Snettisham Beach
Snettisham High Tide Roost - 28/09/18
Larger versions of some of the swirling waders can be found in Birds Pleno
Knot (Calidris canuta)
Black Tailed Godwit and Knot
Dunlin
Knots landing
Bar Tailed Godwit
Dunlin
Sanderling
Black Tailed Godwit and Redshank
Sanderling
Oystercatcher
Ruff
Knot & Dunlin
Knot still in partial summer plumage
Ringed Plover
Dunlin
Sanderling
Sanderling
Carline Thistle
Scentless Mayweed
Sea Campion
Sticky Groundsel
Viper's Bugloss
Norfolk Field
Musk Mallow (Malva moschata)
Stone Curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus)
Welney
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
Strumpshaw Fen
Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni)
Common Darter (Sympetrum striolatum)
Guelder Rose all plump and delicious for Redwing & Fieldfare (Viburnum opulus)
Spindle (Euonymus europaeus)
Willow Emerald (Chalcolestes viridis)
&
Two
Pectoral Sandpipers
at
Buckenham Marsh
Cley
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Green Sandpiper (Tringa ocheropus)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Walsey Hills
?
This one would appear to have a broad face stripe indicating Eristalsis tenax. But, it doesn't seem to have the thickened hind tibia.
Eristalsis Sp
Need to get more head on shots to help with id.
?
Seems to suggest Heliophilus pendulus. Black band separates yellow between T2 and T3.
Seems to suggest Heliophilus pendulus. Black band separates yellow between T2 and T3.
Suggests H hybridus because the yellow front dusting extends to the ocellar triangle?
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
?
?
Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae)
Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
?
Cley
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Common Sandpiper (Actits hypoleucos)
Green Sandpiper (Tringa ocheropus)
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
Felbrigg
Sulphur Tuft (Hypholoma fasciculare)
?
False Deathcap (Amanita citrina)
Hanworth
Late instar Squash Bug.
Box Bug (Gonocerus acuteangulatus)
Possibly hadn't changed leaf in twenty-four hours.
Cranefly hidden away amongst the leaves.
Coenosia tigrina ?
Flesh Fly (Sarcophaga haemorrhoidalis)
Legionaire Sp ? Probably Murky-legged Black Legionnaire (Beris chalybata) Whitish halteres - long dirty orange legs with black feet.
Beris Sp Id guides from Nature Spot
Eristalsis Sp?
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
?
Ivy (Hedera helix)
Hanworth
Late instar of a Squashbug Sp ?
Just wouldn't turn enough for a picture of the back so unsure as to id?
But
Checking the book and looking more carefully it looks like the pattern on the thorax is a giveaway to
Myathropa florea?
Heliophilus Sp? Probably (H Pendulus)
Hoverfly?
Just so taken by the eyes.
Couldn't get the whole body picture.
Definite wing loop
Eristalsis Sp? Face not quite enough turned to be sure, but yellow front and middle tarsi suggest Eristalsis pertinax I think.
Ivy flowers (Hedera helix)
Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae)
Walsey Hills
Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae)
They only fly for a six week period.
FAQ from BWARS
Ivy (Hedera helix
Cley & Snipe's Marsh
Cley
Black Tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Flesh Fly (Sarcophaga bercaea)
Snipe's Marsh
Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
Probably Helophilus pendulus - front dusting stops abruptly, female abdomen comes to a conical point. Difficult to see the extent of the black on the hind tibia.
Common Reed (Phragmites communis)
Spotted Redshank (Tring erythropus)
Cley
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Scillonian - Cornwall
On the Way out to the Scillys.
Risso's Dolphin & Blue Fin Tuna
Sooty Shearwater & Storm Petrel
Lots of Manx Shearwaters & Gannets
One or two Fulmar
On the way back
7-9 Common Dolphin, Common Porpoise & Blue Fin Tuna
Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis)
2 Great Shearwater & 2 Sooty Shearwater.
Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Manx Shearwater (Puffins puffinus)
The Lizard - Cornwall
Herring Gulls waiting for the early morning snack.
A continues stream of thousands of Manx Shearwaters going east in the bay.
Every morning the cafe throws out the scraps to the huge delight of the gulls.
Just round the corner at Kynance Cove
Autumn Squill (Scilla autumnalis)
from
The Natural Lizard
Cornish Heath (Erica vagans)
Common Fleabane (Pulicaria dysenterica)
Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas)
Porthgwarra - Cornwall
Ling (Calluna vulgaris)
Sheep's Bit Scabious (Jasione montana)
Gorse (Ulex europaeus)
Harvestman Sp
Thrift (Armeria marítima)
Lichen Sp
Limorna Cove - Cornwall
Lesser Sea Spurrey (Spergularia marina)
Buck's-horn Plantain (Plantago coronopus)
Lichen Sp
Spider Sp
Shield Bug Sp
Hay Tor - Devon
And the view from the top looking North.
The old quarry
&
winch
Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus)
Fringed Water Lilly (Nymphoides peltata)
Gorse
Scaeva pyrastri
Eupeodes Sp?
Water Lily