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

Silverfish

Silverfish, Lepisma saccarina, our bathroom, Hunstanton, 30th March 2020

Some invertebrates at Ringstead Downs

Two of the four Yellow-barred Longhorn Moths which were dancing around nettles.

Mother Shipton Moth

Ichneumon Amblyteles armatorius ?

Moth eggs on underside of Turkey Oak leaf

Dicyphus pallicornis - a new myrid plant bug for the patch

Dicyphus pallicornis on Foxglove, Hunstanton 10th March 2015

A Sun-star

Its not often I find this species washed up on the shore but I found two on Monday at Holme and one today, Tuesday, at Old Hunstanton. The Dogwhelk eggs caught my eye too and amongst the many dead flatfish on the shore were one or two Plaice, which we failed to record last year for some reason.

 Common Sun-star, Crossaster papposus, Holme NWT, 2nd February 2015

Dogwhelk Nucella lapillus eggs on a mussel shell, Holme NWT, 2nd February 2015

Plaice Plueronectes platessa, Old Hunstanton, 2nd February 2015

Pretty Polly !

The Hunstanton and Holme shore today was littered with razor shells, dead crabs and vast amounts of hornwrack following the strong onshore winds of the weekend. Unsuprisingly, it was frequented by a large number of gulls, including an adult Mediterranean Gull wearing a lime green darvic. Amongst the flotsam and jetsam were hundreds of conical sand tubes, made by the Polychaete Pectinaria koreni. 

Tubes of Pectinaria koreni, Holme NWT, 2nd February 2015

Tubes of Pectinaria koreni, Holme NWT, 2nd February 2015

This photograph shows a live Pectinaria koreni, taken on the shore at Hunstanton on 6th April 2012

Summaries for 2014. Part 9. Other animal taxa

Between us we recorded 43 'other' animal species on the patch in 2014 - a Leech, 2 Polychaetes, 2 Amphipods, 3 Decapods, 8 Isopods, a Mysid, 2 Barnacles, a Collembolan, a Scorpionfly, a Lacewing, a Caddisfly, 2 Stoneflies, a flea, a Silverfish, 4 Bryozoans, 2 Jellyfish, 2 Anemones, 4 Hydrozoans, a Ctenophoran, 2 Urchins and a Starfish.

Phylum/Class	Order	Taxon	Vernacular	First patch
			(incomplete)	record
Annelida/Clitellata	Arhynchobdellida	Erpobdella testacea	A carnivorous leech	23.06.2014
Annelida/Polychaeta	Capitellida	Arenicola marina	Lugworm	28.12.2014
Annelida/Polychaeta	Orbiniida	Scoloplos armiger		08.03.2014
Arthropoda/Crustacea	Amphipoda	Bathyporeia sarsi		08.09.2014
Arthropoda/Crustacea	Amphipoda	Talitrus saltator	Sand-hopper	02.03.2014
Arthropoda/Crustacea	Decapoda	Macropodia rostrata	Long-legged Spider Crab	08.09.2014
Arthropoda/Crustacea	Decapoda	Hyas araneus	Great Spider Crab	06.12.2014
Arthropoda/Crustacea	Decopoda	Crangon crangon	Common Shrimp	11.08.2014
Arthropoda/Crustacea	Isopoda	Porcellio scaber		27.10.2014
Arthropoda/Crustacea	Isopoda	Asellus aquaticus	Water Louse	03.11.2014
Arthropoda/Crustacea	Isopoda	Idotea linearis		01.06.2014
Arthropoda/Crustacea	Isopoda	Trichoniscus pusillus		01.03.2014
Arthropoda/Crustacea	Isopoda	Philoscia muscorum		30.12.2014
Arthropoda/Crustacea	Isopoda	Oniscus asellus		03.03.2014
Arthropoda/Crustacea	Isopoda	Lakanesphaera rugicauda		15.09.2014
Arthropoda/Crustacea	Isopoda	Armadilidium vulgare		01.03.2014
Arthropoda/Crustacea	Mysida	Praunus flexuosus	Chameleon Shrimp	08.09.2014
Arthropoda/Crustacea	Sessilia	Balanus balanus	Barnacle	21.12.2014
Arthropoda/Crustacea	Sessilia	Elminius modestus	Barnacle	21.12.2014
Arthropoda/Entognatha	Collembola	Orchesella cincta	A springtail	20.11.2014
Arthropoda/Insecta	Mecoptera - Scorpionflies	Panorpa germanica/communis/cognata	Scorpion Fly	27.04.2014
Arthropoda/Insecta	Neuroptera - Lacewings	Chrysoperla carnea		27.10.2014
Arthropoda/Insecta	Plecoptera - Stoneflies	Leuctra fusca		17.10.2014
Arthropoda/Insecta	Plecoptera - Stoneflies	Nemurella pictetii (ex- inconspicua)		17.10.2014
Arthropoda/Insecta	Siphonaptera - fleas	Hystrichopsylla talpae talpae		10.11.2014
Arthropoda/Insecta	Trichoptera - Caddisflies	Limnephilus lunatus		03.11.2014
Arthropoda/Insecta	Zygentoma - Silverfish	Lapisma saccharina	Silverfish	21.03.2014
Bryozoa/Gymnolaemata	Cheilostomata	Bugula plumosa		08.03.2014
Bryozoa/Gymnolaemata	Cheilostomata	Flustra foliacea	Hornwrack	02.03.2014
Bryozoa/Gymnolaemata	Ctenostomatidea	Alcyonidium diaphanum	Sea Chervil	02.03.2014
Bryozoa/Gymnolaemata	Ctenostomatidea	Vesicularia spinosa		13.12.2014
Cnidaria/Anthozoa	Actiniaria	Sagartia elegans	An anemone	15.09.2014
Cnidaria/Anthozoa	Alcyonacea	Alcyonium digitatum	Dead Men's Fingers	06.12.2014
Cnidaria/Hydrozoa	Leptothecata	Nemertesia antennina	Sea Beard	06.12.2014
Cnidaria/Hydrozoa	Leptothecata	Abietinaria abietina	A feather-fan hydroid	28.12.2014
Cnidaria/Hydrozoa	Leptothecata	Amphisbetia operculata		28.12.2014
Cnidaria/Hydrozoa	Leptothecata	Sertularia cupressina	Whiteweed	06.12.2014
Cnidaria/Scyphozoa	Semaeostomeae	Chrysaora hysoscella	Compass Jellyfish	11.08.2014
Cnidaria/Scyphozoa	Semaeostomeae	Aurelia aurita	Common Jellyfish	11.06.2014
Ctenophora/Tentaculata	Cydippida	Pleurobrachia pileus	Sea Gooseberry	???
Echinodermata/Echinoidea	Camarodonta	Psammechinus miliaris	Sea Urchin	10.02.2014
Echinodermata/Echinoidea	Spatangoida	Echinocardium cordatum	Sea potato	29.11.2014

Echinodermata/Asteroidea

Forcipulata

Asterias rubens

Common Starfish

15.09.2014

Beasts of the salty depths

Greater Pipefish, Holme NWT, 3rd November 2014

Whiting, Holme NWT, 3rd November 2014

Turbot, Holme NWT, 3rd November 2014

Psammechinus miliaris, Holme NWT, 3rd November 2014

Two identified insects, an unidentified insect and an unidentified arachnid

Ceraleptus lividus, Holme NWT, 1st September 2014

Podops inuncta, Holme NWT, 1st September 2014

A pseudoscorpion, Holme NWT, 1st September 2014

 Pilophorus sp Capsid bug),  Tescos, Hunstanton, 1st September 2014

Some recent beasts on the patch

Dotted Footman, Holme NOA, 28th July 2014

Sallow Kitten, Holme NOA, 28th July 2014

Pebble Hook-tip, Holme NOA, 28th July 2014

Assasin Bug Empicoris vagabubdus, Holhurst Track, 28th July 2014

Small Phoenix, Hunstanton, 31st July 2014

Clouded Yellow, Ringstead Downs, 31st July 2014

Chalkhill Blue, Ringstead Downs, 31st July 2014

Basil Thyme, Ringstead Downs, 31st July 2014

Larkspur, fields to west of Ringstead Downs, 31st July 2014

Square-stalked St. John's Wort, Holme Marsh, 31st July 2014

Hedgehog, Holme Marsh, 31st July 2014

Saturday's haul - well some of it !

A dawn 'til dusk day, starting with a White Satin in my garden moth trap and ending with an adult Long-tailed Skua in the harbour. In between was a sizeable haul of new species as Steve Lane, Steve Falk, Robert and I searched the dunes and Ragged Marsh for invertebrates. Other birds included seven Arctic Skuas high above the harbour, 2 Greenshank and 2 Whimbrel west and 2 Yellow Wagtails east.  Robert found us a smart Clouded Yellow in the dunes, a Dark Green Fritillary zipped past and our first Grayling of the year was at Gore Point. 

White Satin, Hunstanton, 26th July 2014

Dead hoverflies, apparently infected with a fungus which has altered their behaviour, Holme Dunes 26th July 2014

Motherwort, Holme Dunes 26th July 2014

Southern Wainscot, Holme Dunes 26th July 2014

Swallow Prominent, Holme Dunes 26th July 2014

Water Mint, Holme Dunes 26th July 2014

Tree Lichen Beauty, Holme NOA, 26th July 2014

Pine cone flat bug, Holme Dunes 26th July 2014

Stripe-winged Grasshopper, Holme Dunes 26th July 2014

Tachina grossa, Holme Dunes 26th July 2014

Kirby's Sand Wasp, Podalonia affinis Holme Dunes 26th July 2014

Erisatlinus aeneus, Holme Dunes 26th July 2014

Volucella inanis, Holme Dunes 26th July 2014 (photo Gary Hibberd)