Today on the reserve:
Meadow Brown 5,
Common Blue 10+,
Gatekeeper 2,
Speckled Wood 2,
Large White 1, a very worn
Shaded Broad-bar moth 1 - all on cutting or church field.
Holly Blue along stony path.
1 or 2
Chiffchaffs calling (cutting and stony path), mixed flock of
Great,
Blue,
Long-tailed and 1
Coal Tit (stony path).
Bullfinch calling (stony path),
Jay called near brook.
Hovers:
Myathropa florea,
Marmalade Fly, Drone Fly
Eristalis tenax. At least 3 species of
Ichneumon, several
Sawfly species. Still lots of
Soldier Beetles.
Several
Red-tailed Bumblebees and a small mining bee (prob.
Lasioglossum species)
Interesting Tachinid fly I've never come across before - identified as
Cistogaster globosa - Not common. According to BRERC map only recorded in one grid square and that is Hengrove Park. Nice. Also an
Anthomyia fly.
At Fairlawn Road there was a
Green-veined White to add to the day's butterfly list.
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| Common Blue |
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| Meadow Brown |
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| Shaded Broad-bar |
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| Cistogaster globosa |
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| Ichneumon |
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| another Ichneumon |
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| Marmalade Fly |
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| Myathropa florea |
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| Sawfly |
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| Speckled Wood |
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| Eristalis tenax |
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