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11th November

1A1A9126 (FILEminimizer).JPG

White Saddle Fungus

Helvella crispa

27th October

Royal Fern 0002 (FILEminimizer).JPG

Royal Fern transformed into its Autumn copper colours.

19th October

Fungus

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Hare's Ear


(Otidea onotica)

Hare's Ear Fungus 191024 (3) (FILEminimizer).jpg

Fungus



Dog Stinkhorn  


(Mutinus caninus)

WhatsApp Image 2024-10-20 at 09.18.44_83e9bf35 (FILEminimizer).jpg
Cuckoo (Craig Nimick) 191024 (1).jpg

Cuckoo


(Cuculus canorus)

A very late visitor, they normally migrate back to Africa in June

Cuckoo (Craig Nimick) 191024 (2).jpg

6th October

Shieldbug

Bishop's Mitre


(Aelia acuminata)

Shieldbug Bishop's Mitre 061024 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG
Fungi Shaggy Parasol 061024 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Fungus

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Shaggy Parasol


(Chlorophyllum rhacodes)
 

Fungi Leccinum scabrum 061024 (1).JPG

Fungus

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Brown Birch Bolete


(Leccinum scabrum)
 

22nd September

Sawfly Larva

Caliroa Sawfly Larva 220924 (FILEminimizer).jpg
Sawfly Larva 220924 (FILEminimizer).jpg

Sawfly Larva:  Eriocampa ovata                                               Euura miliaris
 

Spindle Aphids - Aphis evonymi

Fungi Fly agaric 220924 (1) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Fungus

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Fly agaric

1A1A8979 (FILEminimizer).JPG
Pink-barred Sallow 220924 (13a) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Moth


Pink-barred Sallow

 

 

(Xanthia togata)

Moth Larva

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Pebble Hook-tip


(Drepana falcataria)
 

Pebble Hook-tip Larva 220924 (1) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Moth Larva

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Elephant Hawk-moth

 

 

(Deilephila elpenor)
 

Elephant Hawk-moth Larva 220924 (3) (FILEminimizer).JPG
Common Harvestman - Paroligolophus agrestis (FILEminimizer).JPG

Common Harvestman


(Paroligolophus agrestis)

15th September

Spindle Aphids Aphis evonymi (FILEminimizer) - WIX.JPG

Spindle Aphids - Aphis evonymi

New
Record

Fungus    

 

Common Puffball    

 

 

(Lycoperdon perlatum)

Puffball 150924a (FILEminimizer).JPG
Sallow Moth 150924 (3) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Moth

Sallow    

 

 

(Cirrhia icteritia)

Dragonfly

 

Brown Hawker    

(Aeshna grandis)

Brown Hawker 150924 (4) (FILEminimizer).JPG

8th September

MSQ Moth Larva - Clockwise - Buff-tip, Elephant Hawk-moth, Peppered Moth, Iron Prominent (

Moth Larva- Clockwise: Buff-tip, Elephant Hawk-moth, Peppered Moth, Iron Prominent

Snout Moth (EG) 080924 (1).JPG

Moth

 

 

Snout



(Hypena proboscidalis)

MSQ Sawfly Larva 080924 (FILEminimizer).jpg
Hop 010924 (1a) (FILEminimizer).JPG

1st September

Hop

 

(Humulus lupulus)

New
Record

Light Emerald Moth 010924 (3a) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Light Emerald Moth

(Campaea margaritaria)

Gall

Robin's Pincushion

or

Bedeguar Gall


on Rose
 

caused by Gall Wasp


Rose Bedeguar Causer

 

(Diplolepis rosae)

Robin's Pin Cushion Gall 010924a (FILEminimizer).JPG
Vapourer Moth Larva 010924 (3) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Moth Larva

 

 

Vapourer

 

 

(Orgyia antiqua)

Spindle




(Euonymus europaeus)

Spindle 0001 (FILEminimizer).JPG
Birch Shieldbug Final Instar (FILEminimizer).JPG

Birch Shieldbug Nymph
Final Instar   

 

 

(Elasmostethus interstinctus)

Box Bug Nymph
Late Instar


(Gonocerus acuteangulatus)

Box Bug Late Instar 0003 (FILEminimizer).JPG
Tunic Plant Bug (FILEminimizer).JPG

Tunic Plant Bug

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(Pantilius tunicatus)
 

Male Median Wasp Dolichovespula media (EG) 010924 (4) (FILEminimizer).JPG
Male Median Wasp Dolichovespula media (EG) 010924 (3).JPG

Male Median Wasp



(Dolichovespula media)

26th August

Roesel's Bush-cricket


(Roeseliana roeselii)

Roesel's Bush-cricket (Colin Pumfrett) 260824.JPG
Tortoise Shieldbug (Colin Pumfrett) 260824.JPG

Tortoise Shieldbug


(Eurygaster testudinaria)

Brown Heath Robberfly


(Machimus cingulatus)

Brown Heath Robberfly (Colin Pumfrett) 260824.JPG

25th August

Red Admiral


(Vanessa atalanta)

Red Admiral 250824 (FILEminimizer).JPG
Western Conifer Seed Bug Nymphs (EG) (FILEminimizer).jpg

Nymphs of

Western Conifer Seed Bug


(Leptoglossus occidentalis)

Moth

Angle Shades   

 

(Phlogophora meticulosa)

Angle Shades Moth 250824 (3) (FILEminimizer).JPG
Platycis minutus (EG) 250824 (1).JPG

Beetle

 

 

 

Platycis minutus

Dark Dagger Moth Larva 250824 (1a) (FILEminimizer).JPG
Dark Dagger Moth Larva 250824 (3a) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Moth Larva

Dark Dagger


(Acronicta tridens)

Little Egret


(Egretta garzetta)

Little Egret 250824 (1a) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Cormorant


(Phalacrocorax carbo)

Cormorant 250824a (FILEminimizer).JPG

Lapwing



(Vanellus vanellus)

Lapwings 250824a (FILEminimizer).JPG
Hoverfly Dasysyrphus albostriatus (EG) 250824 (1).JPG

Hoverfly

 

 

Dasysyrphus albostriatus

Fruiting Elder


(Sambucus nigra)

Elder Berries 250824 (FILEminimizer).JPG

Bindweed

 

amongst

 

Hemp agrimony

Bindweed 250824 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG
Small Red-eyed Damselfy (EG) 250824.JPG

Small Red-eyed Damselfly



(Erythromma viridulum)

Willow Emerald Damselfly (EG) 250824 (FILEminimizer).JPG

Willow Emerald Damselfly


(Chalcolestes viridis)

Bug


Evacanthus interruptus

 

Evacanthus interruptus (EG) 250824.JPG
EG Dragonflies 250824.jpg

Dragonflies Clockwise: Southern Hawker, Ruddy Darter, Common Darter (mature male), Migrant Hawker

 

Meadow Brown (EG) 250824 (FILEminimizer).JPG

Meadow Brown


(Maniola jurtina)

 

Hoverfly

Sericomyia silentis

Sericomyia silentis (EG) 250824 (FILEminimizer).JPG

Awkward Clusterfly


(Pollenia rudis)

Cluster Fly - Pollenia rudis (EG) 250824.JPG
Beetle Cryptocephalus pusillus (EG) 250824.JPG

Beetle



Cryptocephalus pusillus
 

24th August

Marsh-marigold


(Caltha palustris)

Marsh Marigold 240824a (FILEminimizer).JPG

Round-leaved Wintergreen    

(Pyrola rotundifolia)

P1170313 (FILEminimizer).JPG

Common Fleabane

 

 

 

(Pulicaria dysenterica)

Fleabane 240824a (FILEminimizer).JPG
Spiked Shieldbug 240824 (2a) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Spiked Shieldbug


(Picromerus bidens)

20th August

Great Pied Hoverfly

 



(Volucella pellucens)

Great Pied Hoverfly 200824 (4) (FILEminimizer).JPG
Silk Button Spangle Gall on Oak caused by wasp Neuroterus numismalis 200824 (3) (FILEminim

Silk-Button Spangle Gall

on Oak

 

caused by Wasp


(Neuroterus numismalis)

Bronze Shieldbug - Final Instar


(Troilus luridus)

Bronze Shielbug Final Instar 200824 (3) (FILEminimizer).JPG
Pear Slug Sawfly - Caliroa cerasi 200824 (4) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Pear Slug Sawfly Larva


(Caliroa cerasi)
 

18th August

Volucella ananis WIX.JPG

Hoverfly - Volucella ananis

New
Record

Long-winged Cone-head

(Conocephalus fuscus)

Long-winged Cone-head 180824 (3) (FILEminimizer).JPG

11th August
 

Larval Nest

of
Buff-tip Moth


(Phalera bucephala)
 

Buff-tip Larva 110824 (5) (FILEminimizer).JPG
Migrant Hawker 110824 (2a) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Dragonfly

Migrant Hawker


(Aeshna mixta)

 

Sawfly Larva


Pristiphora testacea
 

 

​
 

Sawfly Larva Pristiphora testacea 110824. (3a) (FILEminimizer).JPG
Phasia hemiptera 1.JPG

Fly

 

Phasia hemiptera
 

Myopa florea - Batman Hoverfly 1 (FILEminimizer).JPG

Batman Hoverfly

 

 

(Myathropa florea)
 

8th August
 

Elephant Hawk-moth Larva

​

on Rosebay Willowherb

 

 

 

(Deilephila elpenor)
 

Elephant Hawk-moth Larva 080824 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG
Box Bug 080824 (3) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Box Bug


(Gonocerus acuteangulatus)
 

4th August
 

Bell Heather



(Erica cinerea)
 

Tansy


(Tanacetum vulgare)
 

Harvestman

Dicranopalpus ramosus agg.
 

Gall

on Phragmites

caused by mite

Steneotarsonemus phragmitidis
 

Gall 


on Bramble

 

 

caused by midge


Dasineura plicatrix
 

Gypsywort with flowers surrounding the stem

3rd August

Moth

Straw Dot



(Rivula sericealis)
 

Straw Dot (Jonathan Stamp) 030824 (1).jpg

28th July

Physocephala rufipes 0006a.JPG

Physocephala rufipes.

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Their larvae are endoparasites of "Bombus" Bumble Bees.

Butterfly

Large White

(Pieris brassicae)
 

Large White 280724 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Butterfly

Brimstone


(Gonepteryx rhamni rhamni)
 

Brimstone 280724 (FILEminimizer).JPG
Gall - Rabdophaga rosaria complex 280724 (1) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Gall


Rabdophaga rosaria complex

on Willow
 

Sawfly Larvae

Caliroa cinxia

Sawfly Larva Caliroa cinxia 280724 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG
Viburnum Leaf Beetle 280724 (1).JPG

Viburnum Leaf Beetle


(Pyrrhalta viburni)

21st July

Grey Heron


(Ardea cinerea)

Grey Heron 210724 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG
Gatekeeper 210724 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Gatekeeper


(Pyronia tithonus)

Purple-loosestrife




(Lythrum salicaria)

Purple Loosestrife 210724 (FILEminimizer).JPG

Yellow Loosestrife


(Lysimachia vulgaris)

Musk-mallow



(Malva moschata)

Musk Mallow 210724 (FILEminimizer).JPG

Silverweed


(Potentilla anserina)

Silverweed 210724 (1) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Devil's-bit Scabious



(Succisa pratensis)

1A1A8356 (FILEminimizer).JPG
1A1A8389 (FILEminimizer).JPG

Emerald Damselfly



(Lestes sponsa)

Yellow-tail Moth


(Euproctis similis)

Yellow-tail Moth 210724 (5) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Drinker Moth Eggs

Drinker Moth Eggs 210724 (1) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Rowan Sawfly Larvae


(Pristiphora geniculata)

Rose Sawfly Larvae


(Arge pagana)

Apolygus spinolae (FILEminimizer).JPG

Bug



Apolygus spinolae
 

New
Record

Gall Diplolepis nervosa on Rose. 210724 (5).JPG

Gall

Diplolepis nervosa

on Rose

Gall Dasineura urticae on Nettle 210724 (3).JPG

Gall

Dasineura urticae

on Nettle

8th July

Butterfly

Gatekeeper

(Pyronia tithonus)
 

Gatekeeper (CP) 080724.JPG

Butterfly



Comma


(Polygonia c-album)
 

Comma (CP) 080724.JPG
Banded Demoiselle (CP) 080724.JPG

Banded Demoiselle


(Calopteryx splendens)

Ruddy Darters (CP) 080724.JPG

Ruddy Darter


(Sympetrum sanguineum)

Soldierfly


Banded General

(Stratiomys potamida)

Banded General (CP) 080724.JPG

Parent Bug

Final Instar Nymphs


(Elasmucha grisea)

7th July

Parent Bug Instars (CP) 080724.JPG

7th July

Helophilus hybridus Hoverfly

Helophilus hybridus 0001 WIX.JPG
alder vein angle gall. 070724.JPG

Alder Vein Angle Gall

caused by Mite

Eriophyes inangulis
 

New
Record

Gall on Sallow 070724.JPG

Gall on Sallow

caused by Sawfly

Euura pedunculi
 

Blue-tailed Damselfly



(Ischnura elegans)

Blue-tailed Damselfly 070724 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG
Cinnabar Larvae on Ragwort 070724 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Cinnabar Moth Larvae


(Tyria jacobaeae)

Butterfly

Green-veined White

(Pieris napi)
 

Green-veined White 070724 (FILEminimizer).JPG
Field Scabious 070724a (FILEminimizer).JPG

Field Scabious



(Knautia arvensis)

Red Longhorn Beetle (male)


(Stictoleptura rubra)

Red Longhorn Beetle - Stictoleptura rubra 070724 (6) (FILEminimizer).JPG
Common Lizard 070724 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Common Lizard


(Zootoca vivipara)

Hawthorn Shieldbug

(Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale)

Hawthorn Shieldbug 070724 (4) (FILEminimizer).JPG

30th June

Nephrotoma flavescens (FILEminimizer).JPG

Nephrotoma flavescens. A dainty Tiger Cranefly.

Banded General Soldierfly Larva

Banded General Soldierfly Larva (FILEminimizer).jpg
Common Shrew 300624 (4) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Eurasian Common Shrew

 

(Sorex araneus)

Peacock Butterfly Larvae



(Aglais io)

Peacock Larve 300624 (1) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Early Grey Moth Larva



(Xylocampa areola)

Early Grey Moth Larva 300624 (3).JPG
Hoverfly Eristalis intricaria 300624 (2).JPG

Hoverfly


Eristalis intricaria
 

Tufted Vetch Gall caused by Dasineura Spadicea 300624 (5).JPG

Tufted Vetch Gall

caused by midge

Dasineura Spadicea

New
Record

27th June

Fan Bristled Robberfly


(Dysmachus trigonus)

Fan Bristled Robberfly - Dysmachus trigonus (CP) 270624.JPG

23rd June

Ringlet


(Aphantopus hyperantus)

Ringlet 230624 (3) (FILEminimizer).JPG
Brown China-mark 230624 (1) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Moth

Brown China-mark     

 

 

 

(Elophila nymphaeata)
 

Moth Stathmopoda pedella 230624 (4) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Moth


Alder Signal   

 

 

(Stathmopoda pedella)
 

Bug

​

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Grypocoris stysi

Bug Grypocoris stysi 230624 (FILEminimizer).JPG
Beetle Rutpela maculata 230624 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Black-and-yellow Longhorn Beetle


(Rutpela maculata)

Rutpela maculata with unusual markings

Rutpela maculata markings WIX.JPG

Beetle

​

​

​

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Leptura quadrifasciata
 

Beetle Leptura quadrifasciata (EG) 230624 (1).JPG
Philoscia muscorum - Striped Woodlouse (EG) 230624.JPG

Common Striped Woodlouse   

 

 

(Philoscia muscorum)

New
Record

Fairy Ring Longhorn Beetle


(Pseudovadonia livida)

Fairy Ring Longhorn Beetle - Pseudovadonia livida (CP) 230624.JPG

16th June

Meadow Brown



(Maniola jurtina)

Meadow Brown 160624 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG
Latticed Heath Moth 160624 (3) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Moth

​

Latticed Heath    


(Chiasmia clathrata)

Yellow Shell Moth 160624 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Moth

​

Yellow Shell    


(Camptogramma bilineata)
 

​

Six-sspot Burnet moth Larva 160624 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Moth Larva


Six-spot Burnet    

(Zygaena filipendulae)
 

Harvestman



Leiobunum blackwalli

Harvestman Leiobunum blackwalli 160624 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle 160624 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Red-headed Cardinal Beetle



(Pyrochroa serraticornis)

Malachite Beetle 160624 (3) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Malachite Beetle


(Malachius bipustulatus)

Hoverfly

​

Chrysotoxum festivum

Hoverfly Chrysotoxum festivum (Colin Pumfrett) 160624.JPG
Soldierfly Oplodontha viridula (Colin Pumfrett) 160624.JPG

Soldierfly

​

​

Common Green Colonel



(Oplodontha viridula)

Ichneumon Wasp Amblyteles armatorius (Colin Pumfrett) 160624.JPG

Ichneumon

 


Amblyteles armatorius

 

New
Record

9th June

Pyramidal Orchid


(Anacamptis pyramidalis)

Pyramidal Orchid 090624 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

New
Record

Clouded Border



(Lomaspilis marginata)

Royal Fern




(Osmunda regalis)

Royal Fern 090624 (1) (FILEminimizer).JPG
Meadowsweet Gall caused by midge Dasineura pustulans 090624 (1) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Meadowsweet Gall

caused by midge

 

Dasineura pustulans

Cock's-foot



(Dactylis glomerata)

Cocksfoot Dactylis glomerata (FILEminimizer).JPG
Neoitamus cyanurus Common Awl Robberfly 0001.JPG

Common Awl Robberfly


(Neoitamus cyanurus)

Neoitamus cyanurus Common Awl Robberfly 0002.JPG
Pentatoma rufipes Red-legged Shieldbug.JPG

Red-legged Shieldbug

-Final Instar


(Pentatoma rufipes)

Sawfly

​

​

Tenthredo livida

​

Tenthredo livida 0010.JPG
Soldierfly Oxycera rara 090624 (4).JPG

Soldierfly

​

Four-barred Major

 

 

 

(Oxycera rara)

8th June

Woodland Jumping Spider

Evarcha falcata

Woodland Jumping Spider (Colin Pumfrett) 080624.JPG

3rd June

MSQ 2 030624 (FILEminimizer).jpg

Clockwise:
Black-and-Yellow Longhorn Beetle, Pheasant, Spindle Ermine Moth Larvae, Robin

MSQ 1 030624 (FILEminimizer).jpg

Clockwise:
Banded Damoiselle Female & Male, Migrant Hawker, Four-spotted Chaser

2nd June

Beetle

​

Byrrhus fasciatus
 

Beetle Byrrhus fasciatus (Debbie Hall) 020624 (1) (FILEminimizer).jpg
Beetle Byrrhus fasciatus (Debbie Hall) 020624 (2) (FILEminimizer).jpg

New
Record

1st June

Guided Walk Round-up

Bee Orchid


(Ophrys apifera)

Bee Orchid 010624 (1) (FILEminimizer).JPG
Guided Walk 1.jpg

Clockwise:

Azure Damselfly, Beetle Rhagium mordax, Downlooker Snipefly, Nesting Black-headed Gulls & Chicks

Guided Walk 2.jpg

Clockwise:

Tufted Duck, Vapourer Moth Larva, Yellow-barred Long-horn Moth, Wasp Beetle

Guided Walk 3.jpg

Clockwise:

Garden Chafer, Nesting Black-headed Gulls & Common Terns, Banded General Soldierfly, Roe Deer

19th May

Common Twayblade

 

 

 

 

(Neottia ovata)

Twayblade 190524 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG
Viburnum Beetle Larva on Guelder Rose 190524 (1) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Viburnum Leaf Beetle Larvae
on Guelder Rose

Black-spotted Longhorn Beetle

​

​

(Rhagium mordax)

Black-spotted Longhorn (FILEminimizer).JPG
Hoverfly Narcissus Bulb Fly - Merodon equestris (EG) 190524 (3).JPG

Hoverfly

Narcissus Bulb Fly

(Merodon equestris)

New
Record

17th May

Hoverfly

 

 

 

Platycheirus rosarum

Hoverfly Platycheirus rosarum (Colin Pumfrett) 170524.JPG

12th May

Large Red Damselfly




(Pyrrhosoma nymphula)

Large Red Damselfly 120524 (FILEminimizer).JPG
Moth Ruby Tiger 120524 (6) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Moth

​

​

Ruby Tiger

​

​

​

(Phragmatobia fuliginosa)
 

Bramble Sawfly

 

 

(Arge cyanocrocea)

Bramble Sawfly - Arge cyanocrocea 120524 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

New
Record

Cranefly Tipula luna 120524 (1) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Cranefly

​

​

​

Tipula luna

Green Nettle Weevil

 

 

 

(Phyllobius pomaceus)

Nettle Weevil - Phyllobius pomaceus 120524 (2).JPG

Beetle

​

​

​

Rhagium mordax
 

Beetle Rhagium mordax 120524 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG
Cantharis nigricans WIX(FILEminimizer).JPG

Soldier Beetle



(Cantharis nigricans)

Soldier Beetle




(Cantharis rustica)

Alderfly 120524.jpg

Alderfly

​

​

​

(Sialis lutaria)
 

Hairy Dragonfly (male) A&LW 120524.jpg
Hairy Dragonfly (female) A&LW 120524.jpg

Male

​

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​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

 

 

Female

Hairy Dragonfly

 

 

 

 

 

(Brachytron pratense)

Four-spotted Chaser (A&LW) 120524.jpg

Four-spotted Chaser

 

 

 

 

(Libellula quadrimaculata)

5th May

Adder's-tongue Fern


(Ophioglossum vulgatum)

Adder's-tongue Fern 050524 (1) (FILEminimizer).JPG
Central Meadow 050524 (FILEminimizer).JPG

Cowslips

​

&

​

Meadow Saxifrage

​

​

in Central Meadow

Moth

​

Feathered Bright

 

 

(Incurvaria masculella)
 

Moth Incurvaria masculella 050524 (1) (FILEminimizer).JPG
Red-headed cardinal Beetle 050524 (3) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Red-headed Cardinal Beetle    

(Pyrochroa serraticornis)

Green-winged Orchid

 

 

(Anacamptis morio)

Green-winged Orchid 050524 (1) (FILEminimizer).JPG
Tortoise Beetle Cassida rubiginosa 050524 (4) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Thistle Tortoise Beetle 

 

 

 

 

(Cassida rubiginosa)

Tufted Duck



(Aythya fuligula)

Tufted Duck 050524 (FILEminimizer).JPG
Canada Geese 050524 (FILEminimizer).JPG

Canada Goose



(Branta canadensis)

Moth

Silver-ground Carpet


(Xanthorhoe montanata)

Silver-ground Carpet Moth EG 050524.JPG
Variable Damselfly (Colin Pumfrett) 050524.JPG

Variable Damselfly

 

 

(Coenagrion pulchellum)

Moth Denisia similella (Colin Pumfrett) 050524.JPG
Tortoise Beetle Cassida nebulosa (colin Pumfrett) 050524.JPG

Moth

 

 

 

Northern Concealer

 

 

(Denisia similella)

Tortoise Beetle 

 

 

 

 

(Cassida nebulosa)

New
Record

New
Record

2nd May

Butterfly

 

Orange-tip

 

 

(Anthocharis cardamines)

Orange Tip (A&LW) 020524.JPG

Butterfly

​

​

Wall

 

 

( Lasiommata megera)

Wall (A& LW) 020524.JPG
Variable Damselfly (A&LW) 020524.JPG

Variable Damselfly

 

 

(Coenagrion pulchellum)

1st May

Hobby at MSQ (Simon Feane) 010524 (1).JPG
Hobby at MSQ (Simon Feane) 010524 (3).JPG

Hobby


(Falco subbuteo)

Hobby at MSQ (Simon Feane) 010524 (2).JPG

21st April

Bogbean


(Menyanthes trifoliata)

Bogbean 210424 (1) (FILEminimizer).JPG
Avocets 210424 (5) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Avocets

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(Recurvirostra avosetta)

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Moth

White-pinion Spotted

 

 

(Lomographa bimaculata)

Moth White-pinion Spotted 210424 (2).JPG

14th April

Orange-tip Butterfly

(female)

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(Anthocharis cardamines)

Orange-tip (female) 140424 (1) (FILEminimizer).JPG
Green Shieldbug 140424 (3) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Green Shieldbug    

 

(Palomena prasina)

Moth

Mottled Purple    


(Eriocrania sparrmannella)

Moth Eriocrania sparrmannella 140424 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG
Helophilus pendulus female 0007 (FILEminimizer) WIX.JPG

Hoverfly - Helophilus pendulus

11th April

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Clockwise from top left: Green-veined White, Drinker Larva, Adela reaumurella and Common Lizard (Dave Wright)

31st March

Hairy Shieldbug MSQ 31-03-2024 WIX.JPG

Hairy Shieldbug - Dolycoris baccarum

Marsh Violet - Viola palustris

Dark Vented Bedstaw Sawfly

Aglaostigma aucuparia

17th March

Cream-spot & Orange Ladybird 170324 (1) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Cream-spot Ladybird
(Calvia quattuordecimguttata)

&

Orange Ladybird
(Halyzia sedecimguttata)

    11th March.

A Cormorant drying its wings after fishing.

25th February

MSQ Water Levels (3) (FILEminimizer).jpg

New woodland pond still holding water

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Male and Female Mallard. Just about dry.

17th February

Cormorant

&

Oystercatchers

Cormorant & Oystercatchers 170224 (1) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Mute Swan

on a charge

Mute Swan on a charge 170224 (1) (FILEminimizer).JPG
Fungi Scarlet Elfcup 170224 (FILEminimizer).JPG

Fungi

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Scarlet Elfcup
starting to emerge

11th February

Fern

 

Hart's-tongue   

 

(Phyllitis scolopendrium)

Hart's-tongue Fern 110224 (3) (FILEminimizer).JPG
New Woodland Pond MSQ 110224 (FILEminimizer).JPG

New Woodland Pond

Shoveler  

 

 

(Spatula clypeata)

Shoveler 110224 (9a) (FILEminimizer).JPG
Silver Birch Canker 110224 (1a) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Canker

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on

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Silver Birch

Silver Birch Canker 110224 (2a) (FILEminimizer).JPG

3rd February

New Month............Old Friend

Robin 030224 (FILEminimizer).JPG

28th January

Black-headed Gulls in winter plumage

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-though one didn't get the memo.

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Gulls 280124 (11) (FILEminimizer).JPG

20th January

Mallard walking on water!

A  a very thin coat of water on ice.

Mallard on Ice Wix.JPG
Mallard Group WIX.jpg

14th January

Female Marsh Harrier WIX.jpg

Female Marsh Harrier quartering the reedbeds

Great Spotted Woodpecker taking flight.

Shelduck 140124 (1) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Shelduck

4th January

Almost like Spring...............

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P1010741 (FILEminimizer).JPG
Fungus Flammulina velutipes, the Velvet Shank 040123 (1).JPG

Fungus

Velvet Shank

(Flammulina velutipes)

New
Record

Fungus Flammulina velutipes, the Velvet Shank 040123 (3).JPG
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