Ladybird - Tears For Fears

Again we woke to leaden skies, but the forecasted rain showers came to very little. The Moth Trap once again showed scant returns, in fact there were far more other insect species than Moths this morning, among others were:-

7-SPOTTED LADYBIRD

BURYING BEETLE again

FOREST SHIELDBUG

and HARLEQUIN (species) LADYBIRD.
 
 SHARP-ANGLED PEACOCK
was the only Moth worth publishing.

Water levels are very much reduced at
LONGHAM LAKE

but for the want of a 10 minutes drive it was worth a look for a

Wood Sandpiper that has been reported in the last few days.

SOUTHERN HAWKER DRAGONFLY

GREENFINCH

Another 'Dragon' that was doing far more flying than perching only
allowed this very poor shot. If anyone can confirm ID it would be
much appreciated.

DUNNOCK

COMMON BLUE BUTTERFLY

LAPWING right and no not another perched on a branch,
but the rather similar looking MAGPIE.

By far the most numerous species at the lake today was
TUFTED DUCK

mostly in the shape of newly hatched young. Already 'diving' for
their own food it was impossible to make an accurate count.

As a proud Mum looked on my 'guesstimate' was 100+.

At frequent intervals along the footpaths what appeared to be
'mateing' COMMON or GARDEN SNAIL

GREAT CRESTED GREBE

SEDGE WARBLER
plenty of these along with as many Reed Warbler and Reed Bunting.
So, after a long chat with Ian the Water Bailiff it was a 15 minute
drive to the Avon Causeway.

There was not a sigh of the 300+ Mediterranean Gulls reported
there just a couple of days ago, with all of interest being
EGYPTIAN GEESE
numbers of which only just reached double figures.

Back for a quick scout around the Parley Ponds to find most of
the Damselflies of recent days along with

a few CARP (Sp?) not often seen here these days.

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