Port and Wey: 3 Jun 25

Wakeham

It took awhile, but eventually the rain cleared to leave a bright sunny but windy afternoon. Not wanting to get Ted too wet, I decided to check out the back garden instead.

The main highlight was a Chiffchaff singing from a bit further down the block.

Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Dunnock
Blackbird
1 Chiffchaff (singing from one of my neighbours garden)
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch

Escapees, Ferals, Possibles Etc.
Feral pigeon

Bees Recorded:

Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
Common Furrow-bee (Lasioglossum calceatum)
Early Bumblebee (Bombus pratorum)

Leafcutter Bee (Megachile sp.)

A Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) on an Ox-eye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)

And a Common Furrow-bee (Lasioglossum calceatum) on a Crown Daisy (Glebionis coronaria)

And these are Early Bumblebees (Bombus pratorum) on............

............or just leaving the bramble flowers.

And these two are.................

...................Leafcutter Bees (Megachile sp.)

Wasps, Ichneumon Wasps, Parasitic Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
1 Ichneumon Wasp sp.

In amongst the daisies was............

...........an Ichneumon Wasp sp. By the time I zoomed in on it, it had gone.

Hoverflies Recorded:

Thick-legged hoverfly (Syritta pipiens)

Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)

Vagrant Hoverfly (Eupeodes corollae)

Syrphus sp.

A Thick-legged hoverfly (Syritta pipiens)

And a Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)

On this Crown Daisy is a Vagrant Hoverfly (Eupeodes corollae)

And a Syrphus sp.

Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Semaphore Fly (Poecilobothrus nobilitatus) - possible female
Greenbottle (Lucilia sp.)
fly sp.