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| Altogether sunnier than the last photo I took of this view! |
Birds:
SC210694 Dunnock; Hooded Crow; Blackbird
SC209694 ( from hide) 5 Mallard on the pond all afternoon; Robin
SC208695 Goldcrest x 3
SC209695 2 x Robins together; Hooded Crow
SC209693 Kestrel flying over
SC209694 Blackbird
Butterflies:
SC208694 Speckled Wood x 3
SC208695 Speckled Wood x 2
SC209695 Speckled Wood on Cushag /Ragwort
SC209694 Speckled Wood x 3; Small White
Shieldbugs:
SC208694 Gorse Shieldbugs x 5
SC208695 Hawthorn Shieldbugs x 2
SC209695 Gorse Shieldbugs x 2
Other:
SC209695 Several species of fly on Peacock poo (including Calliphora sp. ( Big Bluebottles) & Lucillia sp. ( Greenbottles) When disturbed they fly off and land on the blackberry fruit - think twice about grazing on blackberries as you wander round the reserve!
SC208694 Unidentified Spider
SC209694 Cross Spider.
SC210694 Tephritis flies, one doing some characteristic semaphoring with wings to another ( probably bardanae as right next to Burdock plant)
SC210694 Light Brown Apple Moth (thanks to Ian Scott for ID)
SC209694 Insect trapped inside hide ( possibly a parasitic wasp?) flew out once shutters open.
SC210694 Large numbers of Woodlice and Earwigs inside noticeboard window
SC210694 2 x Garden Snails in crevices in wall
SC208694 Noon flies amongst lichen on bridge handrail
SC209695 Tar spot fungus on sycamore leaves here and elsewhere
SC210694 Stinking Iris seedheads starting to open
SC209694 /5 Some Hogweed has new flowers but most have seedheads
SC209695 sycamore leaves have aphids underneath
SC208695 ash trunks are popular sunbathing spots for flies
SC209694 variety of Bees and Hoverflies, especially on Ragwort :Syritta pipiens; Helophitus sp;female Syrphus sp. Eristalis tenax female.
SC210694 Eristalis tenax hoverfly
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| Dunnock |
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| Dunnock |
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| 5 Mallard |
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| close up of two of them |
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| Woodlice inside the noticeboard window |
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| Earwigs inside the noticeboard window |
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| Small Bumble Bee |
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| another view |
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| Larger Bumble bee |
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| Syritta pipiens |
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| Larger bee again |
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| Bumble bee acting like a Blue tit |
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| Bees everywhere |
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| yet another + Hoverfly top right |
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| Close-up of the Hoverfly |
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| Eristalis tenax Hoverfly |
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| Light Brown Apple Moth. Thanks to Ian Scott, the Island's Moth Recorder, for the ID. He says "They are a very common micro now despite having only arrived here in the last 15yrs or so. They can also be variable in appearance" |
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| Speckled Wood |
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| Speckled Wood |
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| Speckled Wood on Cushag |
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| another view |
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| Propaganda photo again - this time extolling the wildlife value of brambles! |
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| Speckled Wood on blackberry flowers |
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| Small White on brambles |
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| Garden Snail in the wall - note feather |
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| Second Garden snail nearby |
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| aphids on the underside of sycamore leaf |
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| flies warming up on ash trunks |
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| Gorse Shieldbug |
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| Several Gorse Shieldbugs together |
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| Hawthorn Shieldbug |
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| Hawthorn Shieldbug |
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| Eristalis pertinax Hoverfly |
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| Noon flies on the bridge handrail with lichen |
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| there were several |
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| inside the hide - a parasitic wasp perhaps? |
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| not a pretty picture, but look at all the different species various calypterates including Calliphora sp. ( big Bluebottle) and Lucillia sp. ( Greenbottle) |
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| Tephritis fly semaphoring intentions to the one at the bottom |
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| this one remained unimpressed |
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| a good wasp mimic Female Syrphus sp. |
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| unidentified spider |
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| Cross Spider |
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| tar spot fungus on sycamore leaves |
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| Stinking Iris seedheads starting to open |
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| View from the hide ramp |
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| Reed bed in full flower |
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| Some Hogweed still producing new flowers |
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| Most Hogweed now just seedheads |
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| view back to the hide |
