Pallas's Warbler, Holme NWT, 14th October 2020
Red-flanked Bluetail, Holme village car park, 14th October 2020
Wednesday 14 October 2020
Friday 2 October 2020
Blyth's Reed Warbler at Holme
Blyth's Reed Warbler, Holme NOA, 1st October 2020 - the first for the patch.
Monday 13 July 2020
Off Patch: Seven from Courtyard Farm
Gatekeeper, Courtyard Farm, 13th July 2020
Eucosma hohenwartiana, Courtyard Farm, 13th July 2020
Common Stiletto, Thereva nobilitata, Courtyard Farm, 13th July 2020
Stripe-legged Robberfly Dioctria baumhaueri, Courtyard Farm, 13th July 2020
Large Scabious Mining Bee, Andrea hattorfiana, Courtyard Farm, 13th July 2020
Brassy Longhorn, Nemophora metallica, Courtyard Farm, 13th July 2020
Forester, Adscita statices, Courtyard Farm, 13th July 2020
A walk at Ringstead Downs
I visited Ringstead Downs today to walk my weekly butterfly transect. This year there are carpets of sweet-smelling Lady's Bedstraw but some plants such as Small Scabious seem to be less abundant than previous years. I found 3 small plants of White Horehound and about 25 small plants of Basil Thyme in flower.
Basil Thyme
Ringlets are very numerous at the moment, especially in the long grass on the south-east bank. Also good numbers of Meadow Brown and Small/Essex Skippers. This week I had 5 fresh Commas on the transect. Last week I found a Comma perched on a dead Pheasant amongst the scarab beetles.
Comma
Today, although quite common, it was nice to see an Ear Moth feeding on Small Scabious (difficult to photograph as the flowers were blowing in the wind).
Ear Moth
Basil Thyme
Ringlets are very numerous at the moment, especially in the long grass on the south-east bank. Also good numbers of Meadow Brown and Small/Essex Skippers. This week I had 5 fresh Commas on the transect. Last week I found a Comma perched on a dead Pheasant amongst the scarab beetles.
Comma
Today, although quite common, it was nice to see an Ear Moth feeding on Small Scabious (difficult to photograph as the flowers were blowing in the wind).
Ear Moth
Monday 29 June 2020
Holmhurst Track, 27th June
Orange-spot Piercer, Pammene aurana, Holmhurst Track, 27th June 2020
Ellipteroides lateralis, Holmhurst track, 27th June 2020
Banded General, Stratiomys potamida, Holmhurst track, 27th June 2020
Saturday 20 June 2020
Off Patch: Dingy White Plume
Dingy White Plume Merrifieldia baliodactylus, Narborough NWT, 19th June 2020
Monday 15 June 2020
Pirri-pirri-bur at Ringstead Downs
While walking my butterfly transect at Ringstead Downs today I noticed a patch of Pirri-pirri-bur Acaena novae-zelandiae on the north-west bank. I hadn't noticed it previously when it was in flower but the fruits, with their barbed red spines are very distinctive. It is believed that the Pirri-pirri-bur came to this country via wool from Australia and New Zealand in about 1900.
Thursday 4 June 2020
Off Patch: Violet Black-legged Robberfly
Violet Black-legged Robberfly, Dioctria atricapilla, Warham Camp, 18th May 2020
Off Patch: unlocked at Narborough
Cryptocephalus aureolus, Narborough NWT, 20th May 2020
The Sawfly Cephus pygmaeus, Narborough NWT, 20th May 2020
Black-striped Longhorn, Stenurella melanura, Narborough NWT, 20th May 2020
The Sawfly Cephus pygmaeus, Narborough NWT, 20th May 2020
Black-striped Longhorn, Stenurella melanura, Narborough NWT, 20th May 2020
Laced Border, Narborough NWT, 20th May 2020
Seven from Ringstead Downs, 20th May 2020
Xanthogramma pedissequm, female, Ringstead Downs, May 23rd 2020
Myathropa florea, female, Ringstead Downs, May 23rd 2020
Elm-grass root aphid gall, Tetraneuri ulmi, Ringsted Downs, 23rd May 2020
Broad-bodied Chaser, Ringsted Downs, 23rd May 2020
Rhopalus subrufus, Ringstead Downs, 23rd May 2020
Volucella bombylans, Ringstead Downs, May 23rd 2020
Common Malachite Beetle, Malachis bipustulatus, Ringstead Downs, 23rd May 2020
Myathropa florea, female, Ringstead Downs, May 23rd 2020
Elm-grass root aphid gall, Tetraneuri ulmi, Ringsted Downs, 23rd May 2020
Broad-bodied Chaser, Ringsted Downs, 23rd May 2020
Rhopalus subrufus, Ringstead Downs, 23rd May 2020
Volucella bombylans, Ringstead Downs, May 23rd 2020
Common Malachite Beetle, Malachis bipustulatus, Ringstead Downs, 23rd May 2020
Solomon's Seal Sawfly
Solomon's Seal Sawfly, Phymatocera aterrima, female, Ringstead Downs, 23rd May 2020
Common Red-legged Robberfly
Common Red-legged Robberfly, Dioctria rufipes, Ringstead Downs, May 23rd 2020
Off Patch: Golden-haired Robberfly
Golden-haired Robberfly, Choerades marginatus, Blo' Norton, 1st June 2020
Fen Snout
Fen Snout, Nemotelus pantherinus, male, New Fen, Little Ouse Headwaters, 1st June 2020
Fen Snout, Nemotelus pantherinus, female, New Fen, Little Ouse Headwaters, 1st June 2020
Fen Snout, Nemotelus pantherinus, female, New Fen, Little Ouse Headwaters, 1st June 2020
Off Patch: six spectacular beetles
Cryptocephalus moraei, New Fen, Little Ouse Headwaters, 1st June 2020
Spruce Shortwing Beetle, Molorchus minor, Swanton Novers Great Wood, 3rd June 2020
Oak Leaf-roller Weevil, Attelabus nitens, Swanton Novers Great Wood, 3rd June
Small Poplar Borer, Saperda populnea, Swanton Novers Great Wood, 3rd June 2020
Hazel Leaf-roller Weevil, Apoderus coryli, Swanton Novers Great Wood, 3rd June 2020
Tobacco-coloured Longhorn, Alosterna tobacicolor, Swanton Novers Great Wood, 3rd June 2020
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