After a very hot day, Ted and I finally got to go on a walk around 6:30pm. It was still pretty warm, but not that oppressive heat which Ted would certainly not have enjoyed.
Unsurprisingly there were no real highlights, apart from dozens of micro-moths which annoyingly I just couldn't keep up with to get a photograph.
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Dunnock
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Butterflies Recorded:
1 Large White
1 Meadow Brown
1 Red Admiral
1 Peacock
1 Common Blue
A Common Blue
Moths Recorded:
20+ micro moths
20+ micro moths
2 Six-Spot Burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae)
A worn Six-Spot Burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae)
Bees Recorded:
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder bee (Bombus pascuorum)
Garden Bumblebee (Bombus hortorum)
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
bee sp.
Hoverflies Recorded:
Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
Common Green Capsid (Lygocoris pabulinus)
Common Red Soldier Beetle (Rhagonycha fulva)
Crickets and Grasshoppers Recorded:
Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus)
Slugs and Snails Recorded:
Smooth Glass Snail (Aegopinella nitidula)
Ted:
A Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) on a Budleia
bee sp.
Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
Long Hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta)
hoverfly sp.
A Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
Long Hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta)
hoverfly sp.
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
House Fly (Neomyia sp.)
A House Fly (Neomyia sp.)
fly sp.
Common Green Capsid (Lygocoris pabulinus)
Common Red Soldier Beetle (Rhagonycha fulva)
Southern Border Meadow Skink Beetle (Acetropis gimmerthalii) - Unlikely!!
A Common Red Soldier Beetle (Rhagonycha fulva)
This is one of the Miridae family and possibly Acetropis gimmerthalii. There is no Common name for this species, but in Sweden it is called Sydlig Gräns Ängsskinnbagge which in English translates to Southern Border Meadow Skink Beetle. Sadly as I can't ID it from this photo it will have to remain as miridae sp. Great shame as I love the Swedish name.
Crickets and Grasshoppers Recorded:
Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus)
Slugs and Snails Recorded:
Smooth Glass Snail (Aegopinella nitidula)
A Smooth Glass Snail (Aegopinella nitidula) and a new snail for my Portland List.
Spiders Recorded:
Crab Spider (Misumena vatia)
Crab Spider (Misumena vatia)
Caterpillars Recorded:
Cinnabar moth
Cinnabar moth
There are still quite a few Cinnabar moth caterpillars in the meadow.
Ted enjoying the cooler conditions.
