This getting to be a bit of a routine now. A visit to the recycling centre followed by a walk to Tout Quarry and back via the old Tramway Track.
Todays highlights were both moths with an Oak Eggar sat on the edge of the track and a Hummingbird Hawkmoth nectaring on the Red Valerians.
The butterflies were impressive as well, with 12 species recorded with Adonis Blues, Grayling and Wall Browns the pick of the bunch.
And I have a new bees species to add to my Port & Wey list.
Birds Recorded:
2 Kestrel
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
1 Chiffchaff/Willow Warbler - heard calling but not seen
Blue Tit
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
Escapees, Ferals, Possibles Etc.
Feral pigeon
Butterflies Recorded:
8 Large White Pieris brassicae
5 Small White Pieris rapae
2 Green-veined White Pieris napi
2 Wall Brown Lasiommata megera
4 Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus
5 Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina
1 Grayling Hipparchia semele
1 Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
1 Painted Lady Vanessa cardui
8 Common Blue Polyommatus icarus
4 Adonis Blue Polyommatus bellargus
7 Chalk Hill Blue Polyommatus coridon
Moths Recorded:
Obsidentify is 99% sure this is a Giant Blood Bee Sphecodes albilabris and Google Lens gave a very positive ID. My first ever.
Birds Recorded:
2 Kestrel
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
1 Chiffchaff/Willow Warbler - heard calling but not seen
Blue Tit
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
A Kestrel in Tout Quarry
Feral pigeon
Butterflies Recorded:
8 Large White Pieris brassicae
5 Small White Pieris rapae
2 Green-veined White Pieris napi
2 Wall Brown Lasiommata megera
4 Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus
5 Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina
1 Grayling Hipparchia semele
1 Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
1 Painted Lady Vanessa cardui
8 Common Blue Polyommatus icarus
4 Adonis Blue Polyommatus bellargus
7 Chalk Hill Blue Polyommatus coridon
A Small White Pieris rapae
One of the 4 Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus seen in Tout Quarry
A Wall Brown Lasiommata megera
And this pristine looking butterfly is.............
................a male Adonis Blue Polyommatus bellargus
Another male Adonis Blue and............
............one more male.
And a Chalk Hill Blue Polyommatus coridon on a Carline Thistle Carlina vulgaris
Oak Eggar Lasiocampa quercus
Hummingbird Hawk-moth Macroglossum stellatarum
Hummingbird Hawk-moth Macroglossum stellatarum
A nice surprise as I was walking along the Tramway Track was this................
.......................Oak Eggar Lasiocampa quercus
And a Hummingbird Hawk-moth Macroglossum stellatarum feeding on the nectar in this Red Valerian Centranthus ruber
Bees Recorded:
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius
1 Spined Mason Bee Osmia spinulosa
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius
1 Spined Mason Bee Osmia spinulosa
1 Giant Blood Bee Sphecodes albilabris
A worker Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius on Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Also on the Common Ragwort was this Spined Mason Bee Osmia spinulosa
Hoverflies Recorded:
Common Dronefly Eristalis tenax
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Many unidentified flies
Greenbottle Lucilia sp.
Plants:
Bramble Rubus fruticosusa
Buddleia Buddleja davidii
Carline Thistle Carlina vulgaris
Common Knapweed Centaurea nigra
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Common Teasel Dipsacus fullonum
Field Scabious Knautia arvensis
Hemp Agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum
Wild Clematis Clematis vitalba
Red Valerian Centranthus ruber
Wild Marjoram Origanum vulgare
Common Dronefly Eristalis tenax
A Common Dronefly Eristalis tenax on Hemp Agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum
Many unidentified flies
Greenbottle Lucilia sp.
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
1 Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
A Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Spiders Recorded:
Flower Spider Misumena vatia
A Flower Spider Misumena vatia sat in Hemp Agrimony.
Bramble Rubus fruticosusa
Buddleia Buddleja davidii
Carline Thistle Carlina vulgaris
Common Knapweed Centaurea nigra
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Common Teasel Dipsacus fullonum
Field Scabious Knautia arvensis
Hemp Agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum
Wild Clematis Clematis vitalba
Red Valerian Centranthus ruber
Wild Marjoram Origanum vulgare
And Hi to Sarah, Jacob and Sophia, who I met along my walk. It was lovely to share my photos with you all. And my camera I was using was a Canon PowerShot SX70 HS Digital Camera.