It was a quick walk around my local patch this morning as I was off to Dorchester early afternoon. And of course it was one of those walks where today I wished I could have had a lot longer, as there was a large flock of warblers, crests and tits on site.
Whether there were any other birds such as Yellow-browed Warblers, Pallas's Warblers and Firecrests tagging along, I had no way of telling, as they were extremely mobile. On sound alone I would say I got it right, but for the "silent" birds who knows what they were!!
Birds Recorded:
2 Kestrel
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
3 Swallow
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
2 Blackcap
7+ Chiffchaff
3 Goldcrest
7 Long-tailed Tit
2 Great Tit
4 Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
2 Siskin
Goldfinch
# Kestrel
A mixed flock of Chiffchaffs and Long-tailed Tits
# Chiffchaff
# Chiffchaff
# Chiffchaff
# Chiffchaff
# Chiffchaff
# Chiffchaff
# Chiffchaff
# Goldcrest
# Long-tailed Tit
# Long-tailed Tit
1 Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Ivy Bee Colletes hederae
Wasps, Ichneumon Wasps, Parasitic Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris
Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Ivy Bee Colletes hederae
# Ivy Bee Colletes hederae
Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris
Hoverflies Recorded:
Common Dronefly Eristalis tenax
Common Dronefly Eristalis tenax
Common Banded Hoverfly Syrphus ribesii
On this Hawkweed Oxtongue Picris hieracioides is a Common Banded Hoverfly Syrphus ribesii
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Many unidentified flies
Crickets and Grasshoppers Recorded:
3 Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera
# 1 - Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera
# 2 - Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Plants:
Ash Fraxinus excelsiorBlackthorn Prunus spinosa
Bramble Rubus fruticosusa
Buddleia Buddleja davidii
Brown Knapweed Centaurea jacea
Cotoneaster Cotoneaster sp.
Dog Rose Rosa canina
Hawkweed Oxtongue Picris hieracioides
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum
Ivy Hedera helix
Large Bindweed Calystegia silvatica
Scarlet Firethorn Pyracantha coccinea
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus
Wild Clematis Clematis vitalba
Apparently this is..............
............Brown Knapweed Centaurea jacea and a........................
...............new plant for my Portland List.