A late afternoon visit to the back garden, with the main highlight being a Willow Warbler passing through.
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
1 Willow Warbler
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Escapees, Ferals, Possibles Etc.
Feral pigeon
Butterflies Recorded:
1 Large White Pieris brassicae
2 Small White Pieris rapae
Moths Recorded:
1 Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata
1 Silver Y Autographa gamma
Bees Recorded:
1 Large White Pieris brassicae
2 Small White Pieris rapae
Moths Recorded:
1 Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata
1 Silver Y Autographa gamma
Bees Recorded:
0 Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius - None again
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Flesh Fly Sarcophaga sp.
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Wasps, Ichneumon Wasps, Parasitic Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
3 Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris
1 Common Hover Fly Parasitoid Wasp Diplazon laetatorius
Hoverflies Recorded:
1 Long Hoverfly Sphaerophoria scripta
1 Thick-legged hoverfly Syritta pipiens
1 Stripe-backed Brusheye Dasysyrphus albostriatus
Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
And another Common Carder Bee
A Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
A Honey Bee Apis mellifera drinking from the "Bath Pond".
3 Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris
1 Common Hover Fly Parasitoid Wasp Diplazon laetatorius
A Common Hover Fly Parasitoid Wasp Diplazon laetatorius
1 Long Hoverfly Sphaerophoria scripta
1 Thick-legged hoverfly Syritta pipiens
1 Stripe-backed Brusheye Dasysyrphus albostriatus
A Long Hoverfly Sphaerophoria scripta
And a Thick-legged hoverfly Syritta pipiens
And this is a Stripe-backed Brusheye Dasysyrphus albostriatus AKA Stripe-backed Fleckwing
Flesh Fly Sarcophaga sp.
A Flesh Fly Sarcophaga sp. on the Ice Plant Hylotelephium spectabile which is about to flower.