Yet again it was another very windy day, but at least it was fairly warm, though having said that, it did start to cool down later.
Main highlights were a Blackcap and 3 Chiffchaff along the railway cuttings east and another Chiffchaff along Old Quarry Lane.
And its always nice to add a new species to my Portland List. Today it was a Black-palp Wolf Spider (Pardosa nigriceps)
Birds Recorded:
1 Kestrel
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
1 Blackcap
4 Chiffchaff
2 Long-tailed Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Reptiles Recorded:
2 Common Lizard
Butterflies Recorded:
4 Large White
2 Green-veined White
2 Speckled Wood
10 Meadow Brown
10 Common Blue
5 Chalk Hill Blue
Moths Recorded:
Yellow-spot Tortrix (Pseudargyrotoza conwagana)
Bees Recorded:
Wasps, Ichneumon Wasps, Parasitic Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
Sawflies Recorded:
Turnip Sawfly (Athalia rosae)
Hoverflies Recorded:
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Crickets and Grasshoppers Recorded:
Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus)
Spiders Recorded:
This is a Black-palp Wolf Spider (Pardosa nigriceps) which I came across in Wakeham Meadow and a new arachnid for my P&W list.
Plants:
Common Centaury (Centaurium erythraea)
General Shots:
Ships Today:
This is the Finnish Ro-Ro Cargo Ship "Finnwave" on its way from Zeebrugge to Rosslare. More on this vessel here.
Birds Recorded:
1 Kestrel
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
1 Blackcap
4 Chiffchaff
2 Long-tailed Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
A Kestrel hunting over Penn's Weare.
I just managed to catch this Chiffchaff as it was feeding in amongst the Buddleia
And here is..........
...........a Long-tailed Tit.
2 Common Lizard
A female Common Lizard.
And this is.........
......a male Common Lizard. Both found along the railway cuttings east.
4 Large White
2 Green-veined White
2 Speckled Wood
10 Meadow Brown
10 Common Blue
5 Chalk Hill Blue
All Common Blues below.
Yellow-spot Tortrix (Pseudargyrotoza conwagana)
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder bee (Bombus pascuorum)
Common Furrow-bee (Lasioglossum calceatum)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder bee (Bombus pascuorum)
Common Furrow-bee (Lasioglossum calceatum)
These are......
.........Common Carder bees (Bombus pascuorum)
Another shot of the one above on a Buddleia.
A Common Furrow-bee (Lasioglossum calceatum) on Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris).
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
Sawflies Recorded:
Turnip Sawfly (Athalia rosae)
A Turnip Sawfly (Athalia rosae)
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
Cinnamon Bug (Corizus hyoscyami)
This is a female Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
A Cinnamon Bug (Corizus hyoscyami)
Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus)
A Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus)
Black-palp Wolf Spider (Pardosa nigriceps)
Plants:
Common Centaury (Centaurium erythraea)
This........
.............is Common Centaury (Centaurium erythraea)
This is Wakeham Railway Cuttings (West)
Ted:
Ted trying to blend in with the chalk covered track
