Port and Wey: 22 Jul 24

Old Quarry Lane, Wakeham Meadows and Wakeham Wildlife Site

It was another very warm and sunny day, with a bit of a strong westerly breeze, keeping temperatures down.

Main highlights were a male Blackcap singing from the wildlife site, a large "blue" dragonfly over the meadow and a very large Great Green Bush Cricket.

Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Dunnock
Blackbird
Song Thrush (heard singing)
1 Blackcap (heard singing)
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch

Dragonflies and Damselflies Recorded:
1 dragonfly sp

Butterflies Recorded:
2 Small Skipper
5 Large White
2 Small White
1 Green-veined White
1 Ringlet
10+ Meadow Brown
20+ Gatekeeper
1 Marbled White
1 Common Blue

A Ringlet

And a Common Blue

Moths Recorded:

1 Silver Y (Autographa gamma)

20+ Six-Spot Burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae)

1 Common Carpet (Epirrhoe alternata)

Six-Spot Burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae)

A Common Carpet (Epirrhoe alternata)

Bees Recorded:

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

Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Common Carder bee (Bombus pascuorum)

Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)

This is a........

.............Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)

And this is a.........

............worker Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)

And a...........

..................Common Carder bee (Bombus pascuorum)

Wasps, Ichneumon Wasps, Parasitic Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)

Four-spotted Cave Ichneumon (Diphyus quadripunctorius)

This is a Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris) arriving at its nest.

This is a Four-spotted Cave Ichneumon (Diphyus quadripunctorius)

Hoverflies Recorded:
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)

A Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)

And a Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)

Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:

Waisted Beegrabber (Physocephala rufipes) - seen again but not photographed.
Red Spotted Parasite Fly (Eriothrix rufomaculata)

Painted Graphfly (Graphomya maculata)

Red Spotted Parasite Fly (Eriothrix rufomaculata)

And a male Painted Graphfly (Graphomya maculata)

Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
Common Green Capsid (Lygocoris pabulinus)
Common Red Soldier Beetle (Rhagonycha fulva)
Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)