Northwest Norfolk Naturalists

Monday, 6 March 2017

Some recent beetles from Ringstead Downs

Ocypus aeneocephalus, Ringstead Downs, 6th March 2017

Graptus triguttatus, Ringstead Downs, 6th March 2017

Longitarsus dorsalis, Ringstead Downs, 6th March 2017

Rhinocyllus conicus, Ringstead Downs, 6th March 2017

A queen Hornet in the Downs

Hornet queeen, Ringstead Downs, 6th March 2017

Daddy long-legs spider

An inhabitant of our conservatory - Pholcus phalangioides Daddy long-legs spider.

This afternoon a female sparrowhawk was feasting on a collared dove kill for over an hour. I didn't see it fly off but only feathers were left behind. Just a few days ago a male sparrowhawk stunned itself flying into our conservatory window. After a few short aborted flights it then flew off apparently none the worse for its collision.

(Photos taken through window glass)
[I was hoping to attach a short video but I think it's the wrong file type.]

Saturday, 4 March 2017

Crepidula at Holme

A small number of these Crepdula limpets were found inside a tideline traffic cone at Holme in February. They don't look like either of the "British" species - Slipper Limpet Crepidula fornicata or Chinaman's Hat Calyptraea chinensis, though most votes are for very flattened fornicata, which in more usual domed form is abundant here now.