Port and Wey: 8 Jun 25

Old Quarry Lane and Wakeham Meadows

Weather-wise it was a lot better today. There was no rain, but it was still very windy. The Chiffchaff is still singing away on the edge of Old Quarry Lane and I came across another or possibly the same Marbled White butterfly I saw a couple of days ago.

Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Dunnock
Blackbird
1 Chiffchaff (singing)
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch

Escapees, Ferals, Possibles Etc.
Feral pigeon

Butterflies Recorded:
1 Speckled Wood
4 Meadow Brown
1 Marbled White
2 Common Blue

Just the one Speckled Wood seen this afternoon.

Judging by the shape of the wings, I suspect this is a newly emerged Meadow Brown still pumping blood around its body.

Just two Common Blues...........

.........seen.........

..........this afternoon.

Moths Recorded:
2 moth sps.

Bees Recorded:
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)

Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum)
Early Bumblebee (Bombus pratorum)

Hawthorn Mining Bee (Andrena chrysosceles)

Andrena bee sp.

Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)

Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum)

An Early Bumblebee (Bombus pratorum) and on the left a male Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)

Hmm. I'm guessing this is an Early Bumblebee (Bombus pratorum). But somehow it seems different. For starters it looks quite elongated and the colours look very pale. The pattern matches that of an Early Bumblebee, but I'm just finding this individual a bit odd. I have just used the Obsidentify App and its 100% certain it is an Early Bumblebee. So there you have it!!

And this is a Hawthorn Mining Bee (Andrena chrysosceles)

According to the Obsidentify App, this is an Andrena bee sp.

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

Top left looks like an Ichneumon Wasp sp. But I can't be certain.

Hoverflies Recorded:
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Mimic Bee Hoverfly (Volucella bombylans)
Syrphus sp.

A Mimic Bee Hoverfly (Volucella bombylans)

Syrphus sp.

Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Greenbottle (Lucilia sp.)

2 Thick-headed Fly (Sicus ferrugineus)

Dagger Fly (Empis tessellata)

Sarcophaga fly sp.

Stilt Fly sp

Fly sp.

A Thick-headed Fly (Sicus ferrugineus) and..........

............another one.

And the Dagger Flies (Empis tessellata) are still about.

A Sarcophaga fly sp.

A Stilt Fly sp.

Fly sp.

Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
10+ 7-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata)
20+ Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
3 Trivial Plant Bug (Closterotomus trivialis)

1 Potato Capsid (Closterotomus norwegicus)

30+ Pollen Beetle (Meligethes aeneus)