Marmalade Fly (Episyrphus balteatus)







Sphaerophora Sp Female

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Young Shellduck bathing. (Tadorna tadorna)





Mallard bathing. (Anas platyrhynchos)





Green Sandpiper (Tringa ocheropus)

&
Wood Sandpiper
Little Ringed Plover
Spoonbill

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A party of Golden Plover in summer plumage.

3 Curlew Sandpiper
2 Little Stint
2 Whimbrel
Green Sandpiper
Spotted Redshank

&

Bonaparte's Gull
on the mud

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Eyebright (Euphrasia officinalis)



Field Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)



Dwarf Thistle (Cirsium acaule)



Wild Marjoram (Origanum vulgare)

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Roesel's Bush Cricket (Metrioptera roesellii)





Short-winged Cone-head (Concephalus dorsalis)



Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonius)









Meadow Sweet (Filipendula ulmaria))



Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)



Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense)

Tag CloudLandscape, PurpleLoosestrife, Roesel'sBushCricket, Short-wingedCone-head

Clustered Bellflower (Campanula glomerata)





Greater Knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa)





Round Headed Rampion (Phyteuma orbiculare)



Stemless Thistle (Cirsium acaule)








Carline Thistle (Carlina vulgaris)

Tag CloudLandscape, ClusteredBellflower, CarlineThistle, RoundHeadedRampion, StemlessThistle

The Point





The Point



The Lake



The Point

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Beautiful Damoiselle (Calopteryx virgo)







Common Darter (Sympetrum striolatum)





Fringed Water Lilly (Nymphoides peltata)







Keeled Skimmer (Orthetrum coerulescens)





White Legged Damselfly (Platycnemis pennipes)

Tag CloudLandscape, BeautifukDemoiselle, KeeledSkimmer, WhiteLeggedDamselfly

Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas)

Just couldn't find a Bog Orchid though.

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On a small stream nr Minsted
About ten males and one female















Beautiful Demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo)

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Violet Helleborine (Epipactis purpurata)

Only about four left with decent flowers.

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Up to five Green Sandpipers (Tringa ocheropus) scittering about.









Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)

































































Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)

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Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonus)



Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)

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Four spikes tucked between the shed and the water butt.






Tow spikes between the Mahonia and the Purple stemmed Philadelphus


Two more spikes than last year.

Broad Leaved Helleborine (Epipactis helleborine)

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Marsh Harrier - Juvenile (Circus aeruginosus)



Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)



Black Tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)











A Sun Bittern in disguise



Whimbrel bathing (Numenius phaeopus)









Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)



Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba)

Tag CloudMarshHarrier, Spoonbill, GreenSandpiper, BlacktailedGodwit, Whimbrel

Not a swan but a rather beautiful young Avocet.

Avocet (Recurvirostra avocetta)













Wonderful wing contortions of the Juvenile Black headed Gull

Black Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)

































Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)













Glorious wing markings of the Juvenile Med Gulls

Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus)









Ruff (Philomacus pugnax)



Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)

Tag CloudBlackHeadedGull, MediterraneanGull, LesserYellowlegs, Avocet, SpottedRedshank, Ruff

Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni)









Common Hawker - Female (Aeshna juncea)



Marmalade Fly (Episyrphus balteatus)



Heliophilus Sp?

Tag CloudLandscape, Brimstone, CommonDarter, MarmaladeFly, Hoverfly, CommonHawker

Black tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)



Chicory (Cichorium intybus)



Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus)





Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)













Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)



Reed Warbler & Sedge Warbler











Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)



Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum)


3 Yellow Wagtails
Spotted Redshank
2 Little Gulls
Greenshank
Whimbrel
Common Sandpiper
Spoonbill

Tag CloudLittleRingedPlover, ReedWarbler, SedgeWarbler, Chicory, Teasle, BrownHare, BlacktailedGodwit

Bog Pimpernel



Bog Pimpernel (Anagallis tenella) & Variegated Horsetail (Equisetum variegatum)






Common Spotted Orchid (Dactylorhiza fuschii)



Creeping Willow (Salix repens)



?







Mare's Tail (Hippuris vulgaris)











Marsh Helleborine (Epipactis palustris)



Marsh Thistle (Cirsium palustre)







Northern Marsh Orchid ( Dactylorhiza purpurella) ?



Brookweed (Samolus parviflorus)



Sliverweed (Potentilla anserina)






Shoreweed (Littorella uniflora)



?

But the Holy Island Helleborine is conspicuous by it's absence.
Where ?
Another year.

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Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus)





Hare's Tail Cotton Grass (Eriophorum vaginatum)

Border Mires. A conservation history.

With so little rain the mire here was almost completely dry. The pond at the top of Falstone Moss was a shadow of its usual self.



Ling (Calluna vulgaris) just about to come into flower.



?

Down by the road





Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium)



Sneezewort (Achillea ptarmica)







Thistle Sp (Cirsium Sp)


and
a
spider
covered in mites?

Tag CloudBilberry, Ling, Sneezewort, CottonGrass

Down among the tress by the banks of the river.



















Dune (The Tyne) Helleborine (Epipactis dunensis subsp tynensis )

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Chalk Fragrant Orchid (Gymnadenia conopsea)



























Dark Red Helleborine (Epipactis atrorubens)

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Sea Lavender (Limonium vulgar)



Linnet (Linaria cannabina)





Whitethroat parent still with the odd snatch of song.





Young Whitethroat hiding in the Elder.



Still feeding the young ones.



A young Whitethroat, much fresher and browner on the back.



Working hard to catch flies for pretty much fully fledged youngsters.
You can see the damage to the flight feathers from a long summer of breeding.





Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)










Gramborough Hill

and just down the road at The Iron Road









Sphaerophoria Sp

Stephen Falk's Sphaerophoria Flicker page.







Wild Celery (Apium graveolens)

Tag CloudLandscape, Linnet, Whitethroat, SeaLavender, WildCelery, SphaerophoraSp, Hoverfly

Four Spotted Chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata)



Ruddy Darter - Female (Sympetrum sanguineum)

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Bladderwort (Utricularia vulgaris)



Frogbit (Hydrocharis morsus-rannae)



Heliophilus Sp (Possibly H hybridus - Male ?)





Norfolk Hawker (Aeshna isosceles)



Tubular Water Dropwort (Oenanthe fistulosa)

&

Hobby

Tag CloudBladderwort, Frogbit, Hoverfly, HeliophilusSp, NorfolkHawker, TubularWaterDropwort

Centaury (Centaurium erythraea)



Marram Grass (Ammophila arenaria)







Prickly Saltwort (Kali turgidum)





Sea Holly (Eryngium marítima)







Sea Rocket (Cakile marítima)







Sea Sandwort seed pods. (Honckenya pepoides)

Tag CloudSeaHolly, PricklySaltwort, MarramGrass, Centaury, SeaSandwort, SeaHolly

Grayling (Hipparchia semele)











Horned Poppy (Glaucium flavum)

&

Whimbrel overhead calling.

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Greater Knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa)



Common Green Lacewing (Chrysoperla carnea)







Scaeva Sp (probably the common one Scaeva pyrastri)







Plumose aristide



You can just make out the re-entrant outer cross vein.

A furry Bumble Bee mimic. Probably a female. Resembles Bombus lucorum.

Volucella bombylans (The yellow form)

Stephen Falk's Volucella bombylans page on Flicker

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Bramble & Friend





Helophilus Sp? Possibly (Helophilus pendulus)





White Admiral (Limenitis camilla)

















White Letter Hairstreak (Satyrium w-album)

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Comma (Polygonia c-album)









Possibly Syrphus ribesii ?

Stephen Falk's Syrphus ribesii page on Flicker





Syrphus Sp??



Female



Male



Male



Female

Great Pied Hoverfly (Volucella pellucens)

Stephen Falk's Volucella pellucens Flicker page.







Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)







Beaded Chrysotoxum (Chrysotoxum festivum)







Yellow & Black Longhorn Beetle (Rutpela maculata)







Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)



Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus)







Silver Washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia)





















White Admiral (Limentis camilla)





White Letter Hairstreak (Satyrium w-album)





Eristalsis arbustorum possibly ?

Diffuse mark on the stigma. Dark, thick hind metatarsus. Wing loop present.



Eristalsis intricaria possibly?

Tag CloudRedAdmiral, Hoverfly, WhiteAdmiral , Comma, Ringlet, EristalsisSp, SyrphusSp, WesternHoneyBee, GreatPiedHoverfly, WhiteLetterHairstreak, BeadedChrysotoxum, Yellow&BlackLonghornBeetle