I stretched my legs a bit further today, though it would have been more had the County Council not placed a metal gate across the path, 60 steps or so up from the beach. Apparently it's there to stop the public from being hit by falling rocks.
However as good as the gate is......................
Mammals Recorded:
2 Grey Seal
1 Grey Squirrel
2 Grey Seal
1 Grey Squirrel
In the surf just..................
............off the beach at Church Ope Cove were these two Grey Seals
One of the Grey Seals having a good look around.
Birds Recorded:
1 Cormorant
1 Cormorant
3 Kestrel
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
2 Meadow Pipit
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
1 Blackcap
8 Chiffchaff
1 Goldcrest
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
1 Raven
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
A male Kestrel over the meadow
A Chiffchaff preparing to catch an insect.
Escapees, Ferals, Possibles Etc.
Feral pigeon
Feral pigeon
Butterflies Recorded:
Large White Pieris brassicae
Small White Pieris rapae
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Ivy Bee Colletes hederae
Wasps, Ichneumon Wasps, Parasitic Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris
German Wasp Vespula germanica
Large White Pieris brassicae
Small White Pieris rapae
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
A Small White Pieris rapae
A Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria
Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Ivy Bee Colletes hederae
On top an Ivy Bee Colletes hederae and below a Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Wasps, Ichneumon Wasps, Parasitic Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris
German Wasp Vespula germanica
A Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris
Hoverflies Recorded:
Common Dronefly Eristalis tenax
The Footballer Helophilus pendulus
Common Dronefly Eristalis tenax
The Footballer Helophilus pendulus
Dead Head Hoverfly Myathropa florea
Long Hoverfly Sphaerophoria scripta
Hoverfly Syrphus sp.
Long Hoverfly Sphaerophoria scripta
Hoverfly Syrphus sp.
A Common Dronefly Eristalis tenax
A Long Hoverfly Sphaerophoria scripta
Hoverfly Syrphus sp.
Many unidentified flies
Muscidae fly
European Cranefly Tipula paludosa
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
2 Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Crickets and Grasshoppers Recorded:
1 Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Spiders Recorded:
4 Garden Spider Araneus diadematus
Plants:
Alexanders Smyrnium olusatrum
Blackthorn Prunus spinosa
Bramble Rubus fruticosusa
Buddleia Buddleja davidii
Common bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus
A Muscidae fly
An European Cranefly Tipula paludosa
2 Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis - form succinea
1 Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera
A male Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera
4 Garden Spider Araneus diadematus
A Garden Spider Araneus diadematus and...............
.............the business end of another Garden Spider.
I'm not sure why this Garden Spider is in a tight ball. It may have recently caught something.
Alexanders Smyrnium olusatrum
Blackthorn Prunus spinosa
Bramble Rubus fruticosusa
Buddleia Buddleja davidii
Common bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus
Common Knapweed Centaurea nigra
Common Poppy Papaver rhoeas
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Dog Rose Rosa canina
Elder Sambucus nigra
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum
Horse Chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum
Ivy Hedera helix
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus
Common Poppy Papaver rhoeas
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Dog Rose Rosa canina
Elder Sambucus nigra
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum
Horse Chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum
Ivy Hedera helix
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus
Common bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus