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| Sneezewort in the damp meadow area |
Birds:
SC209694 female Blackbird; Wren with several insects in beak.
SC209693 male Sparrowhawk flew in from the direction of the church boundary and along the path ahead of me about 2 feet from the ground. I lost sight of it as it went round a bend. Chiffchaff call heard but not seen.
SC208694 2 x Woodpigeon flying over; Wren in reeds.
SC208695 Blackbird in heart of tree heard but only seen in silhouette so gender unknown; Wren.
Butterflies and Moths:
SC208694 Red Admiral x 2; Painted Lady x 3 in damp meadow & 4 more on the Hemp Agrimony; Green Veined White; Common Blue 1 female, 3 male; Speckled Wood by compost/ willows.
SC210694 Painted Lady
Sc209693 Painted Lady
SC208695 Speckled Wood x 3 ; Meadow Brown.
Sc209695 Painted Lady
SC210694 Unidentified moth x 2 inside noticeboard
SC208694 Unknown Moth
Other:
SC209694 7-spot Ladybird
SC209694 Haresfoot Inkcap fungus
Sc210694 Forest Bug
SC209693 Green Shieldbug nymphs, various instars on Rowan berries.
SC209695 Gorse Shieldbug adult + nymphs ( various instars)
SC208694 Gorse Shieldbug
SC209694 Unidentified Harvestman
SC208694 Sphaeroderma species beetle ( jumping leaf beetle) - possibly testaceum
SC208694 Common Wasp
SC208694 Ichneumon sarcitorius parasitoid wasp NEW RECORD
SC208694 Syrphus species Hoverflies
SC209695 Eristalis species Hoverflies
SC208694 various bumble bees
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| Female Common Blue |
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| the same female Common Blue |
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| Male Common Blue |
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| another male Common Blue |
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| Green Veined White |
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| another Green Veined White |
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| Painted Lady on Purple Loosestrife |
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| Painted Lady on Hemp Agrimony |
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| Red Admiral on Hemp Agrimony |
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| Speckled Wood in a shaft of sunlight - notice the blue tint near body |
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| Haresfoot Inkcap fungus |
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| Unidentified Harvestman |
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| Sphaeroderma species ( Jumping leaf beetle) probably testaceum |
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| Common Wasp |
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| I think this is Ichneumon sarcitorius - a parisoid wasp whose "host" is often the Turnip Moth |
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| Green Shieldbug nymph |
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| and a later instar |
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| Gorse Shieldbug with late instar progeny |
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| Forest Bug |
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| blackberries starting to ripen - welcome food for wildlife on the reserve |
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| good to see that not all the sloes succumbed to the fungus gall pathogen |
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| a fuzzy photo of a fuzzy bee - very white impression all over |
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| wildlife on a Knapweed flower - Volucella bombylans Hoverfly and capsid bug |
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| Common Green Capsid bug |
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| Docks starting to colour up - welcome food for birds this winter |
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| good to see Knapweed gaining ground in the meadow area |
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| I think this is a Common Wave moth - to be confirmed |
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| unidentified moth |
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| Syrphus species Hoverfly |
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| female Eristalis species Hoverfly ( probably tenax) |
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| Male Eristalis species Hoverfly ( possibly pertinax) |
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| Syrphus species Hoverfly |
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| I would have missed this Speckled Wood had I not been looking for Shieldbugs on the Rowan berries |
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