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Lovely Loosestrife
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Possibly my only chance of the week to make a recording visit to
Ballachurry. The sunshine was coming and going by degrees and the
reserve seemed quiet birdwise but the butterflies were flitting around
and there were plenty of other invertebrates to be noted. Here is what I
saw:
Birds:
SC209694 Blackbird; 2 x Woodpigeon; juvenile Moorhen; 3 x Mallard; Heron flying over.
SC208694 Willow Warbler heard but not seen; female Chaffinch
SC208695 Woodpigeon
Butterflies & Moths:
SC209693 Wall Brown male
SC209694 Meadow Brown; Speckled Wood; Unidentified White flying; female Wall Brown
SC208694 Meadow Brown; Common Blue; Small Copper
SC208695 Peacock; Meadow Brown
SC208695 Udea lutealis Moth
Ladybirds:
SC208694 7-spot
SC209695 3 x 7-spot
Other:
SC209694 Green Shieldbug nymph; Dolichopodid fly ( possibly Chrysotus species)
SC209695 and SC209694 Gorse Shieldbug adults and nymphs various instars
SC208695 Labyrinth spider in gorse ( Agelena labyrinthica) NEW RECORD?
SC209695 Wolf spider with egg sack
SC209694 Ichneumon Wasp ( possibly Ichneumon stramentor) NEW RECORD?
SC208695Muscid Greenbottle flies ( proabably Eudasyphora cyanella); Sargus species fly ( Soldier fly);Flesh fly ( Sarcophaga species)
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a fine pair of Mallards
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juvenile Moorhen
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Woodpigeon
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female Wall Brown
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Meadow Brown
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Peacock
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very pristine
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it then closed its wings for a very long time
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Small Copper
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Udea lutealis moth
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7-spot Ladybird
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and another in the gorse
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The Angelica now in full bloom
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Water Forget-me-nots
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Loosetrife in the meadow
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Labyrinth Spider
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Wolf spider with egg sack
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Plenty of berries for the birds
They eat Dock seeds too
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Ichneumon Wasp
Possibly male Ichneumon stramentor
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A Muscid Greenbottle - probably Eudasyphora cyanella
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as above
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Sargus species ( Soldier fly)
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Flesh fly, Sarcophaga species
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Dolichopodid Fly ( possibly a Chrysotus sp.) with Green Shieldbug nymph
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Gorse Shieldbug adult
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Gorse Shieldbug nymph
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and another
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and another -
they change colour through various instars
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I think this is an empty case
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from which this Gorse Shieldbug had just emerged
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its colours were darkening very quickly
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view from the hide
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thistledown for the Goldfinches
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A lovely morning recording at Ballachurry Reserve
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