In slightly better weather conditions than yesterday, though we could still do with losing that stiff southerly, there was a bit more to see in the drier conditions:
Highlights today were:
Old Quarry Lane: 1 Chiffchaff
Wakeham Railway Cuttings: 1 Chiffchaff
Glen Caravan Park: 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest. Also here, 3 small birds flew in and vanished into the undergrowth along the cuttings!
Along Old Quarry Lane I nearly trod on a Red Admiral. Fortunately its reaction time was quicker than mine and it disappeared into the air, unscathed. Also along the lane were a couple of Common Wasps on the Ivy flowers and two Marmalade Hoverflies were on a Dandelion flower.
Along Wakeham Railway Cuttings (east) the Yarrow is still in flower, and on one of them there was a Yellow Dung Fly and a Root-maggot fly.
Mammals Recorded:
2 Grey Squirrel
One of the two Grey Squirrels along Wakeham Railway Cuttings.
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
1 Grey Wagtail
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
4 Chiffchaff
2 Goldcrest
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
A Grey Wagtail in its favourite haunt. The footpath through the caravan park.
One of the 4 Chiffchaffs seen today. This one was along Wakeham Railway Cuttings
This one was in the caravan park and............
.................. was unsure as to which side was its best!!
Just two Goldcrests seen today.
Feral pigeon
Butterflies Recorded:
1 Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
Wasps, Ichneumon Wasps, Parasitic Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
2 Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris
Hoverflies Recorded:
2 Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Yellow Dung Fly Scathophaga stercoraria
1 Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
Wasps, Ichneumon Wasps, Parasitic Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
2 Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris
The last of the Ivy flowers and I suspect the last of the Common Wasps Vespula vulgaris as well.
Hoverflies Recorded:
2 Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
On this Common Dandelion Taraxacum officinale flower was this Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Yellow Dung Fly Scathophaga stercoraria
Root-maggot fly Anthomyia sp.
Plants:
On this Yarrow Achillea millefolium is a Yellow Dung Fly Scathophaga stercoraria
And on the next plant along was this Root-maggot fly Anthomyia sp.
Plants:
Common Dandelion Taraxacum officinale
Yarrow Achillea millefolium
Yarrow Achillea millefolium
Ivy Hedera helix
Ted:
You've got a very long wait Ted. The last..................
...........passenger train to............
.........travel through these cuttings was on 27 Mar 65.
Ships today:
