It was a quick walk today, before I headed off to Dorchester Hospital for an appointment. Even though it was quick it was very productive with quite a few highlights, including a dozen or more Swallows heading south, and a Blackcap & at least 6 Chiffchaffs around the lane and meadow.
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
12+ Swallow
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
1 Blackcap
6 Chiffchaff
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Escapees, Ferals, Possibles Etc.
Feral pigeon
Butterflies Recorded:
15+ Large White
15+ Small White
4 Speckled Wood
8 Red Admiral
2 Common Blue
Feral pigeon
Butterflies Recorded:
15+ Large White
15+ Small White
4 Speckled Wood
8 Red Admiral
2 Common Blue
This is..........
.......a male Common Blue
2 Silver Y (Autographa gamma)
This is.......
..........a Silver Y (Autographa gamma)
Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum)
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae)
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera) on Ivy (Hedera helix)
An Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae)
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
Hoverflies Recorded:
1 Chequered Hoverfly (Melanostoma scalare)
50+ Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
5 Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
1 Hornet Plumehorn (Volucella zonaria)
3 Long Hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta)
10+ Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
5 The Footballer (Helophilus pendulus)
1 Thick-legged hoverfly (Syritta pipiens)
4 Vagrant Hoverfly (Eupeodes corollae)
4 Vagrant Hoverfly (Eupeodes corollae)
A Long Hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta)
Thick-legged hoverfly (Syritta pipiens)
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Many unidentified flies
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
1 Common Green Shieldbug (Palomena prasina)
1 Dock Bug (Coreus marginatus)
Crickets and Grasshoppers Recorded:
Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus)
Ted:
Ted exploring again.
He's back.