After 36 hours of being laid up in bed with what felt like covid, but was probably just Man-Flu, I finally managed to drag myself outside into the fresh air.
At least it was a half-decent day weather-wise and my walk this afternoon turned up 5 Chiffchaffs along the lane and around the meadow. Other birds of interest were 4 Common Buzzards circling together over Wakeham.
A big disappointment though, was the very low number of Ivy Bees, with just 6 seen at 4 different locations along my walk.
Birds Recorded:
4 Buzzard
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
5 Chiffchaff
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
A big disappointment though, was the very low number of Ivy Bees, with just 6 seen at 4 different locations along my walk.
Birds Recorded:
4 Buzzard
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
5 Chiffchaff
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
The four specks are.............
#1 - Common Buzzard
#2 - Common Buzzard
#3 - Common Buzzard
#4 - Common Buzzard
Feral pigeon
Butterflies Recorded:
4 Large White Pieris brassicae
2 Small White Pieris rapae
7 Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria
5 Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
Moths Recorded:
1 Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella
Bees Recorded:
2 Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
8 Honey Bee Apis mellifera
6 Ivy Bee Colletes hederae
Wasps, Ichneumon Wasps, Parasitic Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris
German Wasp Vespula germanica
4 Large White Pieris brassicae
2 Small White Pieris rapae
7 Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria
5 Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
Along with several Speckled Woods Pararge aegeria there.......
............were quite a few.................
......................Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
1 Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella
Just the one Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella seen today.
Bees Recorded:
2 Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
8 Honey Bee Apis mellifera
6 Ivy Bee Colletes hederae
An Ivy Bee Colletes hederae
Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris
German Wasp Vespula germanica
Hoverflies Recorded:
4 Common Dronefly Eristalis tenax
3 Dead Head Hoverfly Myathropa florea
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Many unidentified flies
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
1 Common Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
2 22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora 22-punctata
4 Common Dronefly Eristalis tenax
3 Dead Head Hoverfly Myathropa florea
A Dead Head Hoverfly Myathropa florea
Many unidentified flies
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
1 Common Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
2 22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora 22-punctata
1 Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Crickets and Grasshoppers Recorded:
Meadow Grasshopper Chorthippus parallelus
Plants:
Alexanders Smyrnium olusatrum
Bramble Rubus fruticosusa
Buddleia Buddleja davidii
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Ivy Hedera helix
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus
A Common Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
On the same Wild Clematis Clematis vitalba leaf were................
.............these two 22-spot Ladybirds Psyllobora 22-punctata
A Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis - form succinea
Meadow Grasshopper Chorthippus parallelus
A Meadow Grasshopper Chorthippus parallelus
Spiders Recorded:
2 Garden Spider Araneus diadematus
A Garden Spider Araneus diadematus
Alexanders Smyrnium olusatrum
Bramble Rubus fruticosusa
Buddleia Buddleja davidii
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Ivy Hedera helix
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus
Wild Clematis Clematis vitalba