It was a day of rest and recovery, well that was the plan, and then I realised the lawn was about 8in high and needed cutting, and then of course there was a lot of weeding to do.
However there is always something to see when you're working and the wildflower patch was looking pretty good and was being well visited by bees and hoverflies.
Birds Recorded from around the garden:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Dunnock
Blackbird
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Goldfinch
Butterflies Recorded:
None - Surprising considering it was sunny all day and fairly warm in the afternoon.
Bees Recorded:
Hoverflies Recorded:
Plants in the back garden:
Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum)
Common Daisy (Bellis perennis)
Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris)
Birds Recorded from around the garden:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Dunnock
Blackbird
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Goldfinch
Butterflies Recorded:
None - Surprising considering it was sunny all day and fairly warm in the afternoon.
Bees Recorded:
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Early Bumblebee (Bombus pratorum)
Early Mining Bee (Andrena haemorrhoa)
Early Bumblebee (Bombus pratorum)
Early Mining Bee (Andrena haemorrhoa)
Blue Mason Bee (Osmia caerulescens)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Early Bumblebee (Bombus pratorum)
An Early Mining Bee (Andrena haemorrhoa)
And there were...........
.............a few Blue Mason Bees (Osmia caerulescens) about.
Superb Ant-hill Hoverfly (Xanthogramma pedissequum)
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
The Footballer (Helophilus pendulus)
Spotted Thintail (Meliscaeva auricollis)
hoverfly sp.
A Superb Ant-hill Hoverfly (Xanthogramma pedissequum) which................
................is also known as a Superb Dayglower
A Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
The Footballer (Helophilus pendulus)
Here are a couple of photos..........
..............of a Spotted Thintail (Meliscaeva auricollis)
hoverfly sp.
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Many unidentified flies
Spiders Recorded:
1 Spider sp.
Many unidentified flies
Spiders Recorded:
1 Spider sp.
Spider sp.
Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum)
Common Daisy (Bellis perennis)
Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris)
Crown Daisy (Glebionis coronaria)
Guelder Rose (Viburnum opulus)
Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)
Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum)
Herb Bennet (Geum urbanum)
Honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum)
Ivy (Hedera helix)
Lavender (Lavandula sp.)
Marsh-marigold (Caltha palustris)
Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus)
Perennial Sweet Pea (Lathyrus latifolius)
Red Valerian (Centranthus ruber)
Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus)
Guelder Rose (Viburnum opulus)
Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)
Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum)
Herb Bennet (Geum urbanum)
Honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum)
Ivy (Hedera helix)
Lavender (Lavandula sp.)
Marsh-marigold (Caltha palustris)
Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus)
Perennial Sweet Pea (Lathyrus latifolius)
Red Valerian (Centranthus ruber)
Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus)
The wildflower patch with...........
..............several Crown Daisies (Glebionis coronaria) in flower.
Ted:
Ted chilling out after a walk with David