Well that was interesting few hours in the back garden, with fly-by Common Sandpiper calling and two Chiffchaffs in the neighbouring gardens.
There were no butterflies seen, but two Hummingbird Hawk-moths visiting the last remaining flowers on the Buddleia was good to see.
Birds Recorded:
1 Sparrowhawk
1 Common Sandpiper
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Robin
Blackbird
2 Chiffchaff
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
Escapees, Ferals, Possibles Etc.
Feral pigeon
Butterflies Recorded:
None
Moths Recorded:
2 Hummingbird Hawk-moth Macroglossum stellatarum
Bees Recorded:
1 Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
2 Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Wasps, Ichneumon Wasps, Parasitic Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
2 wasp sps.
Birds Recorded:
1 Sparrowhawk
1 Common Sandpiper
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Robin
Blackbird
2 Chiffchaff
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
Escapees, Ferals, Possibles Etc.
Feral pigeon
Butterflies Recorded:
None
Moths Recorded:
2 Hummingbird Hawk-moth Macroglossum stellatarum
One of the two Hummingbird Hawk-moths Macroglossum stellatarum...........................
...................... on the Buddleia Buddleja davidii
And the second Hummingbird Hawk-moth Macroglossum stellatarum
1 Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
2 Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
A Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
A Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum on Lavender Lavandula sp.
2 wasp sps.
Hoverflies Recorded:
1 Dead Head Hoverfly Myathropa florea
1 Dead Head Hoverfly Myathropa florea
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Many unidentified flies
4 Blue Blowfly Calliphora vicina
1 fly Dolichopodidae sp
Many unidentified flies
4 Blue Blowfly Calliphora vicina
1 fly Dolichopodidae sp
A Fly Dolichopodidae sp.
Buckthorn Rhamnus sp.
Buddleia Buddleja davidii
English Oak Quercus robur
Evening Primrose Oenothera biennis
Fig Ficus carica
Guelder Rose Viburnum opulus
Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum
Ivy Hedera helix
Lavender Lavandula sp.
Pellitory-of-the-wall Parietaria judaicais
Purple Loosestrife Lythrum salicaria
Red Valerian Centranthus ruber
Scarlet Firethorn Pyracantha coccinea
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus
Fungi Recorded:
Parasol Mushroom Macrolepiota procera
I believe these are Parasol Mushrooms Macrolepiota procera