20 Aug 24

Old Quarry Lane, Wakeham Meadows and Wakeham Wildlife Site

It was yet another very windy day with gusts reaching 30mph on the island. Unsurprisingly there weren't too many highlights as a majority of insects were well hidden from the wind.


Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
2 Collared Dove
Dunnock
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Goldfinch


Butterflies Recorded:
2 Large White
1 Speckled Wood
3 Meadow Brown
2 Common Blue
4 Chalk Hill Blue

These...........

..............are..........

..........all Common Blues.

And this is a male Chalkhill Blue

Moths Recorded:
10+ Yellow-spot Tortrix (Pseudargyrotoza conwagana)

A Yellow-spot Tortrix (Pseudargyrotoza conwagana)

Bees Recorded:

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

A Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)

A Common Carder bee (Bombus pascuorum)

And a Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)

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

These are............

...........Common Wasps (Vespula vulgaris) still active around their nest in the meadow.

Hoverflies Recorded:
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)

A Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)

Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
House Fly (Neomyia sp.)

Crickets and Grasshoppers Recorded:
Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus)

And a Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus)

Ted:

Despite not being able to hear anything, Ted is still enjoying his walks.