Sunday 6 May 2012

Hobby over Monty

A Hobby over Hurlingham Road this afternoon - the first for the patch although it was always on the 'likely' list. Nearby 2 Jays and a Chiffchaff.

Invertebrates were good today - at Fairlawn Road there was a Tachina fera fly, a Small White butterfly, several mating Green Shieldbugs and both Nursery Web and 'Xtycus' Crab Spiders.



Green Shieldbugs

Xtycus Crab Spider

Small White
At St Andrews Road the invertebrate highlights were a couple of Ashy Mining Bee (Andrena cineria) and a new species for me, Gooden's Nomad Bee (Nomada goodeniana) which I think is a Cuckoo bee that parisitises mining bee nests.


Gooden's Nomad Bee (Nomada goodeniana)

Ashy Mining Bee (Andrena cineraria)
In the garden, House Sparrows were seen collecting nesting material.

House Sparrow

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