With the forecast of changeable weather on the way, I thought I had better get a good walk in around my local patch. Main highlights were two Phylloscopus (Chiffchaff/Willow Warbler), which I didn't see but heard calling from around the meadow.
Also seen were the two Wasp Spiders in their usual spots, and after several days of not seeing any Meadow Browns I came across one in the meadow.
A pair of Common Darters were darting about in Old Quarry Lane and I also noted two Hummingbird Hawk-moths. Neither of the latter stopped for a photo or video.
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Dunnock
2 Chiffchaff/Willow Warbler
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
2 Linnet
Goldfinch
Escapees, Ferals, Possibles Etc.
Feral pigeon
Dragonflies and Damselflies Recorded:
2 Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
One of the two Common Darters Sympetrum striolatum along Old Quarry Lane
Butterflies Recorded:
5 Large White Pieris brassicae
4 Small White Pieris rapae
1 Green-veined White Pieris napi
4 Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria
1 Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina
4 Common Blue Polyommatus icarus
A Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria
A male Common Blue Polyommatus icarus..................
............on Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris..............
...................and another male.................
..............and one more male.
This is a female Common Blue and........
..........another female.
2 Hummingbird Hawk-moth Macroglossum stellatarum
1 Cinerous Pearl Anania fuscalis
1 Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella
1 Silver Y Autographa gamma
1 Yellow-spot Tortrix Pseudargyrotoza conwagana
Bees Recorded:
1 Silver Y Autographa gamma
1 Yellow-spot Tortrix Pseudargyrotoza conwagana
Half a Cinerous Pearl Anania fuscalis
A Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella
A Silver Y Autographa gamma
Hmm a not so good photograph of a Yellow-spot Tortrix Pseudargyrotoza conwagana
5 Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Many unidentified flies
Greenbottle Lucilia sp.
.....................it suddenly shot to its left and captured a grasshopper and within a few seconds had wrapped it up before settling back in the centre of its web.
Ants Recorded:
60+ Small Black Ant Lasius niger - possibly
..................was crawling with what I believe to be Small Black Ants Lasius niger. And for a brief second, what looked like a Common Furrow-bee Lasioglossum calceatum, joined them.
Plants:
Bramble Rubus fruticosusa
Buddleia Buddleja davidii
Common Knapweed Centaurea nigra
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Common Teasel Dipsacus fullonum
Dog Rose Rosa canina
Greater Burdock Arctium lappa
Greater Knapweed Centaurea scabiosa
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Hemp Agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum
Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum
Ivy Hedera helix
Large Bindweed Calystegia silvatica
Lesser Burdock Arctium minus
Provence Rose Rosa gallica
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus
Wild Fennel Foeniculum vulgare
3 Common Furrow-bee Lasioglossum calceatum
5 Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
20+ Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Sat in the centre of this Common Ragwort has to be one of the smallest Common Carder Bees Bombus pascuorum I have ever seen and is mentioned here.
5 Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
20+ Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Wasps, Ichneumon Wasps, Parasitic Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
4 Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris
4 Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris
Hoverflies Recorded:
8 Common Dronefly Eristalis tenax
5 Dead Head Hoverfly Myathropa florea
1 The Footballer Helophilus pendulus
1 Long Hoverfly Sphaerophoria scripta
8 Common Dronefly Eristalis tenax
5 Dead Head Hoverfly Myathropa florea
1 The Footballer Helophilus pendulus
1 Long Hoverfly Sphaerophoria scripta
A Common Dronefly Eristalis tenax
And another Common Dronefly on Wild Fennel Foeniculum vulgare
And Dead Head Hoverfly Myathropa florea
The Footballer Helophilus pendulus
A Long Hoverfly Sphaerophoria scripta on Wild Fennel
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Many unidentified flies
Greenbottle Lucilia sp.
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
1 Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Crickets and Grasshoppers Recorded:
Meadow Grasshopper Chorthippus parallelus
Spiders Recorded:
2 Wasp Spider Argiope bruennichi
1 Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
On this Buddleia Buddleja davidii is a Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis - form succinea
Meadow Grasshopper Chorthippus parallelus
A Meadow Grasshopper Chorthippus parallelus
Spiders Recorded:
2 Wasp Spider Argiope bruennichi
1 Garden Cross Spider Araneus diadematus
Wasp Spider Argiope bruennichi number one with a package all wrapped up and..........
.............whilst I was watching Wasp Spider number two.............
And a Garden Cross Spider Araneus diadematus
60+ Small Black Ant Lasius niger - possibly
This Wild Fennel flowerhead.............
Plants:
Bramble Rubus fruticosusa
Buddleia Buddleja davidii
Common Knapweed Centaurea nigra
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Common Teasel Dipsacus fullonum
Dog Rose Rosa canina
Greater Burdock Arctium lappa
Greater Knapweed Centaurea scabiosa
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Hemp Agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum
Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum
Ivy Hedera helix
Large Bindweed Calystegia silvatica
Lesser Burdock Arctium minus
Provence Rose Rosa gallica
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus
Wild Fennel Foeniculum vulgare