It was a day which started off sunny but then the clouds started to roll in. and by the time I had finished sorting out the hot water pipe in the kitchen, it had turned pretty dull with quite a breeze from the south-east.
Main highlight again went to the Chiffchaffs, with at least 7 birds calling along my walk. The only difference today was that there were no Blackcaps or Goldcrests seen or heard.
The female Kestrel was back in the meadow again "tree hopping", plus I also recorded a Buzzard to the east of Wakeham and a fly-by Sparrowhawk.
Just the one butterfly today a Red Admiral along the lane on the Ivy, where there was also a solitary Honey Bee. There were several Common Wasps about and two Common Droneflies, but I didn't see a single Ivy Bee!
Birds Recorded:
1 - Sparrowhawk
1 - Buzzard
1 - Kestrel
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
7 - Chiffchaff
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Escapees, Ferals, Possibles Etc.
Feral pigeon
Main highlight again went to the Chiffchaffs, with at least 7 birds calling along my walk. The only difference today was that there were no Blackcaps or Goldcrests seen or heard.
The female Kestrel was back in the meadow again "tree hopping", plus I also recorded a Buzzard to the east of Wakeham and a fly-by Sparrowhawk.
Just the one butterfly today a Red Admiral along the lane on the Ivy, where there was also a solitary Honey Bee. There were several Common Wasps about and two Common Droneflies, but I didn't see a single Ivy Bee!
Birds Recorded:
1 - Sparrowhawk
1 - Buzzard
1 - Kestrel
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
7 - Chiffchaff
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
A fly-by Sparrowhawk
When this female Kestrel wasn't hovering she.......
.........was sat on the tree tops around the meadow.
The Chiffchaffs are still about.
Another one and..........
..........one more.
A Goldfinch
Feral pigeon
Butterflies Recorded:
1 - Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
1 - Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
Bees Recorded:
1 - Honey Bee Apis mellifera
0 - Ivy Bee Colletes hederae
Wasps, Ichneumon Wasps, Parasitic Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
8 - Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris
1 - Honey Bee Apis mellifera
0 - Ivy Bee Colletes hederae
Just one Honey Bee Apis mellifera seen.
Wasps, Ichneumon Wasps, Parasitic Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
8 - Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris
30+ Mossy Rose Gall Wasp Dipoloepis rosaea
This is a Robin's Pincushion on a Dog Rose, and this year around my patch there have been a lot!! It is a gall caused by the larvae of a tiny gall wasp called a Mossy Rose Gall Wasp Dipoloepis rosaea. More on this wasp Here.
Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris
2 - Common Dronefly Eristalis tenax
One of the 2 Common Dronefly Eristalis tenax seen along my walk.
A few unidentified flies
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
None
I'm glad that fire is out Ted!! The Cotoneaster ashes left by the Dorset branch of the UK Butterfly Conservation Organisation.
None
Trees and Shrubs:
Ash Fraxinus excelsior
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus
Blackthorn Prunus spinosa
Buddleia Buddleja davidii
Scarlet Firethorn Pyracantha coccinea
Cotoneaster Cotoneaster sp.
Dog Rose Rosa canina
Bramble Rubus fruticosusa
Other Plants:
Brown Knapweed Centaurea jacea
Hawkweed Oxtongue Picris hieracioides
Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum
Large Bindweed Calystegia silvatica
Wild Clematis Clematis vitalba
Round-leaved Crane's-bill Geranium rotundifolium
Red Valerian Centranthus ruber Ivy Hedera helix
This spread of Round-leaved Crane's-bill Geranium rotundifolium was.........
......along Old Quarry Lane and is a new plant for my Portland list.
Red Valerian Centranthus ruber still in flower.
There is a lot of the Ivy fruit Hedera helix covered in...........
...........Erysiphaceae commonly known as powdery mildew
General Shots:
A very watery sun
Ted:
