2 Aug 24

Old Quarry Lane and Wakeham Meadows

After a long day working in the back garden, Ted and I had an early evening walk to stretch our legs. Main highlight today though, wasn't on my walk and wasn't even seen by me, but by Dawn who found an Eyed Hawk-moth at her work close to Victoria Park.

An Eyed Hawk-moth (Smerinthus ocellatus) seen and photographed by Dawn, and sadly not a moth I have ever come across myself.

Back to my walk and below is what I recorded between 6:30pm - 7:45pm

Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
2 Swift
Dunnock
1 Robin
Blackbird
Great Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Goldfinch


Butterflies Recorded:
1 Red Admiral
1 Common Blue

A Common Blue

Moths Recorded:
2 Silver Y (Autographa gamma)
8+ Yellow-spot Tortrix (Pseudargyrotoza conwagana)

Mother of Pearl (Pleuroptya ruralis)

moth sp.

Mother of Pearl (Pleuroptya ruralis)

moth sp.

Bees Recorded:
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder Bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum)
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)

Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)

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


Hoverflies Recorded:
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)

Long Hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta)

A Long Hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta)

Hoverfly/Fly Recorded:

Hoverfly/Fly sp.

A Hoverfly/Fly sp.

Caterpillars Recorded:
2 Cinnabar moth

Ted:

That is one scary dog. I had to use the flash as it was pretty overcast and very dark under the canopy of the Sycamores next to the meadow.

Aircraft Today:

This is the privately owned Piper PA-28-161 Registration G-GOTH on its to Guernsey. More on this aircraft here and here.