Well today was a bit of a surprise, as rain was forecast, but miraculously we missed it. So with the fine dry and occasionally sunny afternoon, Ted and I had our usual walk across the road.
And would you believe it, I heard this evening that there wasn't just one but two Grey Phalaropes at Chesil Cove late afternoon. I was a day early!!
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Long-tailed Tit - heard not seen
Magpie
Carrion Crow
House Sparrow
Goldfinch
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Long-tailed Tit - heard not seen
Magpie
Carrion Crow
House Sparrow
Goldfinch
Escapees, Ferals, Possibles Etc.
Feral pigeon
Feral pigeon
Butterflies Recorded:
1 Large White Pieris brassicae
1 Small White Pieris rapae
1 Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria
2 Common Blue Polyommatus icarus
1 Chalk Hill Blue Polyommatus coridon
Moths Recorded:
6 Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella
3 Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata
Bees Recorded:
1 Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
5 Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
2 Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Wasps, Ichneumon Wasps, Parasitic Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
3 Wasp Vespula sps.
1 Large White Pieris brassicae
1 Small White Pieris rapae
1 Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria
2 Common Blue Polyommatus icarus
1 Chalk Hill Blue Polyommatus coridon
Just one Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria seen.
A very worn Chalk Hill Blue Polyommatus coridon. One of the last ones for this year I suspect.
6 Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella
3 Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata
There are still quite..............
.............a few Rush Veneers Nomophila noctuella about.
Another moth which seems.........
..........to be seen quite regularly at the moment is the Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata. With 3 recorded today.
1 Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
5 Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
2 Honey Bee Apis mellifera
A very orange-coloured Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum on one of the last remaining Common Knapweeds Centaurea nigra
3 Wasp Vespula sps.
Hoverflies Recorded:
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Common Dronefly Eristalis tenax
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Common Dronefly Eristalis tenax
Syrphus sp.
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus. And..............
..............another one.
A Common Dronefly Eristalis tenax
And a Syrphus sp.
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Many unidentified flies
Face Fly Musca autumnalis
A Face Fly Musca autumnalis
1 Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
A Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis - form succinea
Meadow Grasshopper Chorthippus parallelus
A Meadow Grasshopper Chorthippus parallelus
2 Wasp Spider Argiope bruennichi
#1 - female Wasp Spider Argiope bruennichi
#2 - female Wasp Spider Argiope bruennichi
Bramble Rubus fruticosusa
Buddleia Buddleja davidii
Common Knapweed Centaurea nigra
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Cotoneaster Cotoneaster sp.
Dog Rose Rosa canina
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum
Ivy Hedera helix
Wild Clematis Clematis vitalba
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus
Wild Fennel Foeniculum vulgare
Cotoneaster Cotoneaster sp.
Dog Rose Rosa canina
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum
Ivy Hedera helix
Wild Clematis Clematis vitalba
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus
Wild Fennel Foeniculum vulgare
Ted:
I can still see you Ted.