An hour or so on the reserve at lunchtime produced a singing
Song Thrush near the Boiling Wells entrance, a
Chiffchaff along the stony path and a
Blackcap on the cutting.
Long-tailed Tits were calling near the Ashley Hill entrance.
Insects included an
Azure Damselfly, a couple of
Andrena sp. mining bees, lots of
Thick-thighed Flower Beetles, hoverflies including a
Cheilosia sp. and an
Eupeodes sp. plus
Buff-tailed and
Common Carder Bumblebees. A micro-moth
Celypha lacunana wa
s sat on a leaf. Also a Wolf Spider and a Nursery-web Spider.
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| Celypha lacunana |
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| Azure Damselfly |
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| Eupeodes |
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| Sweet Woodruff |
A patch of
Sweet Woodruff near Boiling Wells was presumably a garden escape.
Back in Montpelier, an
Ashy Mining Bee was visiting flowers in Fairlawn Road and a
Blue Tit was visiting my nest box hurrah!
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| Ashy Mining Bee |
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