Friday 31 March 2017

Narroways

On the reserve today: 1 Grey Wagtail on brook carrying food - nest with young nearby presumably , 4 Chiffchaffs, 2 Common Buzzards being mobbed by 2 Ravens over cutting, 1 Starling over Boiling Wells, 1 singing Blackcap ash wood, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 1 singing Coal Tit, 1 Greenfinch, 2 copulating Magpies.
Common Buzzard

Chiffchaff

Lots of insects mainly various Andrena species most of which I can't ID apart from Tawny Mining Bee and Orange-tailed Mining Bee. An expert on Facebook says another bee I saw is Andrena scotica. Hoverflies included Eristalis pertinax, Syrphus, Eupeodes and Platycheirus
Orange-tailed Mining Bee

Platycheirus

Eupeodes

Eristalis pertinax
Syrphus

Tawny Mining Bee
Andrena scotica


Red Deadnettle, Common Vetch, Cow Parsley and Spanish Bluebell all coming into flower.
Cow Parsley

Red Deadnettle

Away from Narroways, a good swathe of Spanish Bluebell at Hurlingham Road and a singing Chiffchaff nearby.
Spanish Bluebells

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