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| Small Tortoiseshell & Marsh Woundwort |
SC210694 Speckled Wood butterfly
SC209695 Speckled Wood butterfly
SC208694 Common Blue butterfly roosting on grass seedhead
SC209694 Small Tortoiseshell butterfly on the path
SC209694 Chrysomelid beetle on the side of the hide.
SC209694 evidence of a Sparrowhawk ( ?) kill on the gorse boundary path. Possibly a pigeon? A bit gruesome! Just feathers and 1 foot left.
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| Chrysomelid beetle |
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| pigeon? killed by a sparrowhawk perhaps? |
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| just look at those toe nails! |
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| Common Blues often seem to choose a grass stem for roosting, head down. |
Friday's visit was altogether a much longer affair. I arrived about 1.45 and went home reluctantly at 4.30 when it began to rain. The day definitely belonged to the insects but here is the full report:
Birds:
SC210694 female Blackcap taking elderberries and blackberries from the hedge.
SC209694 Wren near the bird hide
Butterflies & Moths:
SC209694 ( willows) Speckled Wood x 2
SC208694 ( near compost ) Speckled Wood x 2; Red Admiral
SC208695( beyond boardwalk) 2 x Speckled Wood on blackberries
SC208695 ( old beehive loop) 5 x Speckled Wood ( 1 on cushag)
SC209695 ( near Private entrance) Speckled Wood
SC209694 ( gorse boundary) Speckled Wood
SC209694( Ginny;s bench area) 2 x Speckled Wood
SC210 694 ( near entrance ) Speckled Wood
SC208694 ( near boardwalk) Small Copper on cushag; Common Blue on grass seedhead
SC209694 Udea lutealis moth
SC209694 2 x unidentified moths on Cushag
Ladybirds:
SC209695 (near private entrance)7-spot
SC209694 ( gorse boundary) 7-spot x 2
SC209694 ( ginny's bench area) 7-spot on cushag
Shieldbugs:
SC208694 3 x Gorse Shieldbugs
SC208695 Green Shieldbug nymph
SC209695 Gorse Shieldbug; Hawthorn Shieldbug
SC209694 adult Hawthorn Shieldbug + Green Shieldbug nymph
Other:
SC208695 Common Wasp and Green Bottle flies on blackberries
SC209694 Chrysomelid beetle
SC209694 unidentified spider; carder bees? Hoverfly
SC210694 Grey Dagger Moth caterpillar on Field Maple
(See http://ukmoths.org.uk/search/?entry=grey%20dagger&thumbnails=true for photo of the Moth)
SC209693 Hazels have some leaves rolled with cocoons inside - caterpillars?
SC209693 Tiny spider on underside of leaf close to /on silk cocoon containing tiny insects
SC209694 female Common Darter Dragonfly.
SC208694 Noon Fly on bridge handrail
SC208695 unidentified Bumble Bee
SC208695 2 Noon Flies on bench
SC208694 Hoverfly on Hemp Agrimony
SC210694 tiny snail on Burdock
SC208694 Sneezewort attracting tiny flies
SC209694 Long unidentified beetle walking across carpet + several Wolf Spiders
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| Female Blackcap taking blackberries |
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| hard to get a reasonable photo |
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| gave up at this point! Someone else saw a male later in the week |
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| only noticed this 7-spot Ladybird when looking for Hawthorn Shieldbugs on adjacent Rowan tree |
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there were a couple more on thistles along the gorse boundary |
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| this one was staking its claim to the cushag opposite Ginnie's bench |
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| Common Blue |
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| Small Copper, on same cushag as last week |
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| Speckled Wood |
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| feasting on fruit |
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| another view of the Speckled Wood above |
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| Rosy Rustic moth (thanks to Ian Scott for ID) |
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| Udea lutealis micro moth (thanks again, Ian.) |
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| Grey Dagger Moth caterpillar |
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| Green Shieldbug nymph - almost an adult |
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| another - this one is younger |
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| Gorse Shieldbug |
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| Adult Hawthorn Shieldbug on Rowan |
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| Another Hawthorn Shieldbug on Rowan |
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| This on is a Slow Bug |
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| so is this one - also known as a Hairy Shieldbug |
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| Noon flies on one of the benches |
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| Noon fly on the bridge handrail |
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| Bumble Bee - unidentified |
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| Hoverfly on cushag |
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| large Hoverfly on Hemp Agrimony |
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| tiny spider on thistle |
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| I don't think this is the spider's cocoon |
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| as you can see it has insects inside it, not spiderlings |
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| Water Crickets like the oxygenated water near the inlet pipe |
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| Close-up of Water Cricket |
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| Chrysomelid beetle |
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| Our carpet round the hawthorns has quickly become a habitat |
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| I think this cocoon on a Hazel leaf contains a caterpillar |
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| many of the Hazels have rolled leaves containing cocoons |
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| Carder bee? |
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| Sneezewort still looking good.... |
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| ...and attracting insects |
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| out of focus tiny snail on Burdock |
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| feather in the wind caught on Alder leaf |
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| I suddenly noticed the lowering sky |
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| the sun had definitely gone! |
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| dark skies and Phragmites reeds starting to sway in the wind |
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| shower fast coming in - time to head for the car |
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| made it just in time! |
