As Ted was set to go to the groom room this afternoon, I made sure he got a good walk in before we left.
Main highlight was coming across my first Six-Spot Burnet moths of the Summer.
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Dunnock
Blackbird
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Butterflies Recorded:
2 Small Skipper
4 Large White
1 Green-veined White
1 Ringlet
5 Meadow Brown
10 Gatekeeper
4 Marbled White
This..........
........is a Small Skipper. And........
....here is another one.
A Green-veined White with a parasitic wasp sp. top left.
These are............
..........Gatekeepers.
2 Silver Y (Autographa gamma)
2 Six-Spot Burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae)
This is a Silver Y (Autographa gamma). And..........
.........here is a short video of it "shivering", as it warms its wings up.
And my first Six-Spot Burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae) of the year.
And a dreadful effort in trying to photograph another one.
A Marbled Bell (Eucosma campoliliana)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder Bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum)
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Yellow-legged Mining Bee (Andrena flavipe)
A very close-up shot of a Yellow-legged Mining Bee (Andrena flavipe).
Ichneumon Wasp sp.
Hoverflies Recorded:
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Black-horned Smoothtail (Epistrophe grossulariae)
Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
Long Hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta)
Thick-legged hoverfly (Syritta pipiens)
Black-horned Smoothtail (Epistrophe grossulariae)
Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
Long Hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta)
Thick-legged hoverfly (Syritta pipiens)
Black-horned Smoothtail (Epistrophe grossulariae)
Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
Long Hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta)
Thick-legged hoverfly (Syritta pipiens)
Four-spot Wingwaver (Herina lugubris)
Red Spotted Parasite Fly (Eriothrix rufomaculata)
Yellow Bellied Fly (Sciara hemerobioides)
House Fly (Neomyia sp.)
Root-maggot fly (Anthomyia pluvialis)
Lance Fly (Lonchaea tarsata)
fly sp.
A Four-spot Wingwaver (Herina lugubris). And here........
......are two more.
Red Spotted Parasite Fly (Eriothrix rufomaculata)
Yellow Bellied Fly (Sciara hemerobioides)
House Fly (Neomyia sp.)
Root-maggot fly (Anthomyia pluvialis)
Root-maggot fly sp.
Lance Fly (Lonchaea tarsata)
fly sp.
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
Common Red Soldier Beetle (Rhagonycha fulva)
This is a male Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis) and here.......
..........is a female.
Common Red Soldier Beetle (Rhagonycha fulva)
Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus)
Speckled Bush-cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima)
Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus)
And a female Speckled Bush-cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima)
Crab Spider (Xysticus sp.)
Crab Spider (Xysticus sp.)
Small Black Ant (Lasius niger)
Ted:
Ted deciding he's not running.............
...........anymore!!
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Weymouth Relief Road, Balancing Reservoir
While Ted was in the groom room I had a short walk around the Balancing Reservoir just east of the Veasta Roundabout at the southern end of the Weymouth Relief Road here.
Main highlights here were at least two pairs of adult Reed Warblers feeding youngsters in the reedbeds.
Birds Recorded:
Wood Pigeon
Dunnock
Blackbird
1 Song Thrush
7 Reed Warbler
1 Blackcap
2 Chiffchaff
Long-tailed Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
1 Jay
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Two photos of..........
......an adult Reed Warbler.
Below are a few photos and a video of the juvenile Reed Warblers at the smaller pool.
A juvenile Reed Warbler waiting for food.
Dragonfly sp.
I'm amazed I managed to get some sort of photo of a dragonfly. This was on the far.........
........side of the larger pool. Possibly a Southern Hawker!! I need a bigger lens to find out.
And this.......
...............is a Garden Straw (Agapeta hamana) and a new moth for my P&W list. It also goes by the name of Common Yellow Conch
Common Carder Bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum)
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Sawflies Recorded:
Turnip Sawfly (Athalia rosae)
A very small sawfly. Possibly a Turnip Sawfly (Athalia rosae)
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
fly sp.
One of the.......
........long-legged flies. Maybe!!
Common Green Capsid (Lygocoris pabulinus)
Common Red Soldier Beetle (Rhagonycha fulva)
Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
Common Red Soldier Beetle (Rhagonycha fulva)
Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
A Common Green Capsid (Lygocoris pabulinus)
Bramble (Rubus fruticosusa)
Its not even mid July and there are already some tasty Blackberries.
The smaller pool.
Ted:
