It was yet another very warm and sunny day, with some great highlights. The first being a Tree Pipit heading north, and 3 Swallows heading south!!
Other highlights were my first Small Blue butterfly in the railway cuttings, where there were also 3 Painted Lady's.
As for moths there were hundreds of Cocksfoot Moths (Glyphipterix simpliciella) either feeding in buttercup flowers or Smooth Hawk's-beard.
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
3 Swallow
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
3 Swallow
1 Tree Pipit
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
3 Common Whitethroat
1 Blackcap
Chiffchaff (note seen or heard today)
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
3 Common Whitethroat
1 Blackcap
Chiffchaff (note seen or heard today)
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
The male Common Whitethroat is still present in Wakeham Meadow.
2 Large White
2 Small White
3 Speckled Wood
3 Painted Lady
1 Small Blue
A Speckled Wood
And here are two of the...........
..........three Painted Lady's along the Easton Railway Cuttings.
Also along the railway cuttings was this male Small Blue, my first one this year.
Cocksfoot Moth (Glyphipterix simpliciella)
Diamond-backed Moth (Plutella xylostella)
Green-longhorn Moth (Adela reaumurella)
Vetch Piercer (Grapholita jungiella)
It seemed that every buttercup flower had several...........
.............Cocksfoot moths in them.
A Cocksfoot Moth (Glyphipterix simpliciella) on an Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum)
I think I have..........
..............this right as a.................
...............Diamond-backed Moth (Plutella xylostella)
Green-longhorn Moth (Adela reaumurella)
Vetch Piercer (Grapholita jungiella)
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
Common Carder Bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Andrena sp.
Nomada sp.
A Honey Bee on Wall Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster horizontalis)
A Common Carder Bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum) on Kidney Vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria)
An Andrena sp.
A Nomada sp.
Ichneumon sp.
An Ichneumon sp
As above.
Hoverflies Recorded:
Mimic Bee Hoverfly (Volucella bombylans)
Spring Epistrophe (Epistrophe eligans)
Slender Melanostoma (Melanostoma scalare)
Chequered Hoverfly (Melanostoma scalare)
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Narcissus Bulb Fly (Merodon equestris) - form narcissi
Mimic Bee Hoverfly (Volucella bombylans)
Spring Epistrophe (Epistrophe eligans)
A Chequered Hoverfly (Melanostoma scalare) and an aerial.......
.............view of another one.
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Narcissus Bulb Fly (Merodon equestris) - form narcissi
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Thick-headed Fly (Sicus ferrugineus)
Tiger Cranefly (Nephrotoma flavescens)
Thick-headed Fly (Sicus ferrugineus)
Tiger Cranefly (Nephrotoma flavescens)
#1 - fly sp.
#2 - fly sp.
#3 - fly sp.
#4 - fly sp.
#5 - fly sp.
A Thick-headed Fly (Sicus ferrugineus) and.......
.............another one.
A Tiger Cranefly (Nephrotoma flavescens)
#1 - fly sp.
#2 - fly sp.
#3 - fly sp.
#4 - fly sp.
#5 - fly sp.
50+ Lesser Thick-legged Flower Beetle (Ischnomera cyanea)
50+ Dock Bug (Coreus marginatus)
Lesser Thick-legged Flower Beetle (Ischnomera cyanea)
And the 50+ Dock Bugs (Coreus marginatus)............
..............are still on the Curled Dock (Rumex crispus)
Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera)
A Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera) nymph
Leafhopper (Empoasca vitis)
A Leafhopper (Empoasca vitis)
Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum)
Common Nettle (Urtica dioica)
Common Valerian (Valeriana officinalis)
Common Vetch (Vicia sativa)
Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)
Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum)
Ivy (Hedera helix)
Meadow Buttercup (Ranunculus arvensis)
Red Clover (Trifolium pratense)
Common Vetch (Vicia sativa)
Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)
Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum)
Ivy (Hedera helix)
Meadow Buttercup (Ranunculus arvensis)
Red Clover (Trifolium pratense)
Red Valerian (Centranthus ruber)
Smooth Hawk's-beard (Crepis capillaris)
Wild Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare)
Yellow-rattle (Rhinanthus minor)
Wild Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare)
Yellow-rattle (Rhinanthus minor)
This is Smooth Hawk's-beard (Crepis capillaris) and is.......
............a member of the Daisy family.
A large bed of Common Nettles (Urtica dioica)
.................and a close-up
These are also Common Nettles (Urtica dioica)..........
..........with male flowering heads.
Easton Railway Cuttings with a sea of colour. The plants here are valerian, vetch and daisies.
Red Valerian (Centranthus ruber)
And the pink variant of Centranthus ruber
Common Valerian (Valeriana officinalis). Also known as White Valerian
Yes I'm coming Ted.