Sunday, 23 February 2020

St Andrews Park - Again!

The sun shone this afternoon after a wet and windy start, so I had a stroll round the park. There were about half a dozen Starlings in their usual tree but very flighty on my approach. Also lots of Goldfinches everywhere but not surprisingly, most birds kept a low profile in the brisk wind.


Goldfinches

Good to see lots of Frogspawn in the pond with little bits of Toadspawn too. The willow catkins next to the pond were being visited by Bumblebees but they were too high up to identify so I'm guessing they were Buff-tailed Bumblebee queens.
Frogspawn and a tiny bit of Toadspawn

I peeled away some lichen from a branch and found some tiny larvae which are probably fly larvae.
The lichen is probably Xanthoria parietina.
Fly larvae

Xanthoria parietina

It was lovely to see a few Daisies and Lesser Celandines in flower. A couple of Marsh Marigolds were in flower on the pond.
Lesser Celandine

Daisies

Marsh Marigold


1 comment:

  1. How do you tell the difference between frog spawn and toad spawn?

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