I had a slightly earlier exercise walk this morning between 8 and 9am. At Fairlawn Road there was quite a lot of birdsong including
Blackcap and
Chiffchaff. I walked to St Andrews Park but it was very quiet apart from some
Goldfinches.
In the garden a
Great Tit was singing away most of the day.
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| Great Tit |
Not much in the moth trap this morning - a couple of
Hebrew Character and
Common Quaker, an
Early Grey and two
Light Brown Apple Moths. I was surprised to see an
Owl Midge (or, if you are less fond of them they are also known as Drain Flies!). This is the first I've seen on the Wild Monty patch.
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| Owl Midge |
In the overgrown community garden area at the top of St Andrews Road there was a rather attractively marked
Phaonia fly basking in the early sunshine. The adults lay their eggs in rotting leaves, rotten wood or carrion.
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