Dawn and I decided that the groundwork for the new outbuildings could wait a few days. Mainly because of the heat today and exhaustion from yesterday.
So instead we did a bit pruning, tying back a few plants and a general tidy up.
Main highlight today was a Chiffchaff, which landed on the fence next to the wildflower patch, before flying up and into the neighbours Hazel tree, which was covered in dozens of hoverflies and flies.
Also noted was another Ringlet, flitting about in the garden. And having topped up both ponds it was good to see that there was at least one Palmate Newt in the "Tractor Tyre" pond.
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
Chiffchaff
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
1 Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
This Collared Dove was about to land on top of the feeders. As soon as it realised I was sat next to it, it was off.
As I was sat in my chair this juvenile Dunnock popped up onto the fence next to me.
A nice surprise in the garden was this Chiffchaff passing through.
Feral pigeon
Amphibians Recorded:
1 Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus
Butterflies Recorded:
2 Large White Pieris brassicae
1 Small White Pieris rapae
1 Green-veined White Pieris napi
1 Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus
1 Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
A Green-veined White Pieris napi and.............
............another.
1 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba
A Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba which I disturbed when I was weeding the Rose Garden.
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius
Colletes sp.
A Colletes sp.
Common Banded Hoverfly Syrphus ribesii.
20+ Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
20+ Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Obsidentify seems quite sure that this is a Common Banded Hoverfly Syrphus ribesii.
One of 20+ Marmalade Hoverflies Episyrphus balteatus in the garden.
Heleomyzid fly Suillia variegata
Common Stiletto Thereva nobilitata
Greenbottle Lucilia sp.
And another new fly for my list was this Common Stiletto Thereva nobilitata
Greenbottle Lucilia sp.
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