A new aphid for the patch

Uroleucon tanaceti - crimson tansy aphid

Outside The Firs on hoste plant, stunning under the microscope.

The micro moth Coptotriche marginea

Leafmine on bramble at Holme Marsh 2nd Sept 2017

Record confirmed by Andy Banthorpe and Ben Smart on UK Leafmine Facebook site.

Off Patch: Roydon Common

Mitopus morio, Roydon Common, 4th September 2017

Heather Leaf Beetle, Lochmaea suturalis, Roydon Common, 4th Septemebr 2017

Four-spotted orbweb Spider, Araneus quadratus, Roydon Common, 4th September 2017

putative Metallina segmentata, Roydon Common, 4th September 2017

Agalenatea redii, Roydon Common, 4th September 2017

Slow Worm, Roydon Common, 4th September 2017

Great Crested Newt, Roydon Common, 4th September 2017

Gold-tailed Melitta - a specialist feeder on campanulas, especially Harebell

Gold-tailed Melitta, Melitta haemorrhoidalis, Gore Point, Holme NWT, 6th August 2017

Three common spiders from Holme Marsh

Zebra Spider, Salticus scenucus, Holme Marsh, 3rd September 2017

Walnut Orb Web Spider, Nuctenea umbratica, Holme Marsh, 3rd September 2017

Garden Spider Araneus diadematus, Holme Marsh, 3rd September 2017

Seven of this summer's smart moths

Pine Bell, Epinotia rubiginosana, Holme NOA, 18th July 2017

Sitochroa paleasis, Hunstanton (Joan Fox), 18th July 2017

Tissue, Drove Orchards, 5th July 2017

Crescent, Drove Orchards, 5th July 2017

Gold Spot, Drove Orchards, 5th July 2017

New Pine Knot-horn, Dioryctria sylvestrella, Holme NOA, 1st August 2017

Brown-veined Wainscot, Holme NOA, 15th August 2017

Dock Shield Bug - new for the patch

Dock Shield Bug, Coreus marginatus, Ringstead Downs, 30th July 2017

Physocephala rufipes - a new conopid for the patch

Physocephala rufipes, Ringstead Downs, 30th July 2017

Willow Emerald - new to the patch

Willow Emerald, Holme Marsh, 1st September 2017 

A long overdue addition to our list, this was a great find (on Wednesday 30th August), by ?? At least two were present today (1st Sept).

Hunstanton seabird census results for 2017

Fulmars

This year there were 110 AOTs (Apparently Occupied Territories) on the cliffs. They produced a rather miserable 27 chicks between them, the worst productivity (0.245 chicks fledged per pair) since I started counts in 2007.

Herring Gulls

I located 54 pairs with nest this year - a record. However, 21 of them failed (17 were apparently interfered with as the nests subsequently 'disappeared' and 4 pairs apparently ‘deserted' their nests i.e. though nests were present late in the season, there was no sign of adults or young when they might have been expected). The 33 successful pairs produced a rather pathetic 55 young (a productivity of 1.56 chicks per pair) with 6 broods of three, 10 of two and 17 of one chick.