Port and Wey: 7 Apr 24

Old Quarry Lane, Wakeham Meadows, Wakeham Railway Cuttings, Wakeham Railway Cuttings (east), The Cuttings Quarry, Bumpers Lane, Silklake Quarry, Broadcroft Quarry Lane, Broadcroft Butterfly Reserve, Higher Horse Paddock and Lower Horse Paddock

Yet again it was another very windy and sunny day, and just like yesterday there was very little about, with two Chiffchaffs being the only Spring migrants noted.

Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
2 Chiffchaff
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
Greenfinch

A very elegant looking Herring Gull wading through a very waterlogged horse paddock

Butterflies Recorded:
None!!

Bees Recorded:
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)

Early Bumblebee (Bombus pratorum)
Bronze Furrow Bee (Halictus tumulorum)

Mining Bee sp. (Andrena sp.)

Marsham's Nomad Bee (Nomada marshamella)

A Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) on a flowering Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa). A plant that is also known as Sloe.

My first Early Bumblebee (Bombus pratorum) of Spring

I believe these are Bronze Furrow Bee (Halictus tumulorum) on a flowering Wild Strawberry. I will check.

Sadly not enough detail to go beyond a Mining Bee sp. (Andrena sp.)

A Marsham's Nomad Bee (Nomada marshamella)

Wasps, Ichneumon Wasps, Parasitic Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:

Ichneumon Wasp (Ichneumon sarcitorius)

An Ichneumon Wasp (Ichneumon sarcitorius) on an Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum)

Hoverflies Recorded:
None seen

Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
10+ Blue Blowfly (Calliphora vicina)

Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
2 Bloody-nosed Beetle (Timarcha tenebricosa)
1 Harlequin Ladybird (Harmonia axyridis)