There was a noticeable change in the temperature today. It was certainly a lot cooler than of late.
Main highlight was a lone Chiffchaff/Willow Warbler calling along Old Quarry Lane. And that was about it!!
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
1 Chiffchaff/Willow Warbler
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Butterflies Recorded:
1 Large White
2 Speckled Wood
2 Meadow Brown
2 Common Blue
3 Chalk Hill Blue
A Speckled Wood
A female Common Blue
1 Plum Tortrix (Hedya pruniana)
A Plum Tortrix (Hedya pruniana)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder Bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum)
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Common Furrow-bee (Lasioglossum calceatum)
A Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) on Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris)
Also on the Common Ragwort a very faded Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
A Common Furrow-bee (Lasioglossum calceatum)
Wasps, Ichneumon Wasps, Parasitic Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
Lots of comings and goings in the Common Wasp nest
A Commom Wasp close to the nest. At first it was on a Buddleia and then it.......
...........moved onto this Dog Rose (Rosa canina) rose-hip.
Hoverflies Recorded:
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
Wasp Plumehorn (Volucella inanis)
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
hoverfly sp.
A Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax) on Common Ragwort
And another Common Dronefly this time on the leaf of a Wild Clematis (Clematis vitalba)
A Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea) on the leaf of a Bramble (Rubus fruticosusa)
A Wasp Plumehorn (Volucella inanis) on Ragwort
Also on the Ragwort was this hoverfly sp.
Red Spotted Parasite Fly (Eriothrix rufomaculata)
A Red Spotted Parasite Fly (Eriothrix rufomaculata) also on Ragwort.
Harlequin Ladybird (Harmonia axyridis)
The larvae of a Harlequin Ladybird (Harmonia axyridis)
Ted chilling out.