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| Heading for the hide on a sunny day |
I usually try to leave 7 days between my recording visits to the Reserve but Tuesday was a beautiful day and there were gales forecast for later in the week so I decided to head off down there after breakfast. Inevitably things cropped up, but I arrived soon after 10 . Here is what I recorded:
Birds:
SC209693 Wren; Thrush heard but not seen;
SC209694 ( Hide) 2 x Moorhen ( chicks have gone but nest building again); Sedge Warbler;
SC209694 pair of Reed Bunting; Willow Warbler heard but not seen; Buzzard heard briefly but not seen; 2 x Swallow flying over; female Blackbird; Dunnock;male Chaffinch; Chiffchaff heard but not seen; male Blackcap; Goldfinch; Sedge Warbler singing from inside brambles eventually emerged at low level and flew to trees.
SC208694 Willow Warbler; Wood Pigeon; Chaffinch heard not seen; Robin; Blackbird; Blue Tit.
SC208695 Robin.
SC210694 3 x Goldfinch.
Other:
SC210694 3 x 7-spot Ladybird;
SC210694 Small Heath Butterfly: male Orange Tip butterfly;
SC208694 Speckled Wood Butterfly + unidentified White flying
SC208694 a few native Bluebells + Ground Ivy visited by Carder bee
SC208695 7-spot Ladybird on Hogweed
SC209694 7-spot Ladybird on Bramble
SC208695 Dasysyrphus species Hoverfly ; unidentified White Butterfly flying;
SC209695 Gorse Shieldbug eggs
SC209695 Gorse Shieldbug
SC209694 male Orange Tip butterfly
SC208694 Honey Bees in Hawthorn Blossom
SC208694 tiny Nomada species "Cuckoo Bee" on Hawthorn flowers NEW RECORD
SC208695 Crane Fly possibly Tipula oleracea
SC209693 6 unidentified flies on Buttercup flowers - possibly Muscids or Anthomyids
SC209693 Eristalis pertinax Hoverfly
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| It took me ages to spot the Willow Warbler singing in the tree |
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| but I located it eventually |
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| singing its heart out |
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| Dunnock |
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| also singing its heart out |
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| Blue Tit near the Boardwalk |
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| one of two Moorhens - the white dots are flies! |
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| this one was carrying nest material |
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| Speckled Wood Butterfly |
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| Small Heath Butterfly |
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| Carder bee? on Ground Ivy |
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| Unidentified flies on buttercups - possibly Muscids or Anthomyids |
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| Crane Fly - possibly Tipula oleracea |
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| Gorse Shieldbug |
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| Honey Bee on Hawthorn flowers - note pollen baskets |
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| Nomada species - a parasitic " Cuckoo Bee" |
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| Eristalis pertinax Hoverfly |
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| Dasysyrphus Hoverfly |
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| a more serious camera than I have! |
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| 7-spot Ladybird on Hogweed |
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| backlit Sycamore leaves |
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| native Bluebell |
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| 7-spot in nettles |
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| just one of the potential predators our birds have to avoid |
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| after a brief spell in the hide I headed home for lunch |
please click on photos to enlarge them
With thanks to Steve Crellin for fly idnentification
