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| Ballachurry Boardwalk |
Birds:
SC209693 Wren;
SC209694 Willow Warbler & Blackbird heard but not seen; Dunnock; 3 x Goldfinch; Sedge Warbler
SC209694 ( from Hide) 3 x Willow Warblers flying up to catch insects and returning to same dead tree; Mistle (?)Thrush and both male and female Blackbirds pillaging rowan berries; Great tit
SC208694 2 x Goldfinch; Wren; juvenile Blackbird; Adult Reed Warbler. feeding juvenile (only second breeding record on IOM)
SC208695 juvenile Blackbird ( possibly the same one as above)
Butterflies:
SC208694 Unidentified White flying + Red Admiral over wild flower meadow area; Meadow Brown along path; Green Veined White near bridge;
SC209694 Red Admiral
Dragonflies:
SC209694 One large unidentified blue dragonfly over pond and smaller dragonfly flying near path junction ( possibly Common Darter)
Shieldbugs:
SC209695: 5 x Adult Gorse Shieldbugs + several instar nymphs
SC209694 4 x Hawthorn Shieldbug nymphs on Rowan
SC210694 3 x Sloe Bugs on Burdock.
Other:
SC210694 Field Grasshopper
SC208695, SC209695, Ragwort attracting various bees and Hoverflies
SC208694 First blackberries ripening
SC208694 Angelica now in full flower
SC208695 Tiny moth/ fly on ash trunk
SC209694 Capsid bug + other flies on thistle
SC209694 a perfect Dandelion Clock!
SC208694 Tachina grossa fly on Hemp Agrimony.
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| Gorse Shield Bugs with larvae |
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| and another shot |
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| Hawthorn Shieldbug larvae on Rowan |
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| late instar of Hawthorn Shieldbug |
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| Hawthorn Shieldbug larva on Rowan |
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| Sloe Bug on Burdock |
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| Sloe Bugs on Burdock |
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| a beautiful Dandelion Clock |
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| female Blackbird taking Rowan berries |
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| Mistle Thrush (?) taking Rowan berries |
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| Juvenile Blackbird taking Rowan berries |
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| the same bird taking Rowan berries |
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| Moth or fly? |
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| little finger for scale |
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| unidentified bee |
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| another view |
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| and another |
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| a different species attracted to Ragwort |
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| Hoverfly on Ragwort |
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| another species of Hoverfly on Ragwort |
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| same one, different view |
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| Another Bumble Bee on Ragwort |
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| Common Capsid Bug and unknown bug |
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| Field Grasshopper |
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| Red Admiral |
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| Bee on Marsh Woundwort |
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| Tachina Grossa Fly |
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| Distant view of Willow Warbler |
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| and another |
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| Reed Warbler |
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| Juvenile Reed Warbler being fed Reed Warblers are new record this year |
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| Angelica |
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| Purple backdrop to reserve |
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| Ballachurry colours |
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| view of hide |
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| wild flower meadow |
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| School Holidays! |
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| colourful line of Rowans |
