It was a very breezy day with a mixture of sunshine and showers, which had an adverse effect on what I recorded, especially with the numbers of Chiffchaff and Goldcrests. Today I came across just one Chiffchaff and I didn't even see it, I just heard it.
And with the insects, I came across just one Red Admiral, 1 Honey Bee, 3 Common Droneflies, 1 Marmalade Hoverfly and 1 Syrphus sp.
Daily I have noted Common Green Shieldbugs, Dock Bugs and a few Harlequin Ladybirds. But today I also had a Cinnamon Bug, which was totally unexpected.
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
1 Stock Dove
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
1 Chiffchaff
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
1 Chiffchaff
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Escapees, Ferals, Possibles Etc.
Feral pigeon
Feral pigeon
Butterflies Recorded:
1 Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
Bees Recorded:
1 Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Wasps, Ichneumon Wasps, Parasitic Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
10+ Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris
Hoverflies Recorded:
3 Common Dronefly Eristalis tenax
1 Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
1 Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
A Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta. The only butterfly seen today.
1 Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Wasps, Ichneumon Wasps, Parasitic Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
10+ Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris
Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris
Another Common Wasp in flight.
And another Common Wasp with its anchor-shaped mark on its face.
3 Common Dronefly Eristalis tenax
1 Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
1 Hoverfly Syrphus sp.
Common Dronefly Eristalis tenax
Common Dronefly Eristalis tenax
Common Dronefly Eristalis tenax
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Hoverfly Syrphus sp.
A few unidentified flies
1 Locust Blowfly Stomorhina lunata
#2 - fly sp.
#3 - fly sp.
#4 - fly sp.
On this Hawkweed Oxtongue Picris hieracioides is a Locust Blowfly Stomorhina lunata.
#1 - fly sp.
#2 - fly sp.
#3 - fly sp.
#4 - fly sp.
3 Common Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
1 Dock Bug Coreus marginatus
1 Cinnamon Bug Corizus hyoscyami
1 Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis - form succinea
1 Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis - form spectabilis
Crickets and Grasshoppers Recorded:
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima
1 Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis - form succinea
1 Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis - form spectabilis
Common Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Common Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Common Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus
Cinnamon Bug Corizus hyoscyami
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis - form succinea
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis - form spectabilis
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima
A Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima
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
A few Buddleia Buddleja davidii are still in flower. Though not many.
Other Plants:
Brown Knapweed Centaurea jacea
Hawkweed Oxtongue Picris hieracioides
Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum
Ivy Hedera helix
Large Bindweed Calystegia silvatica
Wild Clematis Clematis vitalba
Fungi:
Fungi sp.
Fungi sp.
Ted:
Today Ted is............
............a Pointer. Something has certainly got his attention!!