In Montpelier Park this morning there was a female
Chaffinch feeding in the treetops. Chaffinches are sadly a rarity in Montpelier in the summer nowadays but in autumn and winter they tend to gather in good numbers so we'll see more of them in the coming months, hopefully. Checked the wall for spider webs and saw a few, probably made by an
Amaurobius species.
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| Amaurobius web |
At the station another spider, this time a tiny
Philodromus or
Running Crab-spider was on the handrail of the footbridge. Nearby
Harlequin Ladybirds were in evidence and plenty of
Common Wasps and a
Honey Bee on the Ivy. On the wall at the station was a juvenile snail - very pretty and likely to be a young
Cepaea species - surrounded by what look like
Springtails! Also a tiny
Ichneumon nearby.
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| Philodromus |
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| Harlequin |
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| Ichneumon |
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| Cepaea snail and Springtails |
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