Today Dawn and I took all 3 sheds down, to make way for a new Shed and Summer House. But before that can happen we just need a large skip to shift all the timber etc.
During our breaks I had a wander around the garden to see what was about, and had some good sightings with a Hummingbird Hawk-moth Macroglossum stellatarum, being the main highlight. Unfortunately it disappeared as quick as it arrived. So no photos unfortunately.
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Dunnock
Blackbird
Great Tit
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
As Dawn was a doing a bit of pruning this Woodpigeon...........
..........came down to have a look.
Escapees, Ferals, Possibles Etc.
Feral pigeon
Butterflies Recorded:
1 Red Admiral
Moths Recorded:
Hummingbird Hawk-moth Macroglossum stellatarum
Orange-spot Tansy Moth Dichrorampha flavidorsana
Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana
An Orange-spot Tansy Moth Dichrorampha flavidorsana
Bees Recorded:
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum
Also on the bramble flowers was this Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Wasps, Ichneumon Wasps, Parasitic Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
wasp sp.
wasp sp.
A wasp sp. coming into.............
........land on the Cherry Tree
Dead Head Hoverfly Myathropa florea
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Many unidentified flies
Greenbottle Lucilia sp.
A Greenbottle Lucilia sp.
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
A male Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Spiders Recorded:
Noble False Widow Spider Steatoda nobilis
Noble False Widow Spider Steatoda nobilis
A Noble False Widow Spider Steatoda nobilis
General Shots:
Nearly there