5 Jun 24

Furzedown Farm, Tidmoor Cove and Lynch Cove

It was another visit to the caravan and then a lovely walk around the "block", apart from one sad event! Where I photographed the Fox cub, just up from the farm a couple of days ago, there was a smaller one dead on the track. A quick look revealed no injuries, so I've no idea how it met its fate.

Mammals Recorded:
Fox (deceased)

Really sad to see, but where I came across a fox cub two days ago, there was now a dead one, which was a lot smaller.

Birds Recorded:
1 Sparrowhawk
1 Moorhen (heard at Tidmoor Cove)
Herring Gull
1 Great Black-backed Gull
Wood Pigeon
2 Skylark
8 Swallow
1 Pied Wagtail
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
Song Thrush
2 Cetti's Warbler
1 Garden Warbler
4 Common Whitethroat
2 Chiffchaff
Long-tailed Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Rook
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
Greenfinch

It was that windy the Skylarks were singing from the fences.

A female Common Whitethroat with a nest close by.

And a juvenile Great Tit

Dragonflies and Damselflies Recorded:
1 Hawker sp.

1 Damselfly sp.
1 Large Red Damselfly

This is a female Large Red Damselfly and.............

..............my first one here.

Butterflies Recorded:
2 Large Skipper
4 Speckled Wood
6 Meadow Brown
1 Red Admiral
1 Holly Blue
1 Common Blue

At the back of Tidmoor Cove were these...........

..............two Large Skippers.

A pristine Speckled Wood and........

...........a tatty Red Admiral

Moths Recorded:
20+ Cocksfoot Moth (Glyphipterix simpliciella)
1 Common Nettle-tap (Anthophila fabriciana)
4 Yellow Shell (Camptogramma bilineata)

1 Red-barred Tortrix (Ditula angustiorana)

A Yellow Shell (Camptogramma bilineata)

And this is my first ever Red-barred Tortrix (Ditula angustiorana)

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


Wasps, Ichneumon Wasps, Parasitic Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
#1 - Ichneumon sp.
#2 - Ichneumon sp.


Hoverflies Recorded:

Plain-faced Dronefly (Eristalis arbustorum)
Long Hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta)
Pellucid Hoverfly (Volucella pellucens)
The Footballer (Helophilus pendulus)

A female Plain-faced Dronefly (Eristalis arbustorum)

A male Long Hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta)

The Footballer (Helophilus pendulus). Also known as the Tiger Marsh Fly

A Pellucid Hoverfly (Volucella pellucens) with a Greenbottle (Lucilia sp.)

Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Dagger Fly (Empis tessellata)
Greenbottle (Lucilia sp.)
Yellow Dung Fly (Scathophaga stercoraria)


Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)


Crickets and Grasshoppers Recorded:
Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera)


Caterpillars Recorded:
Lackey moth (Malacosoma neustria)

Water-dropwort Brown (Depressaria daucella)

A Lackey moth (Malacosoma neustria)

A Water-dropwort Brown (Depressaria daucella)

And another Water-dropwort Brown.

Eggs Recorded:

eggs sp.

eggs sp. Could they be those of the Water-dropwort Brown moth!!

Plants:

Black Mustard (Brassica nigra)

Hemlock Water-dropwort (Oenanthe crocata)

Corky-fruit Water-dropwort (Oenanthe pimpinelloides)

Ceanothus sp

That is a lot of...........

..............Black Mustard (Brassica nigra)

This is..........

..................Hemlock Water-dropwort (Oenanthe crocata).

And this slightly smaller plant is.........

...............a Corky-fruit Water-dropwort (Oenanthe pimpinelloides)

And this shrub is.............

.................Ceanothus, a member of the the Blackthorn Family. There are 50 - 60 different species. So this one will remain as Ceanothus sp. More on Ceanothus here.

Ted:

Ted enjoying the shade.