It was another late afternoon walk, which suits Ted, as it has been quite warm during the day. Plus I wanted to have another look in the same area as yesterday, to see if there were any Autumn Migrants about. There were, but only two Chiffchaffs
Birds Recorded:
1 Sparrowhawk
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
2 House Martin
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
2 Chiffchaff
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
A female/juvenile Sparrowhawk........
..................created panic with the local passerines.
These two Chiffchaffs....
............kept well hidden in the undergrowth.
4 Large White
1 Small White
1 Green-veined White
1 Speckled Wood
2 Meadow Brown
2 Common Blue
1 Chalk Hill Blue
1 Speckled Wood
2 Meadow Brown
2 Common Blue
1 Chalk Hill Blue
A very bedraggled Small White
A pristine looking Speckled Wood
The underwings of a ............
................very worn male Chalk Hill Blue. This male.....
...........is in better nick.
Moths Recorded:
A Straw Conch (Cochylimorpha straminea)Rush Veneer (Nomophila noctuella) - Possibly
Bees Recorded:
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder Bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum)
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
A Common Carder Bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum) exiting the flower of this Large Bindweed (Calystegia silvatica)
Wasps, Ichneumon Wasps, Parasitic Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)Gall Wasp (Dipoloepis rosaea)
A Robin's Pincushion on a Dog Rose. It is a gall caused by the larvae of a tiny gall wasp, Dipoloepis rosaea. More on this Here.
Hoverflies Recorded:
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Long Hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta)
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
I have just started to notice more spider webs on my walks. This one has been made by a Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus).
Ted:
Ships Today:
This Straw Conch (Cochylimorpha straminea) is pretty numerous in the meadow at the moment.
Possibly a Rush Veneer (Nomophila noctuella). If it is its a very worn individual.
Bees Recorded:
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder Bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum)
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Wasps, Ichneumon Wasps, Parasitic Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
It seems I have found a Common Wasp.............
.............nest.
Hoverflies Recorded:
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Long Hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta)
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Yellow-girdled Brusheye (Dasysyrphus tricinctus)
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
And a real stunning looking Yellow-girdled Brusheye (Dasysyrphus tricinctus)
Crickets and Grasshoppers Recorded:
Common Green Grasshopper (Omocestus viridulus)
Common Green Grasshopper (Omocestus viridulus)
A Common Green Grasshopper (Omocestus viridulus)
Spiders Recorded:
Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus)
Ted:
Ted looking rather chilled . At least he found a bit of shade.
Ships Today:
