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Monday 4 May 2020

Humphreston Farm area, Albrighton, Shropshire.

A shorter walk today due to a bad back.

Blotch-winged Hoverfly (Leucozona lucorum).
I missed my walk yesterday as I had tweeked my back so I rested it but today it helped to free it up with a walk. 
I crossed the A41 and along the first stretch I checked the Raspberry (Rubus occidentalis) where I saw the first of several Common Orange-tips (Anthocharis cardamines) and several other insects which still need naming. 
Common Orange-tip (Anthocharis cardamines).
As I walked I could hear several Skylarks (Alondra Común / Alauda arvensis) singing over head, Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla), Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita) and Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs) all singing from the English Oaks (Quercus robur) along the road.
Dock Bug (Coreus marginatus).
From the gateway part way along the lane I picked up Wren (Chochin / Troglodytes troglodytes), Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Blue Tit (Herrerillo Común / Parus caeruleus), Stock Dove (Paloma Zurita / Columba oenas), Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula), Pheasant (Faisán Vulgar / Phaisanus colchicus), Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina), Jackdaw (Grajilla / Corvus monedula), Carrion Crow (Corneja Negra / Corvus corone), Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula) and along the verges Agimony (Agrimonia eupatoria), Common Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta), Common Nettle (Urtica dioica), Dove`s-foot Crane`s-bill (Geranium molle), Greater Stitchwort (Stellaria holostea), Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum), Horse Chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum), Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna), Holly (Ilex aquifolium), Ivy (Plural ivies), Red Dead-nettle (Lamium purpureum), Red Campion (Silene dioica), White Dead Nettle (Lamium album) and Lesser Celendine (Ranunculus ficaria).
Yellow Dung Fly (Scathophaga stercoraria).
I turned left down to the moat project and spent a while by the stream, on the way I saw Dunnock (Acentor Común / Prunella modularis), Common Starling (Estornino Pinto / Sturnus vulgaris), a couple of Common Buzzards (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo) which were displaying over the woodlands and being mobbed by hoards of Jackdaws and Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis).
Skylark (Alondra Común / Alauda arvensis).
On the hedgerows i saw more insects and down by the stream Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica), Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis), Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Mistle (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus) and Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos), Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea) and Rook (Graja /  Corvus frugilegus) fly overs.
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I retraced my steps to the far seeing a pair of Long-tailed Tits (Mito / Aegithalos caudatus) which flew down into a tangle of Brambles right next to me and feed the young in the nest which I could just make out through the tangle of thorns. Once the birds had left I moved away and continued on the woods adding a nice male Pied Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla yarrellii).
Spotted Cranefly (Nephrotoma appendiculata).
Around at the woods I had views of Green-veined White (Pieris napi), Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria), a female Common Orange-tips, Yellow Dung Fly (Scathophaga stercoraria), Annual Mercury (Mercurialis annua), Cuckoo Flower (Cardamine pratensis), Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata), Lesser Stitchwort (Stellaria graminea), Shepherds Purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris) and Wild Garlic (Allium ursinum).
Tapered Drone Fly (Eristalis pertinax).
I walked back towards the farm and stood in another of the gateways where I watched the wood and the family of Ravens (Cuervo / Corvus corax) which were up stretching their wings, I had thought that there were 2 adults and 2 fledglings but infact there were 3 youngsters.
Tapered Drone Fly (Eristalis pertinax).
I moved on and walked back to the A41 adding Jay (Arrendajo / Garrulus glandarius), Stock Dove (Paloma Zurita / Columba oenas), Yellowhammer (Escribano Cerillo / Emberiza citronella) and Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni).
Nomad Bee Species possibly Nomada flava
Tapered Drone Fly (Eristalis pertinax).
Helophilus pendulus.???????

Holly (Ilex aquifolium).
Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula).
Long-tailed Tit (Mito / Aegithalos caudatus).
Pied Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla yarrellii).
Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis).
Female Common Orange-tips.
Green-veined White (Pieris napi).
Ravens (Cuervo / Corvus corax).