So it was back in the garden today (Day 6) for a short stint of replanting a few shrubs, before retreating back indoors when the outdoor thermometer reached 27.0°C in the shade.
At long last a few more butterflies, but where have all the bees gone, with just one Common Carder Bumblebee on the Purple Loosestrife.
Birds Recorded:
2 Buzzard
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
1 Swift
2 House Martin
Dunnock
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Birds Recorded:
2 Buzzard
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
1 Swift
2 House Martin
Dunnock
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
This Dunnock was spoilt for choice. Bathing in the "Bath" pond then back to the waterfall and then back again to the pond.
And what a soaking it had. Though in this heat, it wont take long to dry out.
Amphibians Recorded:
Palmate Newt
As the sun set so the Palmate Newts began to appear in the "Bath" Pond.
Dragonflies and Damselflies Recorded:
2 Azure Damselfly (Coenagrion puella)
2 Azure Damselfly (Coenagrion puella)
Below are a few photos of the two male Azure Damselflies in the "Bath" Pond.
2 Speckled Wood
2 Red Admiral
Moths Recorded:
1 Silver Y (Autographa gamma)
2 small moth sps.
Bees Recorded:
1 Common Carder Bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum)
The only bee seen in the garden today was this Common Carder Bumblebee on the Purple Loosestrife.
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Thick-legged hoverfly (Syritta pipiens)
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
A Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax) I think.
A Thick-legged hoverfly (Syritta pipiens). Also known as the Common Compost Fly
A Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) hovering over the "Tractor Tyre" Pond before.....
............landing on it.
1 Yellow Bellied Fly (Sciara hemerobioides)
Here are a couple of photos......
..............Yellow Bellied Fly (Sciara hemerobioides)
