Well it appears we've skipped Spring and gone straight to Summer. Today was definitely the warmest it's been this year and it was pretty noticeable that there were many more insects about than of late. It's amazing what a bit of warm sunshine can do.
Wakeham Meadow starred again with a Reed Warbler this time along with 1 Common Whitethroat, a Blackcap and a Chiffchaff.
On the butterfly reserve highlights here were 5 Swallows heading up the island, 3 Common Whitethroat, a Lesser Whitethroat and a Blackcap
Birds Recorded:
1 Sparrowhawk
1 Kestrel
1 Pheasant
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
5 Swallow
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
Song Thrush
1 Reed Warbler
4 Common Whitethroat
1 Lesser Whitethroat
2 Blackcap
1 Chiffchaff
Long-tailed Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Butterflies Recorded:
6 Orange-tip
5 Large White
10 Small White
8 Speckled Wood
1 Small Tortoiseshell
Moths Recorded:
8 Common Nettle-tap (Anthophila fabriciana)
Bees Recorded:
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder Bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Yellow-legged Mining Bee (Andrena flavipe)
Sawflies Recorded:
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Blue Blowfly (Calliphora vicina)
Yellow Dung Fly (Scathophaga stercoraria)
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
2 Spot Ladybird (Adalia bipunctata)
Spiders Recorded:
Nurseryweb Spider (Pisaura mirabilis)
Plants:
Yellow-rattle (Rhinanthus minor)
Ships Today:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
5 Swallow
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
Song Thrush
1 Reed Warbler
4 Common Whitethroat
1 Lesser Whitethroat
2 Blackcap
1 Chiffchaff
Long-tailed Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
The Pheasant from Old Quarry Lane, has now found its way to the Lower Horse Paddock.
A Common Whitethroat preening.
A Chiffchaff singing from the trees surrounding Wakeham Meadow
6 Orange-tip
5 Large White
10 Small White
8 Speckled Wood
1 Small Tortoiseshell
A female Orange-tip on the flowers of a Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum)
And a freshly emerged Speckled Wood.
8 Common Nettle-tap (Anthophila fabriciana)
1 Cocksfoot Moth (Glyphipterix simpliciella)
1 Green-longhorn Moth (Adela reaumurella)
A Common Nettle-tap (Anthophila fabriciana)
Below the Narcissus Bulb Fly is..........
.............a Cocksfoot Moth (Glyphipterix simpliciella)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder Bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Yellow-legged Mining Bee (Andrena flavipe)
Sweat bee sp.
A Yellow-legged Mining Bee (Andrena flavipe)
A Sweat bee sp.
Turnip Sawfly (Athalia rosae)
Hoverflies Recorded:
Narcissus Bulb Fly (Merodon equestris)
A Turnip Sawfly (Athalia rosae)
Narcissus Bulb Fly (Merodon equestris)
Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
Spring Epistrophe (Epistrophe eligans)
Spring Epistrophe (Epistrophe eligans)
Narcissus Bulb Fly (Merodon equestris) form narcissi
Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
A Spring Epistrophe (Epistrophe eligans)
Blue Blowfly (Calliphora vicina)
Yellow Dung Fly (Scathophaga stercoraria)
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
2 Spot Ladybird (Adalia bipunctata)
22-spot Ladybird (Psyllobora 22-punctata)
Dock Bug (Coreus marginatus)
Dock Bug (Coreus marginatus)
A 2 Spot Ladybird (Adalia bipunctata)
A 22-spot Ladybird (Psyllobora 22-punctata)
And another 22-spot Ladybird........
............which took off as I photographed it.
A Dock Bug (Coreus marginatus)
Nurseryweb Spider (Pisaura mirabilis)
Here are a couple of........
......................Nurseryweb Spiders (Pisaura mirabilis)
Yellow-rattle (Rhinanthus minor)
And my first Yellow-rattle (Rhinanthus minor) this year.
Ted:
A few Teds
This is the British RFA Replenishment Ship "Tidespring" just off Portland Bill. More on this vessel Here.