It was another lovely day, with plenty of sunshine and more importantly some warmth. However the weather forecast for tomorrow is not looking so promising.
Highlights today were singles of Common Whitethroat, Blackcap and Chiffchaff in and around the meadow and wildlife site. Also noted was a small damselfly which unfortunately flew off before I could identify it.
And another insect which "escaped" before I could identify it properly looked very much like a Meadow Brown!!
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
Song Thrush
1 Common Whitethroat
1 Blackcap
1 Chiffchaff
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
This Song Thrush is still singing away in Wakeham Meadow...............
...................though this time in a different Sycamore tree.
Dragonflies and Damselflies Recorded:
1 damselfly sp.
Butterflies Recorded:
4 Orange-tip
3 Large White
4 Small White
1 Meadow Brown - possibly!
Moths Recorded:
10 Cocksfoot Moth (Glyphipterix simpliciella)
1 Green-longhorn Moth (Adela reaumurella)
11 Silver Y (Autographa gamma)
A Green-longhorn Moth (Adela reaumurella)
There are more and more Silver Y's (Autographa gamma) turning up each day.
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder Bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum)
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
Chocolate Mining Bee (Andrena scotica)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Chocolate Mining Bee (Andrena scotica)
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Spring Epistrophe (Epistrophe eligans)
A Spring Epistrophe (Epistrophe eligans)
20 Dock Bug (Coreus marginatus)
2 Rustic Sailor Beetle (Cantharis rustica)
Well there is one thing for sure..........
.............there are going to be a lot...........
...............more Dock Bugs next year.
And Rustic Sailor Beetles (Cantharis rustica) as well.
1 Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera)
1 Speckled Bush-cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima)
The nymph of a Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera)
And the nymph of a Speckled Bush-cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima) - I think!!
3 Nurseryweb Spider (Pisaura mirabilis)
Plants:
Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum)
Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa)
Bramble (Rubus fruticosusa)
Common Daisy (Bellis perennis)
Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
Common Nettle (Urtica dioica)
Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris)
Germander Speedwell (Veronica chamaedrys)
Ground Ivy (Glechoma hederacea)
Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)
Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum)
Hoary Plantain (Plantago media)
Ivy (Hedera helix)
Lesser Burdock (Arctium minus)
Meadow Buttercup (Ranunculus arvensis)
Red Clover (Trifolium pratense)
Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus)
Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum)
Wall Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster horizontalis)
Wayfaring-tree (Viburnum lantana)
Wild Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare)
Yellow-rattle (Rhinanthus minor)
Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum)
Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa)
Bramble (Rubus fruticosusa)
Common Daisy (Bellis perennis)
Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
Common Nettle (Urtica dioica)
Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris)
Germander Speedwell (Veronica chamaedrys)
Ground Ivy (Glechoma hederacea)
Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)
Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum)
Hoary Plantain (Plantago media)
Ivy (Hedera helix)
Lesser Burdock (Arctium minus)
Meadow Buttercup (Ranunculus arvensis)
Red Clover (Trifolium pratense)
Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus)
Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum)
Wall Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster horizontalis)
Wayfaring-tree (Viburnum lantana)
Wild Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare)
Yellow-rattle (Rhinanthus minor)
Hoary Plantain (Plantago media) along.......
..............Old Quarry Lane.
Ted:
Now you see him, now you don't, now you see him...........