With slightly cooler conditions Ted and I had a walk along Old Quarry Lane and then a circuit in & around Wakeham Meadow.
Main highlights were my first two Ringlets of the Summer, plus a couple of Diamond-backed Moths. The latter a migratory moth which can travel up to 2000 miles. More on this moth here.
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Bees Recorded:
On the Common Knapweed Centaurea nigra is a Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum. And the out of focus hoverfly to the top of the photo is a Long Hoverfly Sphaerophoria scripta.
Wasps, Ichneumon Wasps, Parasitic Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
wasp sp.
Sawflies Recorded:
Turnip Sawfly Athalia rosae
Hoverflies Recorded:
Long Hoverfly Sphaerophoria scripta
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Syrphus sp.
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Many unidentified flies
Greenbottle Lucilia sp.
Crickets and Grasshoppers Recorded:
Meadow Grasshopper Chorthippus parallelus
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Dunnock
Blackbird
1 Common Whitethroat
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Escapees, Ferals, Possibles Etc.
Feral pigeon
Butterflies Recorded:
5 Large White Pieris brassicae
3 Small White Pieris rapae
1 Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria
2 Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus
4 Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina
2 Marbled White Melanargia galathea
Feral pigeon
Butterflies Recorded:
5 Large White Pieris brassicae
3 Small White Pieris rapae
1 Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria
2 Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus
4 Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina
2 Marbled White Melanargia galathea
6 Peacock Aglais io
1 Common Blue Polyommatus icarus
Moths Recorded:
5 Six-Spot Burnet moth Zygaena filipendulae
3 Garden Grass-veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella
1 Common Blue Polyommatus icarus
My first Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus seen this year.
The Marbled Whites Melanargia galathea are looking a bit worn now.
The most numerous of butterflies today were the Peacocks Aglais io
Just the one Common Blue Polyommatus icarus seen.
5 Six-Spot Burnet moth Zygaena filipendulae
3 Garden Grass-veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella
1 Hook-streaked Grass-veneer Crambus lathoniellus
2 Diamond-backed Moth Plutella xylostella
A Six-Spot Burnet moth Zygaena filipendulae
Another Six-Spot Burnet moth Zygaena filipendulae and a male Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis on a Common Knapweed Centaurea nigra, in slow-motion.
A Garden Grass-veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella
And another Garden Grass-veneer.
Not a Garden Grass-veneer but a Hook-streaked Grass-veneer Crambus lathoniellus
My first Diamond-backed Moth Plutella xylostella of the year.
Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius
Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius
Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum
Yellow-legged Mining Bee Andrena flavipe
And on another Common Knapweed was this worker Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius
A very pale looking.............
.......................Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum
A Yellow-legged Mining Bee Andrena flavipe on a Bramble Rubus fruticosusa flower.
Wasps, Ichneumon Wasps, Parasitic Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
wasp sp.
Sawflies Recorded:
Turnip Sawfly Athalia rosae
A Turnip Sawfly Athalia rosae on a..........
....................Common Carrot Daucus carota
Long Hoverfly Sphaerophoria scripta
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Syrphus sp.
A Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
And another Marmalade Hoverfly with a dusting of pollen over its body and wings.
A Syrphus sp.
Many unidentified flies
Greenbottle Lucilia sp.
Thick-headed Fly Sicus ferrugineus
Pouting Woodlouse-fly Rhinophora lepida
#1 - fly sp.
#1 - fly sp. (From a slightly different angle. It doesn't really help)
#2 - Another fly sp.
Greenbottle Lucilia sp.
A Thick-headed Fly Sicus ferrugineus takes off from a Common Knapweed flower.
And another Thick-headed Fly.........
.....................resting up.
A Pouting Woodlouse-fly Rhinophora lepida
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Potato Capsid Closterotomus norwegicus
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Potato Capsid Closterotomus norwegicus
A male Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
And a female Swollen-thighed Beetle
Two Potato Capsids Closterotomus norwegicus on Common Knapweed
Meadow Grasshopper Chorthippus parallelus
Meadow Grasshopper Chorthippus parallelus
And a different grasshopper.......
.............this time a Common Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus
Plants:
Alexanders Smyrnium olusatrum
Bramble Rubus fruticosusa
Buddleia Buddleja davidii
Common Knapweed Centaurea nigra
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Common Carrot Daucus carota
Alexanders Smyrnium olusatrum
Bramble Rubus fruticosusa
Buddleia Buddleja davidii
Common Knapweed Centaurea nigra
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Common Carrot Daucus carota
Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris
Hedge Bedstraw Galium album
Lady's Bedstraw Galium verum
Common Agrimony Agrimonia eupatoria
Hedge Bedstraw Galium album
Lady's Bedstraw Galium verum
Common Agrimony Agrimonia eupatoria
Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus arvensis
Provence Rose Rosa gallica
Red Clover Trifolium pratense
St John's Wort Hypericum perforatum
Wild Fennel Foeniculum vulgare
Rose sp.
Provence Rose Rosa gallica
Red Clover Trifolium pratense
St John's Wort Hypericum perforatum
Wild Fennel Foeniculum vulgare
Rose sp.
And these yellow flowering plants are.............
...........St John's Wort Hypericum perforatum AKA Perforate St John's-wort or Common St John's Wort
This is Lady's Bedstraw Galium verum
And this flower.........
..................is Common Agrimony Agrimonia eupatoria - Also known as Church Steeples or Sticklewort
And these very pink roses are...........
.............Provence Roses Rosa gallica. It's a real shame they don't have a fragrance.
And very close to the Provence Roses Rosa gallica is this............
..............rose sp.
Ted:
I can see you!!