I was parked up for 8 this morning and it was nice to see only one car, things are starting to quieten down a bit up here as people are going back to work. Still many more visitors compared to last year.
It was a nice surprise to see a Wall brown Butterfly (Lasiommata megera), have seen a few this year here but way back in May. The day turned out to be a good one as I got to see a Spotted Flycatcher, looks like they might breed here too. Did see a few more birds but struggle to get any good photos as they are usually to far away or it is to dark in the wood.
Carrion Crow
Great Spotted-woodpecker
Goldcrest
Wren
Robin
Lots of Coal tits about today
Long-tailed tit
Bullfinch
Red Kite
Dunnock were all noted...
Did here an Owl too.
Roe Deer
Dyers Mazegill Velvet-top. Fungi (NEW)
Centipede (Lithobiidae) (NEW)
Female Redstart
Spotted Flycatcher (NEW)
There has been two ID for this bird, one says a young Flycatcher were another has said a young Tree pipit, I have recorded it as a Tree Pipit for now.
Cranefly
Green Leaf-hopper - Cicadella viridis
Coal Tit
Good numbers of this bird about today.
Peacock Butterfly Aglais io
New on the wing, saw a few in groups of four feeding.
Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
Female Pheasant
Hoverfly
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas
Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris
Rhingia campestris
(Common Snout-hoverfly)
Tapered Drone Fly - Eristalis pertinax
Hawkweed oxtongue (Picris hieracioides)
Sneezewort (Achillea ptarmica)
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina
Tadpole
Looks like these will not become frogs this year, I wonder how long they can last as Tadpoles?
Hoverfly (Sericomyia silentis)
Think this might be a Small White (Pieris rapae)
Large skipper Butterfly (Ochlodes sylvanus)
parasitic wasp
Dyspetes luteomarginatus
Yellow Dung Fly - Scathophaga stercoraria
Common Knapweed (Centaurea nigra)
A wonderful post Amanda - you certainly seem to have got the hang of new blogger. The photos are super especially the butterflies and Roe Deer. There seem to be some great species to be seen in the forest. Good to have such a place relatively near.
ReplyDeleteI think tadpoles can delay development at least a year if habitat poor or food quantity low. Love that hoverfly on knapweed a super super photo :)
Thanks Caroline for such a lovely comment.
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