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There were Small Skippers everywhere, the last one is possibly an Essex Skipper.
I also spotted this Damselfly on the pond
Other butterflies seen - Small Tortoiseshell, Meadow Brown, Large White and Speckled Wood
There are a fair few young birds around there - Great and Blue Tits, Woodpigeon, Dunnocks and Robins. In fact i've never seen so many Woodpigeons there, i've spotted a couple of nests over the past few months, they've obviously done well!
Similarly the woods are full of Squirrels too.
A few more pictures from the Woods.
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Hi Pam. Looks like you had another excellent day. The large hoverfly you thought might be a sawfly is in fact our largest hoverfly, sometimes called Hornet Hoverfly, Volucella zonaria. I've seen a few in London this moth + 2 today. They lay their eggs in wasp nests.
ReplyDeleteYour two other hoverflies going down the page are Chrysotoxum festivum (a good wasp mimic) + one of the Parhelophilus spp, which have aquatic larvae- rat tailed maggot type.
Hi, thank you for your help and the information. I've never seen this Hoverfly before, it was huge! I did think that the one of the other hoverflies was quite wasp like, a very good mimic.
DeleteMore lovely wildlife sightings - love the butterflies and hoverflies :) The face in the tree and fairy doors are so cute :)
ReplyDeleteAren't they, they're down a little 'fairy' path that they decorate even more when they have fun days!
DeleteIt's such a nice place to visit, plenty of things to see. Not seen one of those Hoverflies with the stripes on it's thorax from the Eristalini family . Have a look on Naturespot (all one word) on left had side list of all kinds of insects to look at.
ReplyDeleteI like all the little fairy doors in the wood.
Catching up on everyone's blogs this morning hoping the sun will come out soon.
Amanda xx
It's a gem of a place, i'm so pleased I finally checked it out last year! There are a lot of hoverflies around the woods, I really need to up my ID game I think, thanks for Naturespot, i'll check it out.
DeleteThe doors are lovely aren't they, a nice touch for the kids (and adults).
I cant't seem to find the time to catch up myself at the moment, i've just checked the odd one but would love to sit and go through them properly! xx
Love all the butterflies, such jewels! I think Urban woodlots are sooo important for the health of wildlife, good job to support that effort, super spot!
ReplyDeleteThey are and they do a great job with this one!
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