps, Ichneumon Wasps, Parasitic Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)

In amongst the flies on this over ripe Fig (Ficus carica) is a Common Wasp.

Common Wasps and Common Green Bottle Flies

Hoverflies Recorded:
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)

One of the many Marmalade Hoverflies in the garden, especially around the Cherry Tree

Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:

#1 - Common Green Bottle Fly (Lucilia sericata)

#2 - fly sp

#3 - fly sp

#4 - Root-maggot fly (Anthomyia procellaris)

#5 - fly sp

#6 - fly sp

#7 - Yellow Bellied Fly (Sciara hemerobioides)

#1 -  Common Green Bottle Flies (Lucilia sericata)

#2 - fly sp

#3 - fly sp

#4 - Root-maggot fly (Anthomyia procellaris)

#5 - fly sp

#6 - fly sp

#7 - On the far left is a Yellow Bellied Fly (Sciara hemerobioides) 

Crickets and Grasshoppers Recorded:
Speckled Bush Cricket  (Leptophyes punctatissima)

A male Speckled Bush Cricket  (Leptophyes punctatissima)

Slugs and Snails Recorded:
Garden Snail (Cornu aspersa)
White-lipped Banded Snail (Cepaea hortensis)


Ted:

Ted waiting patiently...........

..................for the neighbours cat to appear!!