Narroways

Today on Narroways 11am to 2.30 pm: Chiffchaff (4),  House Sparrow 6, Blackcap 3 and a Jay.

Insects included Marbled White 2, Common Blue 1, Large White 1, Speckled Wood 1, Burnet Companion moth 4+. Bees were represented by Common Carder Bee, Tree Bumblebee, Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Large Red-tailed Bumblebee and Honey Bee.Hovers included Marmalade Hoverfly, Merodon equestris (bumble bee mimic), Myathropa florea (everywhere in huge numbers) and a few Eristalis spp. Thick-thighed Flower Beetles were everywhere, but there was only 1 Rose Chafer.

Odds and ends on the reserve: a Dark Bush Cricket, Yellow Dung-fly, Common Wasp, Mining Bee species and the Long-horn Moth Nemophora degeerella. A fungus (unidentified at present - pale puffball-type), lots of Sawflies and Ichneumons - impossible to ID! Loads of Grass Vetchling in flower - gorgeous.

Burnet Companion

Fungus

Grass Vetchling

Longhorn moth

Merodon equestris

Mabled White

Back in Montpelier, the Fairlawn/Hurlingham Road area produced a female Blackcap, a flyover Greenfinch, a single Swift and a Red Admiral.

Red Admiral

In St Andrews Park there was a family of juvenile Coal Tits being fed by a parent near the pond, also a Speckled Wood butterfly and a few Azure Damselflies. A lot of croaking at the pond, presumably frogs rather than toads.