30 Jul 25

Wakeham

No walk today, just a day in the back garden watching the world go by.

A few highlights with two House Martins drifting south, a possible Silver Y moth which I disturbed in the arbour and a very small caterpillar feeding on one of the lavender flowers.

Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
2 House Martin
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch


Escapees, Ferals, Possibles Etc.
Feral pigeon


Butterflies Recorded:
3 Large White Pieris brassicae
2 Small White Pieris rapae


Moths Recorded:
Silver Y Autographa gamma - possibly


Bees Recorded:
bees sp.
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris

Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius

Furrow bees sp.

Furrow bee sp.

Furrow bees sp.

Furrow bee sp.

On this Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris are Furrow Bees and a Hoverfly

A Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum on Purple Loosestrife Lythrum salicaria

I'm pretty sure this is a Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris. It is the thin buff band between the white tail and the black of the abdomen................

 .....that separates this from the White-tailed Bumblebee B. lucorum. I'm pretty sure there is a thin buff line!!

A male Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius and a.............

..................worker.

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

In this over-ripe Fig Ficus carica ....................................

....................are two Common Wasps Vespula vulgaris

Sawflies Recorded:
1 Ringed Tigress Athalia circularis - possibly

Possibly a Ringed Tigress Athalia circularis

Hoverflies Recorded:
5 Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus

A Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus

Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Many unidentified flies
Greenbottle Lucilia sp.
Face Fly Musca autumnalis

A Greenbottle Lucilia sp.

A Face Fly Musca autumnalis

Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
1 Common Nettle Flower Bug Plagiognathus arbustorum

A Common Nettle Flower Bug Plagiognathus arbustorum in one of the last remaining Oxeye Daisies Leucanthemum vulgare

Caterpillars Recorded:
Large White Pieris brassicae
caterpillar sp.

The caterpillar on this Lavender Lavandula sp.................................. 

............................could be one of the sawfly species.

Today I came across another Oak leaf which has been eaten. But by what!!