Yet another very windy day, but at least it wasn't raining.
Main highlight was a male Blackcap singing from the nature reserve.
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Dunnock
Blackbird
1 Blackcap
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Butterflies Recorded:
3 Small Skipper
8 Large White
3 Ringlet
20+ Meadow Brown
10+ Gatekeeper
8 Marbled White
1 Red Admiral
A Small Skipper
Ringlet
A Gatekeeper and...........
............a Marbled White
Silver Y (Autographa gamma)
Sycamore Piercer (Pammene aurita)
A Sycamore Piercer (Pammene aurita). Sometimes called the Tawny Sycamore Piercer.
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder Bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder Bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Yellow-legged Mining Bee (Andrena flavipe)
Yellow-legged Mining Bee (Andrena flavipe)
Spined Mason Bee (Osmia spinulosa)
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
A Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder Bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Yellow-legged Mining Bee (Andrena flavipe)
And here..........
................are a few photos of........
...............a Spined Mason Bee (Osmia spinulosa), before it flew off.
Turnip Sawfly (Athalia rosae)
A Turnip Sawfly (Athalia rosae)
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
Black-horned Smoothtail (Epistrophe grossulariae)
White-footed Hoverfly (Platycheirus albimanus)
Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
A Black-horned Smoothtail (Epistrophe grossulariae)
A White-footed Hoverfly (Platycheirus albimanus)
Greenbottle (Lucilia sp.)
Broad Centurian (Chloromyia formosa)
Yellow Bellied Fly (Sciara hemerobioides)
Broad Centurian (Chloromyia formosa)
Yellow Bellied Fly (Sciara hemerobioides)
Thick-headed Fly (Sicus ferrugineus)
Cluster fly (Pollenia agg.)
fly sp.
Broad Centurian (Chloromyia formosa)
Here are a few photos of..........
.............Yellow Bellied Flies (Sciara hemerobioides)
Thick-headed Fly (Sicus ferrugineus)
And these...........
.............are three.......
.............Cluster flies (Pollenia agg.)
fly sp.
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
Common Red Soldier Beetle (Rhagonycha fulva)
Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
Crickets and Grasshoppers Recorded:
Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus)
Common Red Soldier Beetle (Rhagonycha fulva)
Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
Crickets and Grasshoppers Recorded:
Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus)
Roesel's Bush-cricket (Metrioptera roeselii)
Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus)
And a Roesel's Bush-cricket (Metrioptera roeselii)
Spiders Recorded:
Crab Spider (Misumena vatia)
This unfortunate fly was caught by a Crab Spider (Misumena vatia) which is sat underneath it.
Froghoppers Recorded:
Common Froghopper (Philaenus spumarius)
A Common Froghopper (Philaenus spumarius). More on froghoppers here.
Ted disappearing into the undergrowth.
