It was a late walk today, but despite it being after 5:00pm there were some good highlights with 4 Sand Martins overhead, a few moths noted and a 22-spot Ladybird (Psyllobora 22-punctata).
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
4 Sand Martin
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Butterflies Recorded:
1 Large White
2 Speckled Wood
2 Meadow Brown
1 Common Blue
1 Chalk Hill Blue
1 Large White
2 Speckled Wood
2 Meadow Brown
1 Common Blue
1 Chalk Hill Blue
A worn male Chalk Hill Blue
Moths Recorded:
Yellow-spot Tortrix (Pseudargyrotoza conwagana)
Yellow-spot Tortrix (Pseudargyrotoza conwagana)
Straw Conch (Cochylimorpha straminea)
Rush Veneer (Nomophila noctuella)
Common Nettle-tap (Anthophila fabriciana)
A Yellow-spot Tortrix (Pseudargyrotoza conwagana)
And this is a very poor photograph of a Straw Conch (Cochylimorpha straminea)
This is a Rush Veneer (Nomophila noctuella)
And a Common Nettle-tap (Anthophila fabriciana)
Bees Recorded:
A very pale looking Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) on Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris).
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
22-spot Ladybird (Psyllobora 22-punctata)
Crickets and Grasshoppers Recorded:
Common Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus)
Slugs and Snails Recorded:
Garden Snail (Cornu aspersa)
This is a very distant Cypriot Container Ship "BG Emerald", on its way from Dublin to Rotterdam. More on this vessel Here.
Aircraft Today:
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
A Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum) on a Common Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum)
Wasps, Ichneumon Wasps, Parasitic Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
Hoverflies Recorded:
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Long Hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta)
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Long Hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta)
Thick-legged hoverfly (Syritta pipiens)
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
A Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax) on Old Man’s Beard (Clematis vitalba)
And a Long Hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta)
This a Thick-legged hoverfly (Syritta pipiens), which also goes by the name of Compost Hoverfly.
And a Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
22-spot Ladybird (Psyllobora 22-punctata)
Below the Common Carder Bee is a 22-spot Ladybird (Psyllobora 22-punctata)
Common Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus)
This is a Common Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus)
Garden Snail (Cornu aspersa)
A Garden Snail (Cornu aspersa)
Ted:
I'm coming Ted.
Ships Today:
Aircraft Today:
And also very distant was this...........
..............privately owned Cirrus SR22T, Registration G-GAPC on.....
