It was a late walk around my patch this afternoon, which was a bit annoying as throughout the day, 2 Yellow-browed Warblers and a 1st Winter Red-backed Shrike had been sighted in the south of the island. Leaving it so late for my walk, does make me wonder what I missed locally from earlier today.
However it wasn't all gloom and doom, though the former was gloomy weather-wise, as I came across a very mobile flock of Chiffchaffs, Goldcrests, Great Tits and Blue Tits. This time though there were no Long-tailed Tits and Blackcaps present.
Mammals Recorded:
1 Grey Squirrel
Birds Recorded:
1 Kestrel
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
10+ Chiffchaff
3 Goldcrest
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Below are a few photos of the 10+ Chiffchaffs noted along my walk..
Escapees, Ferals, Possibles Etc.
Feral pigeon
Butterflies Recorded:
None
Moths Recorded:
None
Bees Recorded:
1 Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Ivy Bee Colletes hederae
Wasps, Ichneumon Wasps, Parasitic Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris
Hoverflies Recorded:
None
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
A few unidentified flies
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
None
Crickets and Grasshoppers Recorded:
None
Plants:
Alder Alnus glutinosa
Alexanders Smyrnium olusatrum
Blackthorn Prunus spinosa
Bramble Rubus fruticosusa
Buddleia Buddleja davidii
Cotoneaster Cotoneaster sp.
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum
Ivy Hedera helix
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus
Wayfaring-tree Viburnum lantana
Wild Clematis Clematis vitalba
All that toing and froing didn't go unnoticed with one of the resident Kestrels, as the female was watching their every move by flying from tree top to tree top, with the occasional hover.
Mammals Recorded:
1 Grey Squirrel
A Grey Squirrel in the Wildlife Site
Birds Recorded:
1 Kestrel
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
10+ Chiffchaff
3 Goldcrest
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Below are a few photos of the local female Kestrel flying from tree top to tree top, plus the odd hover in search of a meal in the meadow and surrounding bushes.
Feral pigeon
Butterflies Recorded:
None
Moths Recorded:
None
Bees Recorded:
1 Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Ivy Bee Colletes hederae
A lone Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris on the Ivy
An Ivy Bee Colletes hederae using the flash on the camera. I did say it was gloomy
Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris
Hoverflies Recorded:
None
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
A few unidentified flies
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
None
Crickets and Grasshoppers Recorded:
None
Plants:
Alder Alnus glutinosa
Alexanders Smyrnium olusatrum
Blackthorn Prunus spinosa
Bramble Rubus fruticosusa
Buddleia Buddleja davidii
Cotoneaster Cotoneaster sp.
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum
Ivy Hedera helix
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus
Wayfaring-tree Viburnum lantana
Wild Clematis Clematis vitalba
Ted:
Ted's there somewhere!!