Species recorded this week:

Dates: 13th - 19th May 2024

Weather conditions:
Mild (19 - 8 degrees), light winds (max. 38mph on Monday), wet Monday - Wednesday.

Alderflies:
Sialis sp

Amphibians:
Common frog
Common Toad

Bats (emergence surveys):
Barbastelle
Brown Long-eared Bat
Common Pipistrelle
Greater Horseshoe Bat - 1st record of 2024 on 14/05
Grey Long-eared Bat
Lesser Horseshoe Bat
Myotis sp
Nathusius's Pipistrelle
Natterer's Bat
Noctule Bat
Serotine
Soprano Pipistrelle (Now have young; adults seen emerging at 6:47 to feed in nearby woods)
Next survey on 18/05

Beetles:
Abax parallelepipedus
Black Snail Beetle
Common Cockchafer
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle
Rose Chafer
Thick-legged flower beetle

Birds:
BlackBird
Blue Tit
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Kestrel
Raven
Sparrowhawk
Swallow

Butterflies (On transects):
Green-veined White
Holly Blue
Large White
Orange-Tip
Painted Lady
Peacock
Red Admiral
Speckled Wood

Caddis flies:
Plectrocnemia sp

Dragonflies:
Azure Damselfly
Banded Demoiselle
Large Red Damselfly

Flowering plants:
Alexanders
Bluebell
Bugle
Common Comfrey
Common Dandelion
Common Dog-Violet
Common Sorrel
Common Twayblade (non-flowering)
Common Vetch
Cow Parsley
Cuckoo flower
Cuckoo-Pint
Dog's mercury
Early Dog-Violet
Early Purple Orchid
Elder
Foxglove
Germander Speedwell
Greater Stitchwort
Hawthorn
Herb Robert
Hogweed
Ivy-Leaved Toadflax
Lesser Celandine
Lesser Periwinkle
Pendulous Sedge
Pineapple-Weed
Prickly Sowthistle
Primrose
Ragged-Robin
Red Campion
Southern Marsh-Orchid
Wood Forget-Me-Not
Wood Speedwell
Yellow Rattle (non-flowering)

Hymenopteran (Bees & wasps):
Early Bumble Bee

Mammals:
Mole
Roe deer

Moths :
Brindled Beauty
Broken-barred Carpet - 1st record for 2024
Brown Silver-Line
Buff Ermine - 1st record for 2024
Engrailed
Garden Carpet
Green Carpet
Mottled Beauty - 1st record for 2024
Muslin Moth
Pale Prominent
Pebble Prominent - 1st record for 2024
Poplar Hawkmoth
Silver Y
Silver-ground Carpet
Speckled Yellow
Treble Lines
Water Carpet
White Ermine
Next survey on 18/05

Orthoptera:
Tetrix sp

Reptiles:
Slowworm

Spiders:
Meadow Wolf Spider

True flies:
Gymnocheta sp
Narcissus Bulb Fly (Merodon equestris) - New species

Posted on May 4, 2024 09:02 AM by balders