Thank goodness I didn't take any notice of the weather forecast, which was for rain all morning and clearing by 3:00pm. In fact it was the complete opposite, with rain starting around midday and continuing throughout the afternoon and evening.
Having taken the chance that the forecast was wrong, Ted and I had a good long walk, as today was the start of my extended walks for this Autumn; in the hope of finding some migrants heading south, plus logging my first Ivy Bees for this year.
I failed on the second objective, but at least found four Chiffchaffs heading south and a new Ichneumon Wasp (Heterischnus truncator) for my P&W list.
Mammals Recorded:
2 Grey Squirrel
A Grey Squirrel in the grounds of Pennsylvania Castle.
With another scaring the jeepers out of it.
3 Buzzard
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
2 Rock Pipit
1 Grey Wagtail
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
4 Chiffchaff
Long-tailed Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
One of the three Common Buzzards seen this morning.
A juvenile Wood Pigeon.
And these two..........
...........Rock Pipits were chasing each other on the beach at Church Ope cove.
One of the two Rock Pipits on the beach
This is a............
.............Chiffchaff just east of Silklake Quarry. There were two others here and........
......................a 4th bird singing at the back of Church Ope Cove.
10+ Feral pigeons
Butterflies Recorded:
1 Large White
3 Speckled Wood
3 Meadow Brown
2 Red Admiral
A very small but pristine looking Speckled Wood
Common Nettle-tap (Anthophila fabriciana)
Elbow-stripe Grass-veneer (Agriphila geniculea)
Common Nettle-tap (Anthophila fabriciana)
Thank you to Ed Wilson for the ID of this moth, it is an Elbow-stripe Grass-veneer (Agriphila geniculea)
Bees Recorded:
Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum)
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum)
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
A Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Wasps, Ichneumon Wasps, Parasitic Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
Ichneumon Wasp (Heterischnus truncator)
Sawflies Recorded:
1 Turnip Sawfly (Athalia rosae)
Hoverflies Recorded:
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
100+ Kelp Fly (Coelopa frigida)1 Four-spotted Cranefly (Nephrotoma quadrifaria)
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
Ichneumon Wasp (Heterischnus truncator)
#1 - Ichneumon Wasp sp.
A Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
And this appears to be a new ichneumon wasp for my P&W list. This is a Heterischnus truncator.
#1 - Ichneumon Wasp sp.
#1 - Ichneumon Wasp sp.
Sawflies Recorded:
1 Turnip Sawfly (Athalia rosae)
A Turnip Sawfly (Athalia rosae)
2 Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
10+ Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
10+ Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
1 Chequered Hoverfly (Melanostoma scalare)
20+ Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
20+ Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
1 Thick-legged hoverfly (Syritta pipiens)
A Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax) on Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris)
A Chequered Hoverfly (Melanostoma scalare)
And a Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
And this..............
...........is a Thick-legged hoverfly (Syritta pipiens)
100+ Kelp Fly (Coelopa frigida)
1 Orange Thricops (Thricops diaphanus)
Slugs and Snails Recorded:
5 Black Slug (Arion ater)
3 Large Red Slug (Arion ater)
..............Rock Samphire (Crithmum maritimum). It is also known as Samphire, Stone Samphire, and Sea Fennel.
Ted:
A Four-spotted Cranefly (Nephrotoma quadrifaria) in Penns Wood.
This an Orange Thricops (Thricops diaphanus)
Slugs and Snails Recorded:
5 Black Slug (Arion ater)
3 Large Red Slug (Arion ater)
Spiders Recorded:
#1 - spider sp.
#1 - spider sp.
#1 - spider sp.
Plants:
Rock Samphire (Crithmum maritimum)
Rock Samphire (Crithmum maritimum)
These plants on the south facing cliffs at Church Ope Cove are............
General shots:
Low cloud/fog on the mainland.
And not for the first time that someone has set fire to the trees at the bottom of Pennsylvania Woods
