Sunday 3 June 2012

Before the deluge

Some nice invertebrates at Fairlawn Road this morning, including a couple of Oedemera nobilis beetles, some Dock Leaf Bugs, 3 Speckled Woods, a Nursery Web Spider, 10 Harlequin Ladybirds, a Marmalade Hoverfly and a Helophilus pendulus hoverfly. The Chiffchaff was showing well and I could hear young Magpies in the trees. A Jay was heard and a Coal Tit sang near Old Ashley Hill.

Chiffchaff

Helophilus pendulus hoverfly

Speckled Wood
Nursery Web spider
At St Andrews Park there were seceral Azure Damselflies in and around the pond and also a Large Red Damselfly. Lots of Tadpoles in the pond. A Wolf Spider was basking on a lead, lots of Wild Strawberries were fruiting and the meadow was looking good with several Yellow Rattle flowers. A Goldcrest was singing and a Mistle Thrush was feeding on the grass.

Large Red Damselfly
Wolf Spider
Azure Damselfly

Wild Strawberry
Yellow Rattle
The other local Chiffchaff was singing at Station Road again.

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