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16th August

P1000623 (FILEminimizer).JPG

The main late bed compared to the 2nd August.

Coremacera marginata or sieve-winged snailkiller

Coremacera maginata or Sieve winged fly (FILEminimizer).JPG

9th August

Brown Argus 080826 (3) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Brown Argus

(Aricia agestis)

Brown Argus 080826 (1) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Ruddy Darter 080826 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Ruddy Darter

(Sympetrum sanguineum)

Head on view showing the club-shaped abdomen

2nd August

Main Lake sandbars (FILEminimizer).JPG

The Main Lake showing sand bars during the drought

A Vapourer moth larva

Vapourer moth larva (FILEminimizer).JPG

Grapholita compositella (FILEminimizer).JPG

A Micro moth

Grapholita compositella

Red & Black Rhopalid

Corizus hyoscami

Corizus hyoscyami (FILEminimizer).JPG

Field Grasshopper (FILEminimizer).JPG

Field Grasshopper

Chorthippus brunneus

Red Admiral Butterfly

Red Admiral 000X (FILEminimizer).JPG

Silver Y moth (FILEminimizer).JPG

Silver Y Moth

Sallow Kitten moth - first instar larva

Furcula furcula

Sallow Kitten larva (FILEminimizer).JPG

26th July

Chrysotoxum festivum (FILEminimizer).jpg

Hoverfly

Chrysotoxum festivum

A Pomplididae sp. of spider hunting wasp

Pompilidae spider hunting wasp (FILEminimizer).JPG

Great Willowherb - Epilobium hirsutum 0001 (FILEminimizer).JPG

Greater Willowherb

Epilobium hirsutum

Latticed Heath 0009.jpg

Latticed Heath moth

Chiasmia clathrata clathrata

Ringlet 260726 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Ringlet

(Aphantopus hyperantus)

Rowan

(Sorbus aucuparia)

Rowan 260726 (FILEminimizer).JPG

21st July 2026

Comma

(Polygonia c-album)

Comma 210726 (FILEminimizer).JPG

Water Plantain 210726 (FILEminimizer).JPG

Water-plantain

(Alisma plantago-aquatica)

Sneezewort

(Achillea ptarmica)

Sneezewort 210726 (FILEminimizer).JPG

Herald Moth Larva 210726 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Moth Larva

Herald

(Scoliopteryx libatrix)

Box Bug

(Gonocerus acuteangulatus)

Late instar

Late instar Box Bug 210726 (1) (FILEminimizer).JPG

19th July

Willow Emerald (FILEminimizer).JPG

Willow Emerald Damselfly

A family of 2 Adult and 7 Cygnet Mute Swans

Family of Swans (FILEminimizer).JPG

Marsh or Greater Birds-foot Trefoil (FILEminimizer).JPG

Red Soldier Beetle

Rhagonycha fulva

Marsh, or Greater Bird's-foot Trefoil seed pods

Lotus pedunculatus

Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonych fulva.JPG

Robberfly (FILEminimizer).JPG

A Robberfly

Froghopper

Froghopper (FILEminimizer).JPG

Fleabane 190726 (4) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Fleabane 190726 (1) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Common Fleabane

(Pulicaria dysenterica)

Sawfly Larve Arge pagana 190726 (1) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Sawfly Larva

Common Rose Fusehorn

(Arge pagana)

12th July

Red-legged Shieldbug

Pentatoma rufipes

1A1A1273 (FILEminimizer).JPG

1A1A1281 (FILEminimizer).JPG

Birch Shieldbug

Elasmostethus interstinctus

Common Darter

Sympetrum striolatum

1A1A1283 (FILEminimizer).JPG

1A1A1303 (FILEminimizer).JPG

Ruddy Darter

Sympetrum sanguineum

Ruddy Darter 120726a (FILEminimizer).JPG

Common Blues Damselflies mating(FILEminimizer).JPG

Mating Common Blue Damselflies

Enallagma cyathigerum

Common Blue (female)

Polyommatus icarus

1A1A1286 (FILEminimizer).JPG

Brown Argus (female)

Aricia agestis

Brown Argus 120726 (2a) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Great White Egret 120726 (4a) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Great White Egret

(Ardea alba)

Greater Bladderwort

(Utricularia vulgaris)

Greater Bladderwort 120726a (FILEminimizer).JPG

Four-Banded Longhorn Beetle 120726 (3a) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Four-banded Longhorn Beetle

(Leptura quadrifasciata)

Sawfly Larva

Yellow-headed Oak Slugworm

(Caliroa cinxia)

Sawfly Larva Caliroa cinxia 120726 (1a) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Yellowtail Moth 120726 (4a) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Moth

Yellow-tail

(Euproctis similis)

5th July

Gatekeeper

(Pyronia tithonus)

Gatekeeper at Snakeholme 010726 (3) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Common Blue Damselfly 050726 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Common Blue Damselfly

(Enallagma cyathigerum)

Holly Blue

(Celastrina argiolus)

Holly Blue 050726 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Dingy Footman 050726 (FILEminimizer).JPG

Moth

Dingy Footman

(Eilema griseola)

Latticed Heath Moth 050726 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Moth

Latticed Heath

(Chiasmia clathrata)

Musk-mallow

(Malva moschata)

Musk Mallow 050726 (FILEminimizer).JPG

Phragmites Gall - Steneotarsonemus phragmitidis 050726 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Steneotarsonemus phragmitidis

is a tiny mite that makes

galls (abnormal plant growths) on the Common Reed (Phragmites australis). I

It causes the plant's leaf-sheaths to swell unevenly. This makes the top leaf attach to the one below it, often twisting the stem into a "corkscrew" or "ladder" shape.

1A1A1194 (FILEminimizer).JPG

Four-barred Major

Soldier Fly

Oxycera major

Banded General Soldier Fly

Sratiomys potamida

1A1A1187 (FILEminimizer).JPG

Cranefly

Nephrotoma cornicina

New
Record

2nd July

All Siant's Church Group 020726 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

All Saint's Church Group

Common Darter 020726 (3) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Dragonfly

Common Darter

(Sympetrum striolatum)

Moth

Alder Signaller

(Stathmopoda pedella)

Moth Statmopoda pedella 020726 (3) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Red-legged Shieldbug 020726 (1) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Red-legged Shieldbug

(Pentatoma rufipes)

Male Longhorn Beetle

Stictoleptura rubra

Longhorn Beetle male Stictoleptura rubra. 020726 (1).JPG

28th June

MSQ Open Day 280626 (FILEminimizer).JPG

Open Day

Scarlet Tiger Moth 280626 (5) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Moth

Scarlet Tiger

(Callimorpha dominula)

New
Record

Silver-washed Fritillary 280626 (4) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Silver-washed Fritillary

(Argynnis paphia)

Comma 280626 (FILEminimizer).JPG

Comma

(Polygonia c-album)

Gatekeeper 280626 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Gatekeeper

(Pyronia tithonus)

Moth

Six-spot Burnet

(Zygaena filipendulae)

Six-spot Burnet Moth 280626 (1) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Moth

Shaded Broad-bar

(Scotopteryx chenopodiata)

Shaded Broad-bar Moth 280626 (FILEminimizer).JPG

Lady's Bedstraw combo 280626 (FILEminimizer).jpg

Lady's Bedstraw Galium verum

Hoverfly Chrysotoxum festivum 280626 (13).JPG

Hoverfly

Chrysotoxum festivum

Moth Larva

Cinnabar

(Tyria jacobaeae)

Cinnabar Larva 280626 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

21st June

Common Valerian 210626 (FILEminimizer).jpg

Common Valerian (Valeriana officinalis)

Sawfly Larva Monsoma pulveratum - Alder Mandrel 210626 (1a) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Sawfly Larva

Alder Mandrel

(Monsoma pulveratum)

Tormentil

(Potentilla erecta)

Tormentil 210626a (FILEminimizer).JPG

Common Centaury 210626 (FILEminimizer).jpg

Common Centaury (Centaurium erythraea)

16th June

Pyramidal Orchid

(Anacamptis pyramidalis)

Pyramidal Orchid 160626 (2a) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Ox-eye Daisies 160626 (FILEminimizer).JPG

Oxeye Daisy

(Leucanthemum vulgare)

Bird's-foot Trefoil combo 160626 (FILEminimizer).jpg

Bird's-Foot-Trefoil (Lotus)

Hop 160626 (a) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Hop

(Humulus lupulus)

Beetles Rutpela maculata 160626 (FILEminimizer).jpg

2 more variations of Black-and-Yellow Longhorn Beetle (Rutpela maculata)

Gall on Alder -Eriophyes laevis - Subspecies Eriophyes inangulis 16026a (FILEminimizer).JP

Gall on Alder

Eriophyes laevis

Subspecies Eriophyes inangulis

14th June

Pentatoma rufipes Red-legged Shieldbug Final Instar 0001 (FILEminimizer).JPG

Pentatoma rufipes

Red-legged Shieldbug - Final Instar

Clouded Border (FILEminimizer).JPG

Clouded Border moth

Lomaspilis marginata

Four-spotted Chaser Dragonfly 140626 (3a) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Dragonfly

Four-spotted Chaser

(Libellula quadrimaculata)

Butterfly

Ringlet

(Aphantopus hyperantus)

Ringlet 140626 (2a).JPG

Bug Grypocoris stysi 140626 (4a) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Bug

Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi

Hedge Woundwort

Stachys sylvaticus

Hedge Woundwort (FILEminimizer).JPG

Spear Thistle Lacebug - Tingis cardui.JPG

Spear Thistle Lacebug

Tingis cardui

Broad Centurian (FILEminimizer).JPG

Broad Centurian

Chloromyia formosa

Large Yellow Underwing Moth 140626 (2a) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Moth

A well marked
Large Yellow Underwing

(Noctua pronuba)

Fly female Pipiza austriaca 140626 (5a) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Fly

Pipiza austriaca (female)

New
Record

Riband Wave 140626.JPG

Moth

Riband Wave

(Idaea aversata)

7th June

Hairy Dragonfly

(Brachytron pratense)

Hairy Dragonfly 070626 (1) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Smooth Sow-thistle 070626 (1) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Smooth Sow-thistle

(Sonchus oleraceus)

Downlooker Snipefly

(Rhagio scolopaceus)

Dowmlooker Snipefly 070626 (1) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Common Spotted-orchid 070626 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Common Spotted-orchid

(Dactylorhiza fuchsii)

Moth Mullein - Verbascum blattaria 070626 (FILEminimizer).jpg

Moth Mullein Verbascum blattaria

New
Record

Soldierfly Banded General 070626 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Soldierfly

Banded General

(Stratiomys potamida)

Foxglove

(Digitalis purpurea)

Foxglove 070626 (1) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Wasp Symmorphus Gracilis 070626 (4) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Wasp

Symmorphus gracilis

Bracken

(Pteridium aquilinum)

Bracken 070626 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

6th June

Southern Marsh Orchid 060626a (FILEminimizer).JPG

Southern Marsh-orchid Dactylorhiza praetermissa

Guided Walk 060626 (1) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Guided Walk

31st May

Bee Orchid 310526 (FILEminimizer).jpg

Bee Orchid (Ophrys apifera)

Meadow Brown 310526 (1) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Meadow Brown

(Maniola jurtina)

Painted Lady 310526 (1) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Painted Lady

(Vanessa cardui)

Elder 310526 (FILEminimizer).jpg

Elder (Sambucus nigra)

Spindle Ermine

(Yponomeuta cagnagella)

Spindle Ermine Larva 310526 (3) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Water Lilies 310526 (FILEminimizer).jpg

White Water-lily (Nymphaea alba)

Swollen-thighed Beetle 310526 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Swollen-thighed Beetle

(Oedemera nobilis)

Willow Ermine

(Yponomeuta rorrella)

Willow Ermine 310526 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Straw Dot 310526 (3) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Straw Dot

(Rivula sericealis)

Honeysuckle

(Lonicera periclymenum)

Honeysuckle 310526 (FILEminimizer).JPG

Horsetail 310526 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Field Horsetail

(Equisetum arvense)

Lesser Stitchwort

(Stellaria graminea)

Lesser Stitchwort 310526 (1) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Silver Y 310526 (FILEminimizer).JPG

Silver Y

(Autographa gamma)

Male-fern

(Dryopteris filix-mas)

Male Ferns 310526 (FILEminimizer).JPG

Cinnabar Moth 310526 (FILEminimizer).JPG

Cinnabar

(Tyria jacobaeae)

Spear Thistle

(Cirsium vulgare)

Spear Thistle 310526 (FILEminimizer).JPG

Brimstone Larva 310526 (3) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Butterfly Larva

Brimstone

(Gonepteryx rhamni

Garden Chafer

(Phyllopertha horticola)

Garden Chafer 310526 (1) (FILEminimizer).JPG

24th May

Common Twayblade

(Neottia ovata)

Twayblade 240526 (FILEminimizer).JPG

Germander Speedwell 240526 (FILEminimizer).jpg

Germander Speedwell (Veronica chamaedrys) Normal Blue Form & Almost White Form

Turkey Oak 240526 (FILEminimizer).jpg

Turkey Oak (Quercus cerris)

Wasp Beetle 240526 (1) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Wasp Beetle

(Clytus arietis)

Goat's-beard

(Tragopogon pratensis)

Goatsbeard 240526 (FILEminimizer).JPG

Black-and-Yellow Longhorn Beetle 240526 (1) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Black-and-Yellow Longhorn Beetle

(Rutpela maculata)

Common Carder Bee

(Bombus pascuorum)

Common Carder Bumblebee 240526 (2).JPG

A small Cranefly

Phylidorea ferruginea

17th May

Acorn Weevil

(Curculio glandium)

Acorn Weevil 170526 (4) (FILEminimizer).jpg

Dasineura rosae 170526 (4) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Dasineura rosae 170526 (7) (FILEminimizer).JPG

The larvae of the midge Dasineura rosae causes galls on the leaves of various rose (Rosa) species.

Caddis Limnephilus auricula 170526 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Caddis

Limnephilus auricula

Phantom Cranefly

Ptychoptera albimana

Ptychoptera albimana 170526 (2) (FILEminimizer).jpg

Bug

Dryophilocoris flavoquadrimaculatus

Yellow Flag Iris

(Iris pseudacorus)

Flag Iris 170526 (FILEminimizer).JPG

Dryophilocoris flavoquadrimaculatus 170526 (1) (FILEminimizer).jpg

16th May

New
Record

Black-headed Cardinal Beetle

(Pyrochroa coccinea)

New
Record

Box-headed Mason Wasp

(Gymnomerus laevipes)

Red-headed Pine Spinner

(Acantholyda erythrocephala)

10th May

Mating Moths - Epiblema cynosbatella 100526 (2a) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Mating pair of Moths

Epiblema cynosbatella

New
Record

Fern

Adder's-tongue

(Ophioglossum vulgatum)

Adder's-tongue Fern 100526 (2a) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Scorpion Fly 100526 (2a) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Scorpion fly

(Panorpa germanica)

Azure Damselfly

(Coenagrion puella)

Azure Damselfly 100526 (2a) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Red-and-Black Froghopper 100526a (FILEminimizer).JPG

Red-and-black Froghopper

(Cercopis vulnerata)

Moth Larva

Mottled Umber

(Erannis defoliaria)

Mottled Umber Larva 100526 (1a) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Cranefly Tipula vernalis 100526 (3a) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Cranefly

Tipula vernalis

Beetle

Agapanthia villosoviridescens

Beetle Agapanthia villosoviridescens 100526 (2a) (FILEminimizer).JPG

2nd May

Green-winged Orchid

(Anacamptis morio)

Green-winged Orchid 020526 (1) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Royal Fern 020526 (FILEminimizer).JPG

Royal Fern

(Osmunda regalis)

Turtle Shieldbug Colin Pumfrett 300426.JPG

Turtle Shieldbug

(Podops inuncta)

30th April

New
Record

29th April

Moth Larva

Scarlet Tiger

(Callimorpha dominula)

Scarlet Tiger Moth Larva (Colin Pumfrett) 290426 (FILEminimizer).JPG

New
Record

26th April

Bogbean

(Menyanthes trifoliata)

Bogbean 250426 (1a) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Cuckooflower

(Cardamine pratensis)

Cuckooflower 260426a (FILEminimizer).JPG

Acalitus longisetosus Gall on Birch 260426 (3).JPG

Acalitus longisetosus
forms a red "rash" on the upper surface of birch leaves. The minute mites feed between short hairs that form the felt-like covering.

Spindle Ermine Moth Larvae 250426. (2a) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Nest of
Spindle Ermine Moth larvae

(Yponomeuta cagnagella)

24th April

Apple Fruit Weevil

(Tatianaerhynchites aequatus)

Apple Fruit Wevil (Colin Pumfrett) 240426 (FILEminimizer).JPG

19th April

Large Red Damselfly

(Pyrrhosoma nymphula)

Large Red Damselfly 190426 (2a) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Cranefly Tipula vittata 190426 (2a) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Cranefly

Tipula vittata

Hawthorn Leaf Beetle

(Lochmaea crataegi)

Hawthorn Leaf Beetle 190426 (3a) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Box Bug 1 (FILEminimizer).jpg

Box Bug

Gonocerus acuteangulatus

Cucumber spider

Araniella cucurbitina

Araniella cucurbitina.jpg

Epistrophe eligans female (FILEminimizer).jpg

Hoverfly

Epistrophe eligans

Hoverfly

Eristalis intricaria

Eristalis intricaria (FILEminimizer).JPG

Eupeodes luniger female (FILEminimizer).jpg

Hoverfly

Eupeodes luniger

Springbeauty

Claytonia perfoliata

Spring Beauty (FILEminimizer).JPG

Epistrophe nitidicollis (FILEminimizer).JPG

Hoverfly

Epistrophe nitidicollis

17th April

Thistle Tortoise Beetle

(Cassida rubiginosa)

Thistle Tortoise Beetle - Cassida rubiginosa 170426 (FILEminimizer).jpg

12th April

Speckled Wood

(Pararge aegeria)

Speckled Wood (EG) 120426 (2).JPG

Orange Ladybird 120426 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Orange Ladybird

(Halyzia sedecimguttata)

18-spot Ladybird (EG) 120426.JPG

18-Spot Ladybird

(Myrrha octodecimguttata)

New
Record

Cream-spot Ladybird 120426 (FILEminimizer).JPG

Cream-spot Ladybird

(Calvia quattuordecimguttata)

Pheasant

(Phasianus colchicus)

Pheasant 120426 (FILEminimizer).JPG

Greater Stitchwort 120426 (FILEminimizer).JPG

Greater Stitchwort

(Stellaria holostea)

Field Mouse-ear

Cerastium arvense

Field Mouse-ear (FILEminimizer).JPG

5th April

Marsh Marigolds 050426 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Marsh Marigold

Sallow Catkins

Sallow Catkins 050426 (FILEminimizer).JPG

Cowslip 190408 (FILEminimizer).JPG

Cowslips

starting to come out

Great Crested Grebe

Great Crested Grebe 050426 (3) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Canada Goose 050426 (FILEminimizer).JPG

Canada Goose

15th March

Suspected pair of Pike doing a bit of "Spring Courting"

Pike 150326 (1) (FILEminimizer).JPG

22nd February

Hart's-tongue Fern 220226 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Fern

Hart's-tongue

(Phyllitis scolopendrium)

Fungus

Scarlet Elfcup

(Sarcoscypha austriaca)

Fungus Scarlet Elfcup 220226 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Fungus

Turkeytail

(Trametes versicolor)

Fungus Turkeytail - Trametes versicolor 220226 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

24th January

MSQ Outlet Pipes 240126 (FILEminimizer).JPG

Outlet Pipes Flowing Well

Siskin E (FILEminimizer).JPG

Siskin feeding at top of an Alder.

17th February

Moles 170226 (FILEminimizer).JPG

Moles have been active

Primroses 170226 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Primroses

Shelduck 170226 (1) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Shelduck

Oystercatcher 170226 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Oystercatchers

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