Port and Wey: 23 Aug 23

Old Quarry Lane and Wakeham Meadows

It was a very late walk today, as it was pretty warm again for Ted. In fact it was that late, the only butterfly I saw was a Large White. Unsurprisingly there were lots of moths about and for the second day running I came across the Yellow-girdled Brusheye, in the same area as yesterday.

And I came across a new fly for my Portland List. A Brown Sieve-winged Snailkiller (Euthycera fumigata)

The only Autumn migrants noted were a Blackcap and a Chiffchaff/Willow Warbler calling.

Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
1 Blackcap (heard sub-song)
1 Chiffchaff/Willow Warbler
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch

Butterflies Recorded:
1 Large White

Moths Recorded:
Straw Conch (Cochylimorpha straminea)

Straw Conch (Cochylimorpha straminea)

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

A Common Carder Bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum) exiting the flower of this Large Bindweed (Calystegia silvatica). It feels a little bit like "Groundhog Day".

A Honey Bee on Wild Clematis (Clematis vitalba), a plant also known as Travellers’ Joy and Old Man’s Beard

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

The Common Wasp nest is pretty busy and will be for a number of weeks now.

Hoverflies Recorded:
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Yellow-girdled Brusheye (Dasysyrphus tricinctus)

A Yellow-girdled Brusheye (Dasysyrphus tricinctus). Could it be the same one as yesterday. It is certainly in the same spot and on a Common Ragwort (Galanthus nivalis) that was next to this one!!

Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:

Brown Sieve-winged Snailkiller (Euthycera fumigata)