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| Female Sparrowhawk |
I spent a lot of time at Ballachurry Reserve last Sunday (4th September) trying to make myself useful
between circuits of the reserve and also climbing the ladder from time to time
to take photos of progress on the hide roof. I'll post those separately another
time but here is a list of the wildlife I saw during the day.
Birds:
SC208694 Bluetit;
Robin
SC209694 2 x
Blackbirds in Rowans on Gorse boundary
SC209694 female
Sparrowhawk circling above hide area ( with thanks to Neil Morris for the ID)
Butterflies:
SC208694 3 x Speckled
Woods together in willows
SC209694 Speckled
Wood; Small White ( Ginnie's bench area)
SC209694 4 x Speckled
Wood together along gorse boundary
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Speckled Wood & Painted Lady along old beehive loop
SC209695 Speckled Wood
near orchard entrance
SC208694 2 x Speckled
Wood near the dam
SC209694 2 x Small
Copper and 2 x Common Blue fighting over possession of cushag plant along the
path
Ladybirds:
SC209694 7-spot along
the gorse boundary
Shieldbugs:
SC208694 Gorse
Shieldbugs + nymphs on gorse bush near the dam.
SC209695 Usual
Hawthorn Shieldbug instars in rowans, as on Friday
SC209694 Adult
Hawthorn Shieldbug on thistles - not in the Rowans as you would expect!
SC209695 Adult Gorse
Shieldbug on Rowans - not where you expect to find one!
SC209694 Green
Shieldbug nymph on nettles
Flies:
SC208694 Craneflies
throughout the Reserve including this location Tipula paludosa (slight chance is Tipula oleracea)
SC209694 Dyspetes luteomarginatus wasps on late Hogweed flower + 1 unidentified wasp
SC209694 Eristalis pertinax & Epistrophe grossulariae Hoverflies on late Hogweed flower
SC209694 Muscid and Sepsid flies
SC209694 Muscid and Sepsid flies
Other:
SC209695 Udea lutealis
moth on cushag
SC210694 2 x Field
Grasshoppers
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| Udea lutealis micro moth |
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| 2 Field Grasshoppers enjoying the sunshine |
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| 7-spot ladybird |
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| A Gorse Shieldbug on the Rowan... |
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| and where it's meant to be on the gorse! |
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| Hawthorn Shieldbug on thistles |
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| various instars of Gorse Shieldbugs |
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| Early instar of Hawthorn Shieldbug |
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| new record Upper two are Dyspetes luteomarginatus lower one unknown ( thanks to Gavin Broad, Natural History Museum) |
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| Hoverflies love Hogweed flowers |
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| Male Eristalis pertinax on Hogweed. Muscid fly above tiny Sepsid fly on edge of umbel |
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| Two more hoverflies - good wasp mimics -Epistrophe grossulariae |
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| one of many craneflies Tipula - probably paludosa ( slight chance is oleracea) |
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| Nymph of Green Shieldbug - possibly 3rd instar |
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| Common Blue Butterfly on Cushag ( Ragwort) |
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| A rather ragged Speckled Wood Butterfly |
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| Small White butterfly on Marsh Woundwort |
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| Speckled Wood butterfly |
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| Small Copper butterfly |
