Well what an interesting walk that was, with my first Ringlets of the year, a new moth for my Portland list and a solitary Pyramidal Orchid in the meadow. The latter is the first time I have seen this orchid species at this location.
Birds Recorded:
Buzzard
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Dunnock
Blackbird
1 Blackcap
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
A Dunnock
Butterflies Recorded:
1 Small Skipper
2 Speckled Wood
2 Ringlet
20+ Meadow Brown
5 Gatekeeper
10+ Marbled White
A very worn Speckled Wood
My first Ringlet for the year
Still plenty of Meadow Browns about
A Gatekeeper
And a Marbled White
8+ Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella)
1 Crescent Plume (Marasmarcha lunaedactyla)
1 Hoary Tortrix (Eucosma cana)
#1 - moth sp.
Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella)
A Crescent Plume (Marasmarcha lunaedactyla)
Hoary Tortrix (Eucosma cana). Also known as Hoary Bell and a new moth for my moth list.
#1 - moth sp.
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder Bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
Ichneumon Wasp sp.
An Ichneumon Wasp sp.
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Plain-faced Dronefly (Eristalis arbustorum)
#1 - hoverfly sp.
Here are a couple of............
...........photos of a female Plain-faced Dronefly (Eristalis arbustorum)
#1 - hoverfly sp.
Blue Blowfly (Calliphora vicina)
Greenbottle (Lucilia sp.)
Jet-black Parasite Fly (Zophomyia temula)
5 Red Spotted Parasite Fly (Eriothrix rufomaculata)
1 Thick-headed Fly (Sicus ferrugineus)
20+ Yellow Bellied Fly (Sciara hemerobioides)
#1 - fly sp.
#2 - fly sp.
A Red Spotted Parasite Fly (Eriothrix rufomaculata)
Yellow Bellied Fly (Sciara hemerobioides)
#1 - fly sp.
#2 - fly sp.
Common Red Soldier Beetle (Rhagonycha fulva)
Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
Common Green Capsid (Lygocoris pabulinus)
Common Red Soldier Beetle (Rhagonycha fulva)
A male Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
Common Green Capsid (Lygocoris pabulinus)
Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera)
Great Green Bush Cricket (Tettigonia viridissima)
Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus)
Common Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus)
Common Green Grasshopper (Omocestus viridulus)
Common Green Grasshopper (Omocestus viridulus)
Crickets
A Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera)
A Great Green Bush Cricket (Tettigonia viridissima)
And another Great Green Bush Cricket showing just how long their antennae are.
Grasshoppers
There are so many colour variations and patterns with grasshoppers, that I can't be 100% I have ID'd those below correctly. I will check with the experts and get back with the results soonest.
A Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus)
And another Meadow Grasshopper.
A Common Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus)
Common Green Grasshopper (Omocestus viridulus)
spider sp.
A mauve coloured spider which caught my eye.
Greater Burdock (Arctium lappa)
Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis)
Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis)
This plant is.......
....................Greater Burdock (Arctium lappa)
Well I wasn't expecting to see this..................
.............Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) in the meadow. There are......
............plenty on the island. This is the first one I have seen at this location.
What's going on here:
There was a real tangle of bodies here. The one below was........
............a Common Carder Bumblebee which was on this Common Knapweed (Centaurea nigra)..
......but when it took off it flew straight into this Thick-headed Fly (Sicus ferrugineus)
Yes Ted I'm coming.
Oh dear he's waiting for me again.