"For now we are young let us lay in the sun and count every beautiful thing we can see" Neutral Milk Hotel.

Tuesday 11 January 2022

Xanthoria smut at Holme Dunes




   The lichenicolous fungi, sometimes known as 'Xanthoria smut' was found in numbers on its host Xanthoria parietina, in the large sycamores in the car park today. 

Tuesday 4 January 2022

Off patch at Brancaster Harbour

    A late end to the day at Brancaster Harbour produced this obliging curlew, lucky to get this operating at very low shutter speeds.


 

Saturday 11 December 2021

Little Auk, Black-throated Diver and Fulmar past Holme, December 10th 2021.

Black-throated Diver - Holme 10th December 2021 - Theo de Clermont 





Fulmar Holme 10th December 2021 - Theo de Clermont




Little Auk, Holme 10th December 2021 - Theo de Clermont




Thursday 25 March 2021

Early spring in the Downs

 Comma, Ringstead Downs, 25th March 2021


Dark-edged Bee-fly,  Ringstead Downs, 25th March 2021

Red Dead-nettle, Ringstead Downs, 25th March 2021

 
Whitlow Grass, Ringstead Downs, 25th March 2021

Lesser Celandine,  Ringstead Downs, 25th March 2021

 Cliff Mining Bee, Andrena thoracica, female, Ringstead Downs, 25th March 2021

 Black Oil Beetle, Meloe proscarabaeus, Ringstead Downs, 25th March 2021



Cheilosia caerulescens - a new hoverfly for the patch

 Cheilosia caerulescens, Hunstanton, 24th March 2021, found on house leeks by Joan Fox



Wednesday 14 October 2020

Pallas's Warbler and Red-flanked Bluetail at Holme

 Pallas's Warbler, Holme NWT, 14th October 2020

Red-flanked Bluetail, Holme village car park, 14th 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