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| sunny, lush meadow |
The weather seemed warm on Monday 24th June, even if not sunny, so I set off round the reserve in shirt-sleeves. As I reached the hide the mist was coming down over the hills and the temperature plummeted! I quickly headed back to the car to collect my cagoule and continued my recording. Needless to say by the end of the afternoon the mist had lifted again and I was far too warm! I think the wildlife was similarly confused by the temperature fluctuations! Here is what I recorded:
Birds:
SC210694 Goldfinch
SC209693 Song Thrush heard but not seen
SC209694 ( path junction) Goldfinch; Willow Warbler heard but not seen
SC208694 Willow Warbler heard but not seen; male Chaffinch; male Blackbird;
SC209694 ( gorse boundary) Goldfinch
Butterflies, Moths & Caterpillars:
SC210694 unidentified Moth; Small Tortoiseshell Caterpillars;
SC209694 tiny green Micromoth on rush; unidentified Micromoth on grass; larvae of Depressaria daucella moth
SC208694 Speckled Wood butterfly; unidentified White butterfly flying
SC208695 unidentified moths; Speckled Wood
SC209695 unidentified Grass Moths; unidentified flattened caterpillar or pupa
SC209694 ( path junction) Speckled Wood
Ladybirds :
SC210694 4 x 7-spot larvae + 1 pupa.
Other:
SC210694 several Capsid bugs (Grypocoris stysi); unidentified Crane Fly; Eupeodes species Hoverfly ( probably corollae); Sloe Bug,
SC209693 Eupeodes Species Hoverfly; female Syrphus species Hoverfly ;ripening Hazel nuts on bushes; "Footballer" Helophilus species Hoverfly; Blue-tailed Damselfly
SC209694 female Chloromyia Formosa ( Soldier Fly) fly; Wolf spiders with egg sacks; Dolichopodidiae (long-legged fly); "Footballer " Helophilus species Hoverfly; Parasitic Wasp? Scaeva pyrastri Hoverfly on stake by hide; Honey bees on brambles;Common Wasp; unidentified small beetle in grass.
SC209694 Cuckoo Spit thoroughout reserve, some with trapped flies.
SC208695 Hawthorn Shieldbug nymph?
SC209695 Green Shieldbugs + Sloe Bug ? Shieldbug instars + Gorse Shieldbug eggs on gorse
SC208694 Black thistle aphids here and throughout reserve
SC208694 Noon Fly and other unidentified fly on bridge handrail
SC209695 male Syrphus species Hoverfly
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| 7-spot ladybird larva |
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| and another |
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| and another nearby |
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| this ladybird larva was smaller but I think it is still a 7-spot |
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| Ladybird pupa - 7-spot? |
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| Alder Tongue galls on Alder |
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| Click beetle |
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| and another view |
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| Speckled Wood Butterfly |
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| Small Tortoiseshell caterpillars |
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| Depressaria daucella caterpillar |
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| and another |
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| this may be another, but not on the usual Hemlock Water Dropwort |
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| Parasitic Wasp? and unidentified caterpillar |
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| Caterpillar of Orange Tip butterfly |
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| this was like a flattened caterpillar |
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| Thistles coming into flower but covered with black aphids |
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| closer view of aphids |
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| Grpocoris stysi Capsid bug |
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cats make lovely pets but pose great danger for some wildlife
on the reserve |
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| pond looks lush at this time of year but water level is low |
Wildlife on the reserve at a mid-summer high - hence the number of photos!
Apologies for the late posting! Remember you can enlarge the photos by clicking on them.
With thanks to Steve Crellin for fly identification
