24 Jul 25

Wakeham

It was another chilled day in the back garden.

Birds Recorded in and around the garden:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Dunnock
Robin
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch

One of the two juvenile Herring Gulls raised in between the neighbours chimney pots. This one is having a good look through our bathroom window.

Escapees, Ferals, Possibles Etc.
Feral pigeon


Butterflies Recorded:
Large White Pieris brassicae
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta


Moths Recorded:
1 Cherry Fruit Moth Argyresthia pruniella

A Cherry Fruit Moth Argyresthia pruniella sat on the branch of the Cherry Tree

Bees Recorded:
Honey Bee Apis mellifera

Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris

Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius

Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum

Patchwork Leafcutter Bee Megachile centuncularis

Sweat Bee Lasioglossum sp

Honey Bee Apis mellifera

Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris

Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius

A Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum on a Perennial Sweet Pea Lathyrus latifolius

A Patchwork Leafcutter Bee Megachile centuncularis

On this Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris is a Sweat Bee Lasioglossum sp.

Wasps, Ichneumon Wasps, Parasitic Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris
Tree Wasp Dolichovespula sylvestris

Common Hover Fly Parasitoid Wasp Diplazon laetatorius
Wasp Scelionidae sp.

A Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris

Possibly a Tree Wasp Dolichovespula sylvestris

And this tiny wasp is...............

...........a Common Hover Fly Parasitoid Wasp Diplazon laetatorius

And this very tiny insect is...................

.................... apparently a wasp Scelionidae sp.

Hoverflies Recorded:
8 Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus

Glass-winged Syrphus Syrphus vitripennis

Migrant Hoverfly Meliscaeva auricollis 

Vagrant Hoverfly Eupeodes corollae

A Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus

On this Common Ragwort is a Glass-winged Syrphus Syrphus vitripennis. AKA Lesser Banded Hoverfly and Black-thighed Flower Fly

And this is a Migrant Hoverfly Meliscaeva auricollis  AKA Spotted Thintail

This is a..............

................Vagrant Hoverfly Eupeodes corollae

Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Many unidentified flies
Flesh Fly Sarcophaga sp.
Greenbottle Lucilia sp.

Love them or hate them.........

...........some of our flies like this Greenbottle Lucilia sp. are really stunning looking

Caterpillars Recorded:
Large White Pieris brassicae

This Large White Pieris brassicae caterpillar will be looking for another Nasturtium Tropaeolum majus leaf very soon.