After a couple of miserable days, it was good to see the sun out again and another opportunity to finish prepping the wildflower meadow for next Spring. And who was there to join me, but the "over-wintering" Robin, which at times was feeding on small earthworms I was unearthing at my feet. There was certainly a lot of trust going on.
Other highlights were 2 Meadow Pipits overhead and a Chiffchaff/Willow Warbler calling from a couple of gardens down, plus my first Rosemary Beetle (Chrysolina americana) this year.
Birds Recorded:
1 Buzzard
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
2 Meadow Pipit
Dunnock
1 Robin
Blackbird
1 Chiffchaff/Willow Warbler
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Linnet
Goldfinch
And this very friendly Robin.......
........was enjoying the worms I was unearthing.
Butterflies Recorded:
1 Large White
1 Green-veined White
1 Speckled Wood
1 Large White
1 Green-veined White
1 Speckled Wood
A Green-veined White
And a Speckled Wood.
1 Carnation Tortrix (Cacoecimorpha pronubana)
This is a Carnation Tortrix (Cacoecimorpha pronubana)
Common Carder bee (Bombus pascuorum)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
Two Buff-tailed Bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) in a Passion Flower (Passiflora sp.)
Also visiting the Passion flowers was this Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
1 Rosemary Beetle (Chrysolina americana)
1 Rosemary Beetle (Chrysolina americana)
This is a...........
............Rosemary Beetle (Chrysolina americana). My first this year.
Before and..........
.......after a bit of levelling.
This is the Royal Air Force.........
..........Boeing C-17A Globemaster III, on...........
........its way from Brize Norton to............
.............Jersey, where it did a few circuits before returning home. More on this aircrafts flight here.