1 Oct 25

Barleycrates Lane and West Cliff

It was back to Barleycrates Lane this afternoon to see if the Wryneck was still about, and I'm pleased to say it was. And what a poser it was today, giving me and several other birders some wonderful views as it sat on the rocky wall just north of the lane here.

Birds Recorded:
1 Sparrowhawk
1 Buzzard
1 Kestrel
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon

1 Wryneck
2 Meadow Pipit
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
Chiffchaff
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch

A female Kestrel in one of..............

............the horse paddocks alongside Barleycrates Lane

Below are a few photos and videos of the long-staying Wryneck on the West Cliffs.

Escapees, Ferals, Possibles Etc.
Feral pigeon

Butterflies Recorded:
5 Large White Pieris brassicae
4 Small White Pieris rapae
2 Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria
10+ Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta

One of many Red Admirals on the Ivy

Bees Recorded:
Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Ivy Bee Colletes hederae

A Honey Bee Apis mellifera

And another Honey Bee Apis mellifera

Not a Honey Bee Apis mellifera but............

...........an Ivy Bee Colletes hederae

Wasps, Ichneumon Wasps, Parasitic Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris
German Wasp Vespula germanica

Hoverflies Recorded:
Common Dronefly Eristalis tenax
Dead Head Hoverfly Myathropa florea
Hoverfly Syrphus sp.

A Dead Head Hoverfly Myathropa florea

Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Many unidentified flies

Plants:
Alexanders Smyrnium olusatrum
Blackthorn Prunus spinosa
Bramble Rubus fruticosusa
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Ivy Hedera helix


General Shots:

For a few of these birders the Wryneck was a lifer, and what great views they had of it.

Aircraft today:

This is the privately owned Cessna 182S Skylane, registration G-MICI on its.......

............way from and then back to Denham via Portland. Here it is banking north over Portland on its return leg. More on this aircraft here and here.