Port and Wey: 31 Aug 24

Bumpers Lane, The Cuttings Quarry, Wakeham Railway Cuttings (east), Wakeham Railway Cuttings (west), Wakeham Wildlife Site, Wakeham Meadows and Old Quarry Lane

It was a very late afternoon walk, in pretty dreary conditions. There was a biting north-easterly and there was a full cloud cover.

Main highlights were a Blackcap along the Railway Cuttings (east) and a new hoverfly for my Portland List.

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

Butterflies Recorded:
1 Speckled Wood
2 Meadow Brown

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

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

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...........Yellow-spot Tortrix moths (Pseudargyrotoza conwagana)

Bees Recorded:
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)

Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Common Carder bee (Bombus pascuorum)

This is a very pale looking Common Carder bee (Bombus pascuorum) on a Common Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum)

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

A Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris) stands guard at the nest entrance.

Hoverflies Recorded:

Long Hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta)
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)

Plain-faced Dronefly (Eristalis arbustorum)
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)

Broad-banded Aphideater (Eupeodes latifasciatus)

A Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)

A Plain-faced Dronefly (Eristalis arbustorum)

A Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)

And a Broad-banded Aphideater (Eupeodes latifasciatus) and a new hoverfly for my Portland list. It also goes by the name of Meadow Field Syrph

Crickets and Grasshoppers Recorded:
Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus)

A Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus)

Plants:
Common Knapweed (Centaurea nigra)
Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris)
Common Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum)
Hemp Agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum)

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