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
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius
A Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum heading towards the flowers on this Perennial Sweet Pea Lathyrus latifolius
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Common Furrow-bee Lasioglossum calceatum
Common Furrow-bee Lasioglossum calceatum
Sharp-collared Furrow Bee Lasioglossum malachurum - possibly
Sweat Bee sp.
Patchwork Leafcutter Bee Megachile centuncularis A male Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius on.................
And a Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris also on Lavender.
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
5 Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
1 Pied Hoverfly Scaeva pyrastri
A Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
A Pied Hoverfly Scaeva pyrastri
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.
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)