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

Tag CloudKnot, Dunlin, BarTailedGodwit, BlacktailedGodwit, Ruff, Sanderling, Landscape, StickyGroundsel, Viper'sBugloss, ScentlessMayweed, CarlineThistle, RingedPlover, SeaCampion

Musk Mallow (Malva moschata)





Stone Curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus)

Tag CloudStoneCurlew, MuskMallow

House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)



Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)





Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)

Tag CloudHouseSparrow, TreeSparrow, WhooperSwan

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

Tag CloudBrimstone, GuelderRose, Spindle, CommonDarter, WillowEmerald

Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)



Green Sandpiper (Tringa ocheropus)









Wigeon (Anas penelope)

Tag CloudWigeon, GreenSandpiper, CommonSandpiper

?



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)







?

Tag CloudRedAdmiral, EristasisSp, HeliophilusSp, Hoverfly, IvyBee, HoneyBee

Buzzard (Buteo buteo)



















Common Sandpiper (Actits hypoleucos)



Green Sandpiper (Tringa ocheropus)









Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)

Tag CloudGreenSandpiper, CommonSandpiper, Buzzard, GreyWagtail

Sulphur Tuft (Hypholoma fasciculare)



?



False Deathcap (Amanita citrina)

Tag CloudSulphurTuft

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)

Tag CloudBoxBug, CraneFly, Coenosiatigrina, FleshFly, LegionnaireSp, EristalsisSp, Wasp, Ivy

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)

Tag CloudHoverfly, Squashbug, Ivy, IvyBee

Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae)

They only fly for a six week period.

FAQ from BWARS



Ivy (Hedera helix

Tag CloudIvy, IvyBee

Tag CloudRedThroatedDiver

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)

Tag CloudSpottedRedshank, BlacktailedGodwit, Buzzard, Wigeon, GreenSandpiper, CommonReed , Hoverfly, Cley

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)

Tag CloudLandscape, Gannet, CommonDolphin, ManxShearwater

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)

Tag CloudLandscape, HerringGull, CornishHeath, AutumnSquill, SmallCopper, CommonFleabane

Ling (Calluna vulgaris)









Sheep's Bit Scabious (Jasione montana)



Gorse (Ulex europaeus)







Harvestman Sp



Thrift (Armeria marítima)



Lichen Sp

Tag CloudLandscape, Thrift , Gorse, Sheep'sBitScabious

Tag CloudMouseholeRockPools

Lesser Sea Spurrey (Spergularia marina)



Buck's-horn Plantain (Plantago coronopus)








Lichen Sp





Spider Sp



Shield Bug Sp

Tag CloudLandscape, LesserSeaSpurrey, Buck'sHornPlantain, ShieldBug, LichenSp, SpiderSp

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

Tag CloudLandscape, Bilberry, Hoverfly, WaterLilly, FringedWaterLilly, ScaevaSp, EupeodesSp