1 Aug 25

Wakeham

What a lovely day, even better when the rain which was forecast never materialised. Granted the forecast was for showers, but I guess when you are stuck 6 miles out to sea, there's a fair chance you're going to miss them.

Main highlights were a lone Swift heading south and a Gatekeeper which landed by the "bath" pond briefly.

Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
1 Swift
Magpie
House Sparrow
Linnet
Goldfinch


Escapees, Ferals, Possibles Etc.
Feral pigeon


Butterflies Recorded:
3 Large White Pieris brassicae
1 Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus

A Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus

Bees Recorded:
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum

Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius

Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris

Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Common Furrow-bee Lasioglossum calceatum

Sharp-collared Furrow Bee Lasioglossum malachurum - possibly

Sweat Bee sp.

Patchwork Leafcutter Bee Megachile centuncularis

A Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum heading towards the flowers on this Perennial Sweet Pea Lathyrus latifolius

A male Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius on.................

.....................Lavender Lavandula sp.

And another male Red-tailed Bumblebee looking head on.

And a Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris also on Lavender.

And another Common Carder Bee

On the Lavender are Buff-tailed Bumblebees Bombus terrestris, Common Carder Bees Bombus pascuorum, Red-tailed Bumblebees Bombus lapidarius and Honey Bees Apis mellifera

A Common Furrow-bee Lasioglossum calceatum on............

.......Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris

A Sweat Bee possibly a Sharp-collared Furrow Bee Lasioglossum malachurum.

 A Sweat Bee sp.

A Patchwork Leafcutter Bee Megachile centuncularis on a Perennial Sweet Pea

Hoverflies Recorded:
5 Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
1 Pied Hoverfly Scaeva pyrastri

A Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus

A Pied Hoverfly Scaeva pyrastri

Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Ragwort Fly Sphenella marginata

It should come as no surprise that the fly..........

...........on this Common Ragwort is called the Ragwort Fly Sphenella marginata and a new fly for my P&W list. More on this fly here.

Aircraft Today:

This is the Piper Archer II Reg. G-BRXD on............

.............. its way from Shobdon to Alderney

This is the Lufthansa Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner..........

........ on its way from..........

......................Frankfurt to Bogota (Colombia)