We're liking this weather, with another very sunny day, though we still can't shift that chilly south-westerly. At least its not raining.
Highlights today were:
Swallow: Two over the Lower Horse Paddock
Chiffchaff: One singing again from Old Quarry Lane
Pied Flycatcher: Two females in the Sycamore Copse on the butterfly reserve (west)
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
2 Swallow
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
1 Chiffchaff
2 Pied Flycatcher
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
A pair of Linnets on the butterfly reserve.
1 Peacock
Bees Recorded:
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder Bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum) - My first this year
Ashy Mining Bee (Andrena cineraria) - My first this year
Early Mining Bee (Andrena haemorrhoa)
Grey-patched Mining Bee (Andrena nitida)
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
Early Mining Bee (Andrena haemorrhoa)
Grey-patched Mining Bee (Andrena nitida)
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
My first Common Carder Bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum) of Spring
Hoverflies Recorded:
#1 - Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
#2 - Tapered Dronefly (Eristalis pertinax)
#3 - hoverfly sp.
#4 - hoverfly sp.
#1 - Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
#2 - Tapered Dronefly (Eristalis pertinax)
#3 - hoverfly sp.
#4 - hoverfly sp.
Blue Blowfly (Calliphora vicina)
Yellow Dung Fly (Scathophaga stercoraria)
#1 - fly sp.
A male Yellow Dung Fly (Scathophaga stercoraria) and a Small Black Ant (Lasius niger) for company
#1 - fly sp.
5 Common Green Capsid (Lygocoris pabulinus)
5 Harlequin Ladybird (Harmonia axyridis)
A Common Green Capsid (Lygocoris pabulinus)
And two of the..........
.............five Harlequin Ladybirds (Harmonia axyridis) seen today. All of which were form succinea
Spiders Recorded:
Nurseryweb Spider (Pisaura mirabilis)
And here are two.........
.................Nurseryweb Spiders (Pisaura mirabilis)
Ants Recorded:
Small Black Ant (Lasius niger)
Ted:
And here we have Ted........
...........next to the "Portland Russet".