Port and Wey: 15 Jun 24

Old Quarry Lane, Wakeham Meadows and Wakeham Wildlife Site

Once the threat of a hefty shower had passed it was on with the walking boots and out for a walk on my local patch.

Highlights today were both the Song Thrush and Chiffchaff back singing again. Where do they both go when they aren't singing!!

Other highlights was a very very small butterfly which I can only presume to be a female Common Blue in miniature.

Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Dunnock
Blackbird
1 Song Thrush
1 Chiffchaff
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch

The "resident" Chiffchaff singing from Wakeham Meadow

Dragonflies and Damselflies Recorded:
1 Common Blue Damselfly

The male Common Blue Damselfly still in Old Quarry Lane

Butterflies Recorded:
2 Speckled Wood
2 Meadow Brown
1 Small Blue
3 Common Blue

Not evident here, but this is the smallest female Common Blue I have ever seen. In fact it was that small it was smaller than a Small Blue.

Moths Recorded:
1 Cocksfoot Moth (Glyphipterix simpliciella)

Bees Recorded:
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Garden Bumblebee (Bombus hortorum)
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)

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

1 Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)

1 Sand Wasp (Crabronidae sp.)