It was back in the garden today, with much the same seen as yesterday. Only difference today was instead of a Swift, there were two House Martins drifting south and in place of the Gatekeeper, a Painted Lady passed through the garden without stopping.
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
2 House Martin
Magpie
House Sparrow
Goldfinch
Escapees, Ferals, Possibles Etc.
Feral pigeon
Butterflies Recorded:
1 Small White Pieris rapae
1 Painted Lady Vanessa cardui
A Small White Pieris rapae on Lavender Lavandula sp.
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius
Common Furrow-bee Lasioglossum calceatum
Large Yellow-face Bee Hylaeus signatus / White-jawed Yellow-face Bee Hylaeus confusus
A Furrow-bee Lasioglossum sp
Wasps, Ichneumon Wasps, Parasitic Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
Wasp sp.
Large Yellow-face Bee Hylaeus signatus / White-jawed Yellow-face Bee Hylaeus confusus
A Furrow-bee Lasioglossum sp
On this Crown Daisy Glebionis coronaria is either a Large Yellow-face Bee Hylaeus signatus or a White-jawed Yellow-face Bee Hylaeus confusus
A Common Furrow-bee Lasioglossum calceatum on Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
A Furrow-bee Lasioglossum sp.
Wasp sp.
Hoverflies Recorded:
2 Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
1 Pied Hoverfly Scaeva pyrastri
2 Common Dronefly Eristalis tenax
1 Pied Hoverfly Scaeva pyrastri
2 Common Dronefly Eristalis tenax
1 Common Spotted Field Syrph Eupeodes luniger
1 Dead Head Hoverfly Myathropa florea
1 Dead Head Hoverfly Myathropa florea
A Common Dronefly Eristalis tenax
A Common Spotted Field Syrph Eupeodes luniger
Dead Head Hoverfly Myathropa florea
Many unidentified flies
Greenbottle Lucilia sp.
2 Ragwort Fly Sphenella marginata
A Ragwort Fly Sphenella marginata