Saturday, 7 October 2023

Saturday 7th October

The only bird news received was of three Chiffchaff with the Long-tailed Tit flock and eight Jackdaw on the mudflats. 

Other Wildlife: The warmth of the day lingered into the late afternoon meaning good numbers of Ivy Bee were active along with several Migrant Hawker and half a dozen Small White.

Ivy Bee - Kevin Rylands

Elsewhere a Rusty-dot Pearl and the false blister beetle Oedemera femoralis were attracted to security lights, with other records including 24-spot Ladybird, the grass bug Notostira elongata and, new for the Recording Area, the garden escape Argentinian Vervain Verbena bonariensis.

24-spot Ladybird - Kevin Rylands

Argentinian Vervain - Kevin Rylands

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