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| Meadowsweet in the meadow |
I arrived at the Reserve on Wednesday shortly after ten and enjoyed recording the wildlife for a couple of hours, after which I picked up my shears and cut back brambles round the beehive loop which were making access difficult. My husband had already done some light strimming along the gorse boundary where the bracken and brambles had been brought down by the stormy weather. So hopefully visitors will now find it easier to walk round the reserve. Here is what I recorded during the morning:
Birds:
SC208694 - Woodpigeon; juvenile Wren; Willow Warbler heard not seen.
SC208695 pair of Chaffinch; female Blackbird.
Butterflies:
SC210694 Meadow Brown; Small Tortoiseshell
SC209694 ( near hide) Meadow Brown
SC208694 ( meadow area) Meadow Brown
SC208695 ( old beehive loop) Meadow Brown
SC209693 Small White
SC209694 unidentified White flying
SC209695 Speckled Wood
Ladybirds:
SC210694 14 x 7-spot
SC208694 7 x 7-spot
SC208695 3 x 7-spot
SC209695 2 x 7-spot
Other:
SC210694 3 x Eupeodes corollae Hoverflies
SC209693 Great Pied Hoverfly - Volucella pellucens
SC209693 Syrphus species hoverfly
SC208694 Green Capsid Bug ?
SC208694 Syrphus ribesii hoverfly female
SC208695 Nursery Web Spider with eggs in nest
SC208695 Great Pied Hoverfly - Volucella pellucens
SC209695 Gorse Shieldbug nymphs in gorse - various instars
SC209694 Nursery Web spider in gorse
SC209694 Tephritis flies on Thistles - Xyphosia milliaria
SC208695 Peacock butterfly caterpillar? ( to be confirmed)
SC208695 New Record - Chrysotoxum bicinctum female
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| Small Tortoiseshell |
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| Meadow Brown |
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| Mallard and Moorhen |
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| female Chaffinch |
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| Small banded snail in thistles |
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| Depressaria daucella moth caterpillar |
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| and another |
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| my impression is that there are less than usual this year |
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| Peacock Butterfly larva? |
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| same caterpillar on the move |
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| Tephritis fly on Creeping Thistle - Xyphosia milliaria |
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| a variety of insects feasting on Hogweed |
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| Great Pied Hoverfly - Volucella pellucens |
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| Hoverfly - Eupeodes coroliae |
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| composite photo of Hoverfly Syrphus ribesii - female |
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| Hoverfly - Syrphus species |
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| a new record for Reserve: a female Chrysotoxum bicinctum |
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| Volucella pellucens - Great Pied Hoverfly |
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| Green Capsid Bug ? |
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| Gorse Shieldbug eggs |
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| early instars of Gorse Shieldbug |
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| later instar of Gorse Shieldbug |
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| and another |
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| another colour but also a Gorse Shieldbug nymph |
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| almost there - soon will be an adult |
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| Hemp Agrimony in bud - great nectar plant for insects |
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| Hazel nuts |
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| colourful flowers in the meadow |
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| one of several 7-spot Ladybirds |
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| here on nettle |
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| this one was on Fuchsia |
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| Wolf spider carrying egg sack |
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| Nursery web spider with egg sack |
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| and another with the nursery web covered in raindrops |
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| Common Soldier Beetle |
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| pleasant grassy path |
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| same path other direction |
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| one of my usual views - useful for monitoring year on year |
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| final view of the hide before heading back home |
