Having been spoilt for the past few weeks with blues skies, lots of sunshine and warmth, it was back to earth with a bump today with full cloud cover, a massive drop in the temperature and a cold blustery south-westerly gusting at around 30mph. Not nice!
A quick walk around the garden revealed just 3 bees, two Common Carder and a Colletes Bee sp. There were no butterflies seen, but I did come across a flighty Orange-spot Tansy Moth
Birds Recorded:
Kittiwake
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Blackbird
Magpie
Starling
House Sparrow
Goldfinch
Escapees, Ferals, Possibles Etc.
Feral pigeon
Kittiwake
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Blackbird
Magpie
Starling
House Sparrow
Goldfinch
Escapees, Ferals, Possibles Etc.
Feral pigeon
Moths Recorded:
1 Orange-spot Tansy Moth Dichrorampha flavidorsana
1 Orange-spot Tansy Moth Dichrorampha flavidorsana
Bees Recorded:
2 Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
1 Colletes sp.
Hoverflies Recorded:
2 Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Root-maggot fly Hydrophoria linogrisea - possibly
2 Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
This Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus..............
..............proved to be very difficult to photograph in the howling wind.
Root-maggot fly Hydrophoria linogrisea - possibly
Lagria Parasite Fly Gastrolepta anthracina
Lance Fly Lonchaea tarsata - possibly
Lance Fly Lonchaea tarsata - possibly
Lesser House Fly Fannia mollissima - possibly
A Root-maggot fly possibly Hydrophoria linogrisea............
.....................possibly another one.
This is a Lagria Parasite Fly Gastrolepta anthracina
This is a Lance Fly, possibly Lonchaea tarsata
Possibly a Lesser House Fly Fannia mollissima
1 Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
1 Common Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina - nymph
A female Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
A nymph Common Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina