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| attractive seed heads of sorrel |
There was not much time for recording wildlife at the grand hand-over on Thursday, 23rd June so I returned the following afternoon for my usual Friday fix! Here is the report:
Birds:
SC209694 Whitethroat
SC209694 Female pheasant with 3 young
SC209694 2 x Whitethroat together
SC209693 Great Tits heard "keeping in touch" but not seen
SC209693 Sedge Warbler heard but not seen
SC209694 Sedge Warbler heard but not seen
SC208694 Chiffchaff heard but not seen
SC208694 Willow Warbler
SC208694 Great Tit
SC208694 1 Pheasant chick flying
SC208695 Whitehroat
SC208694 Sedge Warbler heard but not seen
SC209694 Wren
Butterflies:
SC209694 Meadow Brown
SC209693 Speckled Wood
SC209695 Meadow Brown
SC209693 Meadow Brown
SC209694 Small Tortoiseshell
Caterpillars:
SC210694 Orange Tip caterpillar ( could only see one today)
SC209694 Depressaria daucella moth caterpillar on Hemlock Water Dropwort
SC209693 Depressaria daucella moth caterpillar on Hemlock Water Dropwort
Shieldbugs:
SC208694 3 Gorse Shield Bugs + various instars
SC208695 Green Shieldbug on Rowan
Ladybirds:
SC208695 7spot ladybird on Hogweed
SC210694 2 x 7spot ladybirds on nettles
SC209694 7spot ladybird
Damselflies:
SC208694 female Common Blue Damselfly
SC209694 several blue damselflies over the pond, probably common blue but too distant to be certain.
Snails:
SC210694 Garden Snail + small unidentified snail on nettles
SC208695 Garden Snail on hogweed
Spiders:
SC208694 Wolf spider ( with egg sack) on post
SC209694 Tiny unidentified spider
Hoverflies & other flies:
SC209693 Unidentified hoverfly
SC209694 Unidentified hoverfly on Common Valerian
SC208695 Small unidentified fly which seemed to be sending semaphore messages with its wings! Possibly Xyphosia miliaria
SC208694 Crane fly
Other:
SC210694 Capsid bug? Think this is Licoris tripustulatus which feeds on nettles Also, a small spider.
SC208694 Alder catkins showing signs of Alder Tongue Gall (Taphrina alni) as last year. Fungal pathogen.
SC208695 Some kind of cocoon on willows - leaf rolled up
SC209695 egg cluster on Sycamore leaf + white aphids
SC208695 Common wasp on hogweed eating a fly. It neatly cut it in two, discarded the bottom half and devoured the rest!
SC209694 Wild roses looking pretty throughout reserve including this one
SC209694 Marsh Woundwort in flower on gorse boundary
SC210694 Unidentified bug or aphid
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| 7-spot Ladybird |
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| 7-spot Ladybird |
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| 7-spot Ladybird |
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| Whitethroat |
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| Whitethroat |
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| Unidentified Hoverfly |
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| 3 more views of the same Hoverfly on Common Valerian |
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| unidentified Hoverfly |
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| Garden snail |
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| a rather damaged Garden Snail |
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| unidentified snail |
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| tiny unidentified spider |
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| Wolf spider carrying egg sack |
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| a lovely wild rose |
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| Marsh Woundwort |
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| Green Shieldbug |
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| Instar of Gorse Shieldbug |
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| Instar of Gorse Shieldbug |
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| Cocoon - what will it be? |
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| Capsid bug |
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| Aphids on Sycamore |
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| I have no idea! |
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| Small Tortoiseshell |
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| Meadow Brown |
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| Speckled Wood |
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| Small fly with a big name! |
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| egg cluster on Sycamore leaf |
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| Alder Tongue galls |
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| Depressaria daucella moth caterpillar |
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| Depressaria daucella moth caterpillar |
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| The view from the bridge |
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| Wren |
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| Wren |
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| Hogweed |
