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
Moths Recorded:
2 Silver Y (Autographa gamma)
Bees Recorded:
Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum)
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae)
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.