Three beasties from under Hunstanton cliffs

The ground bug Taphropeltus contractus, Hunstanton Cliffs, 31st December 2018

Rosy Woodlouse Androniscus dentiger, Hunstanton Cliffs, 31st December 2018

Dung Beetle Aphodius sphacalatus, Hunstanton Cliffs, 31st December 2018

A sawfly found earlier this year

Pachyprotasis rapae, female, Holmhurst Track, 24th June 2018

A festive gall

The pink-purple gall in the form of a swollen, rolled-up leaf of Red Valerian - to be seen all around Hunstanton

The nymph of the gall-causer, the Psylloid bug Trioxa centranthi

Birds in the Harbour

Black-tailed Godwit, Thornham Harbour, 13th December 2018

Twite, Thornham Harbour, 13th December 2018

Curlew, Thornham Harbour, 13th December 2018

Great Black-backed Gull

Great Black-backed Gull, Holme NWT, 9th December 2018

A new Fungus and a new Agromyzid fly for the patch

Liriomyza amoena mine in Elder, Holme Marsh, 10th December 2018

White-egg Bird's Nest Crucibulum laeve, Holme NWT, 2nd December 2018

A December Natterjack with a appetite!

1st December 2018

   A very mild evening at Holme (11 degrees) sent me out looking for a December natterjack toad. A walk round The Firs car park soon found one, and was clearly very hungry, taking on a large lobworm.

   I took a few shots of it as it was starting it's meal, but left it in peace to walk further up the track. On returning ten minutes later it looked like a truce had been called, with a fed up looking natterjack and a worm gloating nearby.