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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

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Red-legged Shieldbug - Final Instar

Clouded Border (FILEminimizer).JPG

Clouded Border moth

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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

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Stachys sylvaticus

Hedge Woundwort (FILEminimizer).JPG
Spear Thistle Lacebug - Tingis cardui.JPG

Spear Thistle Lacebug

 

 

Tingis cardui

Broad Centurian (FILEminimizer).JPG

Broad Centurian

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Chloromyia formosa

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

Moth

A well marked
Large Yellow Underwing

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(Noctua pronuba)
 

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

Fly


Pipiza austriaca (female)

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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

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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

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Limnephilus auricula
 

Phantom Cranefly

Ptychoptera albimana
 

Ptychoptera albimana 170526 (2) (FILEminimizer).jpg

Bug

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Dryophilocoris  flavoquadrimaculatus
 

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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

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(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

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Gonocerus acuteangulatus

Cucumber spider

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Araniella cucurbitina

Araniella cucurbitina.jpg
Epistrophe eligans female (FILEminimizer).jpg

Hoverfly

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Epistrophe eligans

Hoverfly

 

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Eristalis intricaria

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Eristalis intricaria (FILEminimizer).JPG
Eupeodes luniger female (FILEminimizer).jpg

Hoverfly

 

Eupeodes luniger

Springbeauty

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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

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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

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Scarlet Elfcup

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(Sarcoscypha austriaca)

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

Fungus

Turkeytail

(Trametes versicolor)

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

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

24th January

MSQ Outlet Pipes 240126 (FILEminimizer).JPG

Outlet Pipes Flowing Well

Siskin E (FILEminimizer).JPG

Siskin feeding at top of an Alder.

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