Sunday 12 April 2015

Narroways

Today on the reserve: 2 Chiffchaffs, 2 Blackcaps, a singing Song Thrush, a Long-tailed Tit, Great Tit, 3 Greenfinches at least singing and a Jay.
Great Tit
 Insects included a Tawny Mining Bee, a couple of other unidentified Andrena (mining bee) species, a few Honeybees, a Common Carder Bee, a Bee FlyMelanostomaSyrphus, Eristalis pertinax and Cheilosia hoverflies. Also 2 Nursery-web Spiders, a Comma, a Speckled Wood and several 'white' butterflies.

Bee Fly

Honey Bee

Common Carder Bee

Comma

Melanostoma

Cheilosia

Nursery-web Spider

Tawny Mining Bee
Wild Garlic was just coming into flower and lots of Common Dog Violets around.

 
Wild Garlic
In Montpelier there was lots of Ivy-leaved Speedwell and Herb Robert in flower.

Herb Robert

Ivy-leaved Speedwell
St Andrews Park produced a Mistle Thrush and an Eristalis pertinax hoverfly. 

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