It was a return trip to the cemetery this morning, in the hope of finding a few Ivy Bees. But yet again the flowering Ivy was void of any and instead there were hundreds of hoverflies and wasps "buzzing" about.
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
39+ House Martin/Swallow
2 Tree Pipit
Dunnock
Robin
3 Chiffchaff/Willow Warbler
Long-tailed Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
1 Raven
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
1 Siskin
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Dragonflies and Damselflies Recorded:
Chaser sp.
Butterflies Recorded:
4 Large White
2 Speckled Wood
3 Red Admiral
A Speckled Wood
Moths Recorded:
Common Nettle-tap (Anthophila fabriciana)
Spot the Common Nettle-tap moth on the Blackberries.
Bees Recorded:
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder Bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum)
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
A Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) on the flowering Ivy (Hedera helix)
And another Buff-tailed Bumblebee, this time a very faded individual on Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris)
Wasps, Ichneumon Wasps, Parasitic Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
A Common Wasp
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
Hornet Plumehorn (Volucella zonaria)
Long Hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta)
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
hoverflies sp.
A Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
Bottom left a Common Dronefly, centre right a Syrphus sp. and top left hoverfly sp.
Bottom right a Hornet Plumehorn, bottom left and top right are hoverflies sp. and top left a greenbottle fly sp.
Bottom right a Hornet Plumehorn, bottom left and top right are the two hoverflies sp.
Bottom left and top right are Common Droneflies with a Common Wasp between them.
On the left a Hornet Plumehorn and on the right a Dead Head Hoverfly
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
7-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata)
Dock Bug (Coreus marginatus)
A 7-spot Ladybird in amongst the Ivy and Brambles
And a Dock Bug nymph.
Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus)
There are two sides to a Garden Spider. The passive side and.....
............and the business end, as it devours a small insect.
Ivy (Hedera helix)
With the Ivy now in flower, there were hundreds of hoverflies and wasps.
General Shots:
Ships Today:
The following vessels are all moored up in Portland Harbour
This is the Passenger (Cruise) Ship "Regal Princess", flying the flag of Bermuda. More on this vessel here.
This is the British Offshore Support Ship "Stirling Castle". More on this vessel Here
This is the Cypriot Offshore Support Ship "Siem Barracuda". More on this vessel Here
This is the Dutch General Cargo Ship "Lady Amalia". More on this vessel Here.
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Wakeham
In the conservatory this morning was this L-album Wainscot moth (Mythimna l-album)