Wistman's Wood - Devon
Wistman's Wood
High altitude Oakwood on Dartmoor festooned with mosses, lichen & ferns.
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Minsmere - Suffolk
Horned Poppy seed heads. (Glaucium flavum)
Sea Kale (Crambe marítima)
Sea Sandwort (Honckenya peploides)
A very different perspective.
All of the above taken with the 500f4 + 1.4 converter.
30+ Little Gulls (I superb juvenile)
Spotted Redshank
Green Sandpiper
Whimbrel overhead
1 Whinchat
&
Semi Palmated Sandpiper
Gramborough Hill
A young Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) skulking about in the Elder.
also
Whitethroat.
Oare Marshes - Kent
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
Malling Down - Sussex
Eyebright (Euphrasia officinalis)
Field Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)
Dwarf Thistle (Cirsium acaule)
Wild Marjoram (Origanum vulgare)
Amberley Wild Brooks - Sussex
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)
Levin Down - Sussex
Clustered Bellflower (Campanula glomerata)
Greater Knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa)
Round Headed Rampion (Phyteuma orbiculare)
Stemless Thistle (Cirsium acaule)
Carline Thistle (Carlina vulgaris)
Farlington Marshes - Hampshire
The Point
The Point
The Lake
The Point
Mill Lawn Brook - New Forest
Beautiful Damoiselle (Calopteryx virgo)
Common Darter (Sympetrum striolatum)
Fringed Water Lilly (Nymphoides peltata)
Keeled Skimmer (Orthetrum coerulescens)
White Legged Damselfly (Platycnemis pennipes)
Stoney Cross - Hampshire
Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas)
Just couldn't find a Bog Orchid though.
Holy Island - Northumberland
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.
Woodwalton Fen - Canbridgeshire
Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni)
Common Hawker - Female (Aeshna juncea)
Marmalade Fly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Heliophilus Sp?
Williamston - Northumberland
Down among the tress by the banks of the river.
Dune (The Tyne) Helleborine (Epipactis dunensis subsp tynensis )
Bishop Middleham Quarry - Durham
Chalk Fragrant Orchid (Gymnadenia conopsea)
Dark Red Helleborine (Epipactis atrorubens)
Salthouse-Gramborough Hill
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)
Cley
Grayling (Hipparchia semele)
Horned Poppy (Glaucium flavum)
&
Whimbrel overhead calling.
Portland - Dorset
Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis)
Viper's Bugloss (Echium vulgare)
Yellow Wort (Blackstonia perfoliata)
Fontmell Down - Dorset
Common Spotted Orchid (Dactylorhiza fuschii)
Dark green Fritiallary (Argynnis aglaja)
Marbled White (Melanargia galathea)
Fontmell Down - Wiltshire
Common Spotted Orchid (Dactylorhiza fuschii)
Dark Green Fritillary (Argynnis aglaja)
Marbled White (Melanargia galathea)
Holy Island in fifty mile an hour winds
Just too windy for the Orchids in the dunes today.
Cheviots
Mountain Male Fern (Dryopteris oreades)
After the fifty - sixty miles and hour winds yesterday, shredded leaves found their way into many nooks and crannies.
Common Sandpiper on the river (Actitis hypoleucos)
Dipper and Grey Wagtail too.
Staple Island - Northumberland - Razorbill - Grey Seal - Fulmar
Razorbill (Alca torda)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus)
Staple Island - Northumberland - Kittiwake
Kittiwake (Rissa tridattila)
Staple Island - Northumberland - Puffins
Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Staple Island - Northumberland- Guillemot
Staple Island - The Farnes
Guillemot (Uria aalge)
Bempton Cliffs - Yorkshire - Kittiwakes & Puffins
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Langdon Beck - Yorkshire
Globe Flower (Trollius europaeus)
Lady's Mantle Sp (Alchemilla Sp)
Mollyblobs (Caltha palustris)
Marsh Thistle (Cirsium palustre)
Scurvy Grass Sp
?
Water Avens (Geum rivale)
Hutton Roof - Cumbria
Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)
Bracken Fronds unfurling (Pteridium aquilinum)
Common Mouse-ear (Cerastium fontanum)
Maidenhair Spleenwort (Asplenium trichomanes)
Wall Rue (Aspenium ruta-muraria)
Hard Shield Fern (Polystichum aculeatum)
Green Hairstreak (Callophrys rubi)
Guelder Rose (Viburnum oculus)
Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium scolopendrium)
?
?
Low Force - Yorkshire
Mountain Everlasting (Antennaria dioica)
Heath Spotted Orchid ( Dactylorhiza maculata)
Milkwort (Polygala vulgaris)
Wild Thyme (Thymus polytrichus)
Pyrenean Scurvygrass (Cochlearia pyrenaica)
?
Pansy (Viola Sp)
Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
&
Grey Wagtails
Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) in the Hay Meadows
Arkengarthdale - Yorkshire
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Raw material for a winter sock attached to his leg.
I was too slow for the youngster that was with him/her.
The plaintive cry of the Curlew rang throughout this valley.
The piping calls of Oystercatcher.
The strange point calls of Red Grouse to their young.
Redshank
&
a pair of
Short Eared Owls
Haws Sandscale - Cumbria
Common Spotted Orchid (Dactylorhiza fuschii)
Creeping Willow (Salix repens)
Early Marsh Orchid (Dactylorhiza incarnata sap coccinea)
Variegated Horsetail (Equisitum variegatum)
Kidney Vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria)
Heath Speedwell (Veronica officinalis)
Marsh Thistle (Cirsium palustre)
Northern Marsh Orchid (Dactylorhiza pupurella)
Pansy Sp (Viola Sp)
Sea Holly (Eryngium maritimum)
Wintergreen
Coral Root Orchid (Corallorhiza trifida)
Foulney Island - Cumbria
The weather tower on Foulney Island
This particular plant has Campion Anther Smut (Microbotryum violaceum)
Thanks to Ian Senior @Ians4AD who posted a similar explanatory picture.
Sea Campion (Silene uniflora)
Sea Kale (Crambe marítima)
Sea Plantain (Plantago marítima)
Female Eider on take off
Male Eider in the sunshine.
Roas island
Roas and Piel Island
Looking towards Piel Island from Foulney Island
In the middle of reading Mark Cocker's new book 'Our Place'. Sadly this morning provided another example of the devastation caused over the last 60 years.
I met two fisherman who had been coming to Foulney Island since they were young boys. 60 years ago.
They had to delicately pick their way over the tern nests in those days to get to the fishing spots.
The whole Island inundated with all the British breeding species at that time.
Sandwich, Common. Arctic, Little & Roseate
Over the years that has dwindled to about 20+ pairs of Little terns and about 30+ pairs of Arctic Terns.
All the breeding areas are now encircled by electric fences because of predation by rats and weasels.
Anything that attempts to nest outside the fences is quickly despatched by said predators.
Fishing inspectors wait at then end of Island to check their fishing bags in case they try to keep any fish they have caught.
That is now against the law.
Arnside - Lancashire
Common Scurvy Grass (Cochleara officinalis)
Thrift (Armeria marítima)
Solomon's Seal (Polygonatum hybridum)
Gait Barrows - Lancashire
Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus
Yew (Taxus beccata)
Ash (Fraxinus excelsior)
Juniper (Juniperus communis)
Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia)
Lady's Slipper Orchid (Crypripedium calceolus)
Biting Stonecrop (Sedum acre)
Rock Rose (Helianthemum nummularium)
Herb Paris (Paris quadrifolia)
Dropwort (Filipendula vulgaris)
Wood Melick (Melica uniflora)
Welsh Poppy (Mecanopsis cambrica)
Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium scolopendrium)
Hard Shield Fern (Polystichum aculeatum)
Dark Red Helleborine (Epipactis atrorubens)
Adder's Tongue Fern (Ophioglossum vulgate))
Northern Marsh Orchid (Dactylorhiza purpurella)
Hayrattle (Rhinanthus minor)
Bempton Cliffs - Yorkshire - Guillemots & Razorbills
Guillemot (Uria aalge)
Razorbill (Alca torda)
Mount Caburn - East Sussex
Hound's Tongue (Cynoglossum officinalis)
Crosswort (Cruciata laevipes)
Milkwort (Polygala vulgaris)
Burnt-tip Orchid (Orchis ustulata)
Lower Wood Ashwellthorpe
Fascinated by the edge of the leaf, but failed to get the complete picture that would allow identification.
Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta)
A small bug with a Bluebell to climb.
Lesser Celandine (Ficaria verna)
Cuckoo Pint (Arum maculatum)
Early Purple Orchid (Orchis mascula)
Ramsons (Allium ursinum)
Greater Stitchwort (Stellaria holostea)
Common Dog Violet (Viola raviniana)
Shame about the bit of grass but superb markings
Cuckoo Bee (Nomada flava probably)
but
apparently you need a microscope to be absolutely sure.