Diario de balders

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

Bats (emergence surveys):
Barbastelle
Brown Long-eared Bat
Common Pipistrelle
Greater Horseshoe Bat
Grey Long-eared Bat
Lesser Horseshoe Bat
Myotis sp
Nathusius's Pipistrelle
Natterer's Bat
Noctule Bat
Serotine
Soprano Pipistrelle
Next survey on 19/05

Beetles:
Abax parallelepipedus
Common Cockchafer
Thick-legged flower beetle

Birds:
BlackBird
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Kestrel
Raven
Sparrowhawk

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

Caddis flies:
Plectrocnemia sp

Dragonflies:
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
Engrailed
Green Carpet
Mottled Beauty - 1st record for 2024
Muslin Moth
Pebble Prominent - 1st record for 2024
Poplar Hawkmoth
Silver Y
Silver-ground Carpet
Treble Lines
Water Carpet
White Ermine
Next survey on 17/05

Reptiles:
Slowworm

Spiders:
Pardosa sp

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

Summary of emergence surveys (sunset - 30 minutes to sunset + 180 minutes):

Dates recorded:
Barbastelle Bat 16/04 - 12/05
Brandt’s Bat 17/04 - 22/04
Brown Long-eared Bat 04/02 - 15/05
Common Pipistrelle 04/01 - 16/05
Daubenton's Bat 16/04 - 11/05
Greater Horseshoe bat 14/05 - 15/05
Grey Long-eared Bat 26/03 - 16/05
Leisler’s Bat 20/03 - 06/05
Lesser Horseshoe Bat 04/01 - 15/05
Myotis sp. 16/03 - 15/05
Nathusius's Pipistrelle 16/04 - 15/05
Natterer's Bat 09/02 - 22/04
Noctule Bat 09/02 - 16/05
Serotine 15/03 - 16/05
Soprano Pipistrelle 04/01 - 16/05
Whiskered Bat 01/04 - 01/04

Total number of recordings:
Soprano Pipistrelle 4647
Noctule bat 1942
Common Pipistrelle 407
Lesser Horseshoe bat 102
Serotine bat 85
Natterer's bat 20
Brown Long-eared bat 19
Nathusius's Pipistrelle 14
"Myotis species" 13
Leisler’s bat 8
Daubenton's bat 7
Brandt’s bat 3
Greater Horseshoe bat 3
Grey Long-eared bat 3
Barbastelle bat 2
Whiskered bat 1
Total of 7276 passes in 59 surveys

Last updated 17/05/24

First sightings dates for each species are listed; those in bold are new records for the site:

Acleris cristana - 17/03/24
Agonopterix arenella - 12/04/24
Agonopterix heracliana - 01/02/24
Agonopterix ocellana- 13/03/24
Angle Shades (Larva) - 28/01/24
Belted Grass-Veneer - 28/01/24
Brimstone Moth - 01/04/24
Brindled Beauty- 13/03/24
Brindled Pug - 13/03/24
Broken-barred Carpet - 13/05/24
Brown Silver-line - 16/04/24
Buff-Tip 09/05/24
Chestnut - 28/01/24
Clouded Drab - 08/03/24
Clouded Silver - 12/04/24
Common Marbled Carpet - 11/05/24
Common Pug - 09/05/24
Common Quaker - 08/03/24
Cydia ulicetana - 11/05/24
Dark Sword-grass - 10/04/24
December Moth - 04/01/24
Depressaria daucella - 11/03/24
Diurnea fagella- 13/03/24
Dotted Border - 04/01/24
Double-striped Pug - 16/02/24
Early Grey - 08/03/24
Early Moth - 09/02/24
Early Thorn - 11/03/24
Early Tooth-striped - 30/03/24
Engrailed - 27/04/24
Flame Carpet - 02/05/24
Flame Shoulder - 09/05/24
Garden Carpet - 03/05/24
Great Prominent - 07/05/24
Green Carpet - 16/04/24
Grey Shoulder-Knot - 28/01/24
Hebrew Character - 14/02/24
Herald - 31/03/24
Least Black Arches - 17/04/24
Light Brown Apple Moth - 29/01/24
Lobesia reliquana - 11/05/24
Lunar Marbled Brown - 12/04/24
Marbled Coronet - 11/05/24
March Moth - 19/02/24
Mottled Beauty - 13/05/24
Mottled Grey- 13/03/24
Mottled Umber - 29/01/24
Muslin Moth - 09/04/24
Netted Pug - 07/05/24
Oak Beauty - 20/03/24
Oak-tree Pug - 06/03/24
Pale Pinion - 15/03/24
Pale Prominent - 03/05/24
Pale Tussock - 11/05/24
Peach Blossom - 09/05/24
Pebble Prominent - 15/05/24
Poplar Hawkmoth - 11/05/24
Powdered Quaker - 29/03/24
Pseudoswammerdamia combinella - 06/05/24
Red Chestnut - 16/02/24
Red Twin-spot Carpet - 01/04/24
Sandy Carpet - 11/05/24
Scrobipalpa costella - 11/05/24
Shoulder Stripe - 19/03/24
Scalloped Hazel - 02/05/24
Seraphim - 07/05/24
Silver-ground Carpet - 05/05/24
Silver Y - 12/04/24
Small Phoenix - 03/04/24
Small Quaker - 05/03/24
Speckled Yellow - 05/05/24
Square Spot - 01/05/24
Small White Wave - 01/05/24
Stigmella aurella - 11/03/24
Streamer - 07/04/24
Tortricodes alternella - 13/03/24
Treble Lines - 11/05/24
Turnip Moth - 04/04/24
Twenty-Plume Moth - 25/01/24
Twin-spotted Quaker - 09/03/24
V-Pug - 17/03/24
Water Carpet - 13/03/24
White Ermine - 06/05/24
White-marked - 17/03/24
White-shouldered House-moth - 26/04/24
Winter Moth - 19/01/24
Yellow-barred Brindle - 07/05/24

87 species have been recorded in 2024 and 393 species since 2012.

Amphibians:
Smooth Newt - 14/02/24

Birds:
Lesser Whitethroat - 16/04/24
Oystercatcher - 07/02/24

Beetles:
Abax parallelepipedus - 08/05/24
Brown Leaf Beetle (Chrysolina staphylaea) - 09/04/24
Great Blackclock (Pterostichus niger) - 19/02/24
Lathronympha strigana - 08/05/24 - Subject to confirmation
Phyllobius glaucus - 05/05/24

Caddis flies:
Limnephilus sparsus - 31/03/24

Ferns:
Broad Buckler-Fern - 07/04/24
Common Polypody - 05/05/24
Intermediate Polypody - 09/02/24
Lady Fern - 07/04/24

Fungi:
Coral Spot (Nectria cinnabarina) - 22/01/24
Cushion Bracket (Phellinus pomaceus) - 17/02/24
Scurfy Twiglet (Tubaria furfuracea) - 06/03/24
White Brain (Exidia thuretiana) - 06/01/24

Hymenopteran:
Ashy Mining Bee (Andrena cineraria) - 14/04/24
Chocolate Mining Bee (Andrena scotica) - 05/05/24
Cliff Mining Bee (Andrena thoracica) - 31/03/24
Grey-patched Mining Bee (Andrena nitida) - 06/05/24
Marsham's Nomad Bee (Nomada marshamella) - 14/04/24
Orange-legged Furrow Bee (Halictus rubicundus) - 05/04/24
Red Mason Bee (Osmia bicornis) - 06/05/24
Variable Tenthredo (Tenthredo livida) - 11/05/24
Yellow-legged Mining Bee - 01/04/24

Lichens:
Cartilage Lichen - 07/02/24
Common Powderhorn - 05/02/24
Golden Shield Lichen - 09/02/24

Liverwort:
Great Scented Liverwort - 05/02/24
Snakewort (Conocephalum salebrosum) - 31/01/24

Mammals:
Brown Hare - 06/04/24

Moss:
Common Smoothcap - 04/05/24
Fox-tail Feather-Moss - 05/02/24

Millipedes:
Striped Millipede (Ommatoiulus sabulosus) - 13/04/24

Moths:
Belted Grass-Veneer (Euchromius ocellea) - 28/01/24
Cydia ulicetana - 11/05/24
Lobesia reliquana - 11/05/24
Netted Pug - 07/05/24
Scrobipalpa costella - 11/05/24
Seraphim - 07/05/24 (Subject to confirmation)
Small White Wave - 01/05/24
Stigmella aurella - 11/03/24
White-marked - 17/03/24

Plants:
Atlantic Ivy - 07/02/24
Common Groundsel - 01/04/24
Early Dog-Violet - 03/03/24
Land Cress - 01/04/24
Lesser Periwinkle - 31/01/24
Wavy Bittercress - 01/05/24 (Subject to confirmation)
Wood Forget-Me-Not - 01/04/24
Wood Speedwell - 04/05/24

Spiders:
Rustic Wolf Spider (Trochosa ruricola) - 12/04/24

True flies:
Narcissus Bulb Fly (Merodon equestris) - 13/05/24
Sixspot Cranefly - 20/03/24

The number of verified species recorded at this site is 1016 with 54 new species added in 2024.
For a full species list see; https://www.inaturalist.org/lifelists/balders?details_view=observations

Brimstone - 18/03/24 - 09/05/24
Brown Argus - Not seen yet in 2024; earliest sighting 01/06/20
Brown Hairstreak - Not seen yet in 2024; earliest sighting
Clouded Yellow - Not seen yet in 2024; earliest sighting 11/08/22
Comma - 18/03/24
Common Blue - Not seen yet in 2024; earliest sighting 12/05/19
Dark Green Fritillary - Not seen yet in 2024; earliest sighting 27/05/20
Dingy Skipper - Not seen yet in 2024; earliest sighting 24/05/22
Gatekeeper - Not seen yet in 2024; earliest sighting 11/06/16
Green Hairstreak - Not seen yet in 2024; earliest sighting 02/05/17
Green-veined White - 01/05/24 - 16/05/24
Holly Blue - 21/04/24 - 14/05/24
Large Skipper - Not seen yet in 2024; earliest sighting 18/05/22
Large White - 01/05/24 - 16/05/24
Marbled White - Not seen yet in 2024; earliest sighting 16/06/22
Meadow Brown - Not seen yet in 2024; earliest sighting 24/05/20
Monarch - Rare migrant recorded once on 02/10/19
Orange-Tip - 05/04/24 - 16/05/24
Painted Lady - 12/05/24
Peacock - 26/02/24 - 16/05/24
Pearl-bordered Fritillary - Not seen yet in 2024; earliest sighting 05/04/17
Purple Hairstreak - Not seen yet in 2024; earliest sighting 11/08/22
Red Admiral - 12/04/24 - 16/05/24
Ringlet - Not seen yet in 2024; earliest sighting 16/06/16
Silver-washed Fritillary - Not seen yet in 2024; earliest sighting 26/06/14
Small Copper - Not seen yet in 2024; earliest sighting 20/04/19
Small Heath - Not seen yet in 2024; earliest sighting 25/05/23
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary - Not seen yet in 2024; earliest sighting 12/05/19
Small Skipper - Not seen yet in 2024; earliest sighting 22/06/23
Small Tortoiseshell - Not seen yet in 2024; earliest sighting 06/03/15
Small White - 05/04/24 - 11/05/24
Speckled Wood - 01/04/24 - 16/05/24
Wall Brown - Not seen yet in 2024; earliest sighting 10/05/20

Total of 33 species recorded since January 2013