My walk was a bit different today and instead of continuing into the meadow and wildlife site, I decided to walk up the lane and then when I got to the gate do an about turn.
This all came about, when a few days ago I was chatting to Bob Ford, a local naturalist, and we were just saying, that even though it's good to have those long walks, wouldn't it be interesting to see what comes to you if you were to keep to one spot for awhile. Granted I wasn't exactly planted to one spot, but the area I covered was pretty small. And it paid off with a new bee for my Port & Wey list.
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
Magpie
Carrion Crow
House Sparrow
Goldfinch
Escapees, Ferals, Possibles Etc.
Feral pigeon
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
Magpie
Carrion Crow
House Sparrow
Goldfinch
One of the resident Collared Doves that live in the lane.
Feral pigeon
Butterflies Recorded:
10+ Large White Pieris brassicae
10+ Small White Pieris rapae
3 Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria
1 Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus
5 Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina
10+ Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus
1 Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus
8 Common Blue Polyommatus icarus
2 Chalk Hill Blue Polyommatus coridon
.........one is sat on a Common Knapweed Centaurea nigra. Unusually, and it does occur occasionally, this individual has two white dots within the black spot as opposed to just one white spot.
Moths Recorded:
12+ Six-Spot Burnet moth Zygaena filipendulae
10+ Large White Pieris brassicae
10+ Small White Pieris rapae
3 Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria
1 Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus
5 Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina
10+ Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus
1 Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus
8 Common Blue Polyommatus icarus
2 Chalk Hill Blue Polyommatus coridon
A Large White Pieris brassicae on a Buddleia Buddleja davidii. The latter often called the "Butterfly Bush".
Just one Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus seen this afternoon
A male Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina sat on the Ivy Hedera helix. This.......
A Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus with its usual two white dots on a black spot, sat on the leaf of a Bramble Rubus fruticosusa.
A male Common Blue Polyommatus icarus
A female Common Blue on Wild Clematis Clematis vitalba
And another female Common Blue.
And the underwing of a Common Blue.
A Chalk Hill Blue Polyommatus coridon
And another Chalk Hill Blue.
12+ Six-Spot Burnet moth Zygaena filipendulae
Bees Recorded:
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius
Clover Melitta Meliia leporin
nomad bee sp.
A Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
A worker Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius on Common Knapweed Centaurea nigra
Another Red-tailed Bumblebee also on Common Knapweed this time a male.
A Clover Melitta Meliia leporin and a new bee for my P&W list. It also goes by the name of Clover Blunthorn Bee and Clover Blunt-horn
This very small nomada bee on..........
...this flowering Wild Clematis is............
Wasps, Ichneumon Wasps, Parasitic Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
5 Ichneumon Wasp sps.
Hedgerow Darwin Wasp Heteropelma amictum
Hoverflies Recorded:
2 Dead Head Hoverfly Myathropa florea
6 Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Eupeodes sp.
An Ichneumon Wasp sp running about on a Garden Snail Cornu aspersa
Another Ichneumon Wasp sp.
A Hedgerow Darwin Wasp Heteropelma amictum
2 Dead Head Hoverfly Myathropa florea
6 Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Eupeodes sp.
A Dead Head Hoverfly Myathropa florea
An Eupeodes sp.
Many unidentified flies
2 Red-spotted Parasite Fly Eriothrix rufomaculata
1 Common Splay-wing Phania funesta
7+ Greenbottle Lucilia sp.
Flesh Fly Sarcophaga sp.
A Red-spotted Parasite Fly Eriothrix rufomaculata on Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
This is a Common Splay-wing Phania funesta. This tachinid fly is known for parasitising shieldbugs.
A Greenbottle Lucilia sp.
A Flesh Fly Sarcophaga sp.
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva
Common Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Crickets and Grasshoppers Recorded:
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Common Green Grasshopper Omocestus viridulus
Meadow Grasshopper Chorthippus parallelus
Slugs and Snails Recorded:
White-lipped Banded Snail Cepaea hortensis
Garden Snail Cornu aspersa
Plants:
Bramble Rubus fruticosusa
Buddleia Buddleja davidii
Common Knapweed Centaurea nigra
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Common Teasel Dipsacus fullonum
Cotoneaster Cotoneaster sp.
Wild Clematis Clematis vitalba
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus
Teasel Dipsacus fullonum
Wayfaring-tree Viburnum lantana
A Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva on Wild Clematis Clematis vitalba
A Common Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina - 3rd instar nymph
Here's another 3rd instar nymph Common Green Shieldbug, hitching a ride on Ted's back.
Crickets and Grasshoppers Recorded:
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Common Green Grasshopper Omocestus viridulus
Meadow Grasshopper Chorthippus parallelus
Hiding in the grass was this Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera
And another Dark Bush-cricket out in the open
A Common Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus
I think this is a very pale Meadow Grasshopper Chorthippus parallelus
White-lipped Banded Snail Cepaea hortensis
Garden Snail Cornu aspersa
Spiders Recorded:
Common Candy-Striped Spider Enoplognatha ovata
A Common Candy-Striped Spider Enoplognatha ovata with prey
Bramble Rubus fruticosusa
Buddleia Buddleja davidii
Common Knapweed Centaurea nigra
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Common Teasel Dipsacus fullonum
Cotoneaster Cotoneaster sp.
Wild Clematis Clematis vitalba
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus
Teasel Dipsacus fullonum
Wayfaring-tree Viburnum lantana