Hooray no rain today, to stop me and Ted in our steps. Main highlights were two House Martins overhead, 2 Common Blue butterflies and a Waisted Beegrabber (Physocephala rufipes)
Birds Recorded:
Butterflies Recorded:
8+ Large White
4 Small White
2 Green-veined White
10+ Meadow Brown
20+ Gatekeeper
2 Marbled White
1 Red Admiral
2 Common Blue
Moths Recorded:
1 Silver Y (Autographa gamma)
1 moth sp
Bees Recorded:
Wasps, Ichneumon Wasps, Parasitic Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
Ichneumon Wasp (Aritranis director)
Hoverflies Recorded:
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
Mimic Bee Hoverfly (Volucella bombylans)
The Footballer (Helophilus pendulus)
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Painted Graphfly (Graphomya maculata)
On the left is a Red Spotted Parasite Fly (Eriothrix rufomaculata) and on the right a House Fly (Neomyia sp.)
1 Buzzard
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
2 House Martin
Dunnock
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
2 House Martin
Dunnock
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
This Herring Gull......
............was not........
...........happy with this Common Buzzard passing over Wakeham
8+ Large White
4 Small White
2 Green-veined White
10+ Meadow Brown
20+ Gatekeeper
2 Marbled White
1 Red Admiral
2 Common Blue
The Gatekeepers are beginning to look a bit bedraggled.
There are the odd Red Admiral showing up now.
These are.....
............Common Blues
1 Silver Y (Autographa gamma)
1 moth sp
A Silver Y (Autographa gamma)
A moth sp.
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder Bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum)
Garden Bumblebee (Bombus hortorum)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder Bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum)
Garden Bumblebee (Bombus hortorum)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
bee sp.
A Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) on the Blackberry flowers.
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder bee (Bombus pascuorum)
A bee sp.
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
Ichneumon Wasp (Aritranis director)
An Ichneumon Wasp (Aritranis director)
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
Mimic Bee Hoverfly (Volucella bombylans)
The Footballer (Helophilus pendulus)
A Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
A Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
And The Footballer (Helophilus pendulus)
This is a Mimic Bee Hoverfly (Volucella bombylans)
And my mystery..........
............hoverfly for today is !!!!
Painted Graphfly (Graphomya maculata)
Yellow Bellied Fly (Sciara hemerobioides)
Red Spotted Parasite Fly (Eriothrix rufomaculata)
Red Spotted Parasite Fly (Eriothrix rufomaculata)
Waisted Beegrabber (Physocephala rufipes)
House Fly (Neomyia sp.)
House Fly (Neomyia sp.)
A female Painted Graphfly (Graphomya maculata)
A Yellow Bellied Fly (Sciara hemerobioides)
A Waisted Beegrabber (Physocephala rufipes)
Common Red Soldier Beetle (Rhagonycha fulva)
Lesser Thick-legged Flower Beetle (Ischnomera cyanea)
Common Green Capsid (Lygocoris pabulinus)
Common Green Capsid (Lygocoris pabulinus)
Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
Rose Chafer (Cetonia aurata)
Rose Chafer (Cetonia aurata)
Common Green Capsid (Lygocoris pabulinus)
Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
A Rose Chafer (Cetonia aurata)
Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus)
A Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus)
Garden Snail (Cornu aspersa)
White-lipped Banded Snail (Cepaea hortensis)
Caterpillars Recorded:
The Mullein (Cucullia verbasci)
Plants:
Bramble (Rubus fruticosusa)
Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
Common Knapweed (Centaurea nigra)
Common Nettle (Urtica dioica)
Common Poppy (Papaver rhoeas)
Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris)
Common Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum)
Common Valerian (Valeriana officinalis)
Common Vetch (Vicia sativa)
Dog Rose (Rosa canina)
Eyebright (Euphrasia officinalis)
Field Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)
Germander Speedwell (Veronica chamaedrys)
Ground Ivy (Glechoma hederacea)
Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)
Hedge Bedstraw (Galium album)
Hemp Agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum)
Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum)
Herb Bennet (Geum urbanum)
Honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum)
Horseshoe Vetch (Hippocrepis comosa)
Ivy (Hedera helix)
Kidney Vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria)
Large Bindweed (Calystegia silvatica)
Lesser Burdock (Arctium minus)
Provence Rose (Rosa gallica)
Red Clover (Trifolium pratense)
Red Valerian (Centranthus ruber)
Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus)
Wall Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster horizontalis)
White Clover (Trifolium repens)
Wild Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare)
Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris)
