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| summer meadow |
Birds:
SC210694 2 x House Sparrows taking dock seeds.
SC209694 Moorhen + 3 chicks on the pool
2 Song Thrush flying over
2 x Goldfinch flying over
SC209694 Goldfinch; Chaffinch heard but not seen
SC208694 Willow Warbler heard but not seen
Butterflies, Moths & Caterpillars:
SC210694 Speckled Wood
SC208694 Speckled Wood; 2 x Common Blue together and 1 singleton; Small Tortoiseshell; unidentified whites flying; webs of Orchard Ermine Moth in Blackthorn
SC208695Meadow Brown; Speckled Wood; Unidentified White flying
SC208694 Silver Ground Carpet Moth; 2 x Speckled Wood; Unidentified White; Meadow Brown
SC210694 Orange Tip Caterpillars on Hedge Garlic ( Garlic Mustard/ Jack by the Hedge)
SC209695 unidentified micro moth
Other:
SC210694 Tephritis bardanae flies on Burdock
SC208694 unidentified female damselfly , Unidentified Hoverflies ; Hawthorn Shieldbug ;Ladybird larva and pupa
SC209694 Unidentified black beetle - maybe a water beetle ( Agabus?)
SC209694 and throughout reserve - wild roses looking lovely; Common Valerian in bloom near stream; Unidentified yellow flowers ( dandelion family)
SC209694 thistle aphids; Hoverflies including Eristalis ( possibly arbustorum) and various Muscid flies; Beris Soldierfly species ( possibly vallata)
SC210694 colourful Capsid bugs
SC208695 Hogweed flowers attracting flies and bees including possibly a Syrphus species Hoverfly and Eristalis Species Hoverflies
SC209695 Wolf spiders; White legged snake millepedes.
SC209695 leaf hoppper on Rowan; mating Hawthorn Shieldbugs + possible Forest Bug larva
SC208694 some of the Blackthorns look unhealthy and the sloes are also unhealthy looking
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| Adult Moorhen with chick |
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| Moorhen chick venturing out on its own the white dots are all flying insects, by the way |
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| this chick was wading in the shallows |
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| male House Sparrow |
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| surveying the scene |
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| White legged snake millipedes |
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| Wolf spider |
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| Tephritis bardanae flies on Burdock |
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| this one was semaphoring madly with its wings |
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| closer view |
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| one of many hoverflies enjoying the sunshine Steve Crellin tells me it is a female Eristalis ( maybe arbustorum going by the white face) |
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| hopefully the aphids will attract Ladybirds |
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| Colourful capsid bug |
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| most of them were on buttercups |
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| none of the illustrations in my insect book look quite right |
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| but I'll try to get them identified |
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| will try to have this damselfly identified too- may be a female Blue Tailed |
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| A Muscid fly |
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| and another |
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| this one is a hoverfly - Eristalis species |
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| as is this one with a rather flattened body possibly a Syrphus species |
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| leaf hopper on green rowan berries |
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| mating Hawtthorn Shieldbugs |
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| this is a Shieldbug larva - not a Hawthorn Shieldbug although it was near the mating pair. Possibly a Forest Bug larva |
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| a nice close-up of it will get the identification confirmed by Buglife. |
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| and another view |
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| 7-spot Ladybird larva |
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| unidentified micro moth |
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| Meadow Brown |
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| 7-spot Ladybird pupa |
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| Orange Tip butterfly caterpillars |
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| Speckled Wood |
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| and another |
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| and a third |
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| Orchard Ermine moth caterpillar web |
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| sickly looking Sloe |
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| A Beris species Soldierfly. The orange abdomen would make it vallata |
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| Eristalis tenax |
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| another Eristalis species |
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| The Wildlife Trust is running a beetle I.D. workshop in September I'm hoping to go - details on the MWT website This may be a Water Beetle -possbily Agabus? |
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| can never remember the name of this one! |
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| Common Valerian |
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| a beautiful wild rose |
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| aren't they delicate? |
Whey Hey! One report down and only 5 to go!
