A similar walk as yesterdays, with an extra excursion around the butterfly reserve, and The Cuttings given a miss.
Main highlights were very similar to yesterdays with 19 Chiffchaffs (seven up on yesterday), though 5 from today were around the Bump at the reserve, a spot I missed out yesterday. Of interest were 3 Goldcrests along Wakeham Railway Cuttings and a male Blackcap also on the butterfly reserve.
Birds noted flying overhead were 1 Skylark, several Swallows and two Meadow Pipits.
And to finish off 2 Greenfinches on the reserve, a finch which is bit of a scarcity on the island
Birds Recorded:
2 Buzzard
1 Kestrel
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
1 Skylark
7+ Swallow
2 Meadow Pipit
1 Pied Wagtail
Dunnock
10+ Robin
Blackbird
1 Blackcap
19 Chiffchaff
3 Goldcrest
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
2 Greenfinch
One of the local Common Buzzards over the butterfly reserve
A Chiffchaff and........
........another.......
..........and another.
One more.........
...........plus another.............
And last one.
And this is one of the........
..........three Goldcrests in Wakeham Railway Cuttings.
Feral pigeon
Dragonflies and Damselflies Recorded:
1 Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
A Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum in Broadcroft Quarry Lane
10+ Large White Pieris brassicae
10+ Small White Pieris rapae
8 Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria
10+ Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
A Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria on very ripe Blackberries.
And a Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
No moths today not even a Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Ivy Bee Colletes hederae
There are absolutely dozens............
...........of Ivy Bees Colletes hederae..........
..........about.
German Wasp Vespula germanica
Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris
Ichneumon Wasp sp.
Hoverflies Recorded:
Common Dronefly Eristalis tenax
The Footballer Helophilus pendulus
Hoverfly Syrphus sp.
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Many unidentified flies
European Cranefly Tipula confusa
Twin-spot Centurion Sargus bipunctatus
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
9 Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis - form succinea
1 Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis - form spectabilis
2 Dock Bug Coreus marginatus
Crickets and Grasshoppers Recorded:
3 Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Spiders Recorded:
Nurseryweb Spider Pisaura mirabilis
Plants:
Ash Fraxinus excelsior
Blackthorn Prunus spinosa
Bramble Rubus fruticosusa
Buddleia Buddleja davidii
Common Knapweed Centaurea nigra
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Cotoneaster Cotoneaster sp.
Dog Rose Rosa canina
Elder Sambucus nigra
Evening Primrose Oenothera biennis
Field Bindweed Convolvulus arvensis
Hart's-tongue Fern Asplenium scolopendrium
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum
Ivy Hedera helix
Large Bindweed Calystegia silvatica
Scarlet Firethorn Pyracantha coccinea
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus
Virginia Creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia
White grapes Vitis vinifera
A Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris
And an Ichneumon Wasp sp.
Hoverflies Recorded:
Common Dronefly Eristalis tenax
The Footballer Helophilus pendulus
Hoverfly Syrphus sp.
A Common Dronefly Eristalis tenax
The Footballer Helophilus pendulus..................
............and another one.
A Hoverfly Syrphus sp.
Many unidentified flies
European Cranefly Tipula confusa
Twin-spot Centurion Sargus bipunctatus
A European Cranefly Tipula confusa
And a Twin-spot Centurion Sargus bipunctatus in the Lower Horse paddock
9 Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis - form succinea
1 Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis - form spectabilis
2 Dock Bug Coreus marginatus
1 Common Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis - form succinea
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis - form succinea
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis - form succinea
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis - form succinea
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis - form succinea
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis - form succinea
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis - form succinea
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis - form succinea
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis - form succinea
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis - form spectabilis
A Dock Bug Coreus marginatus and.................
.............another.
A Common Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
3 Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera
A Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera well camouflaged in these spent Blackberries.
Nurseryweb Spider Pisaura mirabilis
A Nurseryweb Spider Pisaura mirabilis and...........
...........another Nurseryweb Spider with a..........
.............nymph sp. next to it.
Plants:
Ash Fraxinus excelsior
Blackthorn Prunus spinosa
Bramble Rubus fruticosusa
Buddleia Buddleja davidii
Common Knapweed Centaurea nigra
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Cotoneaster Cotoneaster sp.
Dog Rose Rosa canina
Elder Sambucus nigra
Evening Primrose Oenothera biennis
Field Bindweed Convolvulus arvensis
Hart's-tongue Fern Asplenium scolopendrium
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum
Ivy Hedera helix
Large Bindweed Calystegia silvatica
Scarlet Firethorn Pyracantha coccinea
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus
Virginia Creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia
White grapes Vitis vinifera
White Potato Vine Solanum laxum 'Album'
Wild Clematis Clematis vitalba
Ships today:
This is the Dutch General Cargo Ship "Neckarborg" on its way from Dunkirk to Newport. More on this vessel here.
Wild Clematis Clematis vitalba
Hawthorn berries Crataegus monogyna
White grapes Vitis vinifera in a private garden...........
...........close to the Lower Paddock. The best I have ever seen since moving here eight years ago.
Ships today:
