The reserve is looking fantastic at the moment. Here are the highlights:
Painted Lady 1,
Marbled White 6,
Meadow Brown 1,
Large Skipper 1.
Common Lizard - 6 on sleepers including 2 black ones.
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| Common Lizard |
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| Painted Lady |
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| Large Skipper |
Common Whitethroat - 1 singing,
Blackcap 1 along stony path,
Chiffchaff 2,
Long-tailed Tit c6 (family party),
Greenfinch,
Goldfinch 3.
Speckled Bush Cricket,
Cheilosia hoverfly,
Red-tailed Bumblebee,
Common Carder Bee and several
Honey Bees around. The bug
Leptopterna dolabrata and a
Cleg Fly. Also
Cryptocephalus sp. beetle.
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| Cryptocephalus sp. beetle |
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| Speckled Bush-cricket |
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| Leptopterna dolabrata |
At Fairlawn Road there were a couple of
Tree Bumblebees, an
Early Bumblebee, the bug
Rhopalus subrufus, a Nursery-web Spider and a couple of Ladybird larvae (probably
Harlequin).
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| Nursery-web Spider |
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| Harlequin larva |
Highlights at St Andrews Road were
Yellow Rattle flowers in the meadow,
Large Red and
Azure Damselflies and a
Speckled Wood butterfly.
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| Yellow Rattle |
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| Speckled Wood |
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