6 Aug 25

Tramway Track and Tout Quarry

You've guessed it, it was another trip to the Recycling Centre followed by a walk along the old Tramway Track to Tout Quarry and back.

At first there just didn't seem to be anything about and then from nowhere, things started to pick up with my  first Adonis Blue of the year in Tout Quarry, followed by my first Mint Moth, Jersey Moth and a Bloody-nosed Beetle which was deceased.


Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon

1 Chiffchaff/Willow Warbler - calling but not seen

House Sparrow
Goldfinch


Butterflies Recorded:
4 Large White Pieris brassicae
3 Small White Pieris rapae
2 Wall Brown Lasiommata megera
2 Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina
1 Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus
2 Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
1 Painted Lady Vanessa cardui
10+ Common Blue Polyommatus icarus
4 Adonis Blue Polyommatus bellargus
10+ Chalk Hill Blue Polyommatus coridon

Just two Meadow Browns Maniola jurtina seen this afternoon.

A very pristine-looking Painted Lady Vanessa cardui

A Common Blue Polyommatus icarus

And a female Common Blue

And my first Adonis Blue Polyommatus bellargus.................

.....................................this year..

A pristine looking male Chalk Hill Blue Polyommatus coridon unlike........

...............this male which has seen better days.

Moths Recorded:
1 Jersey Tiger Euplagia quadripunctaria
1 Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella

8 Mint Moth Pyrausta aurata

1 Ragwort Root-borer Epiblema costipunctana

My first Jersey Tiger moth Euplagia quadripunctaria of the year along the old Tramway Track.

A Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella. This species seems to be everywhere this Summer.

One of several Mint Moths Pyrausta aurata seen today.

And a Ragwort Root-borer Epiblema costipunctana

Bees Recorded:
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius

Wasps, Ichneumon Wasps, Parasitic Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
1 Wasp sp.

Hoverflies Recorded:
10+ Common Dronefly Eristalis tenax
1 Long Hoverfly Sphaerophoria scripta
2 Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
1 Pied Hoverfly Scaeva pyrastri

A Common Dronefly Eristalis tenax

Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Many unidentified flies
Greenbottle Lucilia sp.
Red-spotted Parasite Fly Eriothrix rufomaculata


Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
1 Bloody-nosed Beetle Timarcha tenebricosa - deceased

My first Bloody-nosed Beetle Timarcha tenebricosa since September last year and its deceased.

Crickets and Grasshoppers Recorded:
Common Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus

A Common Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus

Caterpillars Recorded:
Peacock Aglais io

Though I've not seen an adult Peacock Aglais io.........

............at least there is a caterpillar about

Plants:
Bramble Rubus fruticosusa
Buddleia Buddleja davidii
Carline Thistle Carlina vulgaris
Common Knapweed Centaurea nigra
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Common Teasel Dipsacus fullonum
Hemp Agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum
Large Bindweed Calystegia silvatica
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus
Wild Marjoram Origanum vulgare
Wild Thyme Thymus drucei

Well as they keep saying on this island "Keep Portland Weird". And here we have a Sycamore in flower. Whatever next!!

Ted:

Same as usual. Ted waiting for me to catch up.

Note: The Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus has a Large Bindweed Calystegia silvatica wrapped around it. Hence the flower.