Marsh Thistle and visitor #plants #insects

Posted by on Jun 24, 2016 in 2016, Episyrphus balteatus, Flowers, Hover Fly, Insects, June, Plants, Provisional identification, Summer, Thistle | 0 comments

 

 

Plants, Marsh Thistle, Insect, June 2016

 

Possibly a Flower Fly, Episyrphus balteatus, on Cirsium palustre. (more…)

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Blood-vein #moths

Posted by on Jun 21, 2016 in 2016, Blood-vein, June, Moth, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Moth, Blood-vein, June 2016

 

A first generation Timandra comae, usually a night-flying moth. (more…)

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Cuckoo Spit #insects

Posted by on Jun 19, 2016 in 2016, Cuckoo Spit, Froghopper, Insects, June, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Insects, Cuckoospit, June 2016

 

The protective froth exuded by the larvae of the Froghopper, possibly Philaenus spumarius. (more…)

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Distant Skipper #butterflies

Posted by on Jun 16, 2016 in 2016, Butterflies, June, Large Skipper, Provisional identification, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Butterfly, Skipper, June 2016

 

Looks like a Large Skipper. (more…)

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Fox #wildlife

Posted by on Jun 14, 2016 in 2016, Fauna, Fox, June, Mammals, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, Fox, June 2016

 

Vulpes vulpes. (more…)

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Roe deer #wildlife

Posted by on Jun 13, 2016 in 2016, Deer, Fauna, Mammals, May, Roe, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Deer, Roe Deer, May 2016

 

Capreolus capreolus. (more…)

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Speckled Wood #insects

Posted by on Jun 9, 2016 in 2016, Butterflies, May, Speckled Wood, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Butterfly, Speckled Wood, May 2016

 

Pararge aegeria. (more…)

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The Vetch and the Bumblebee #insects #plants

Posted by on Jun 7, 2016 in 2016, Bombus hypnorum, Bumblebee, Bush Vetch, Insects, May, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Insect, Bee, Vetch, May 2016

 

Looks like a Tree Bumblebee, Bombus hypnorum, on Bush Vetch, Vicia sepium. (more…)

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Black-headed Cardinal Beetle #insects

Posted by on Jun 3, 2016 in 2016, Cardinal Beetle, May, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Insect, Black-headed Cardinal Beetle, provisional identification, May 2016

 

If this is Pyrochroa coccinea, then the wood has two of the three species of Cardinal Beetle found in the UK. (more…)

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Sparring #wildlife

Posted by on Jun 1, 2016 in 2016, Deer, Fauna, Mammals, May, Roe, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, Roe Deer, May 2016

 

Great to see two young Roe Deer bucks trying out a few pre-rut moves as I left the copse. (more…)

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Roe deer #wildlife

Posted by on May 29, 2016 in 2016, Deer, Mammals, May, Roe, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, Roe Deer, May 2016

 

Capreolus capreolus. (more…)

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Run Rabbit, run … #wildlife

Posted by on May 28, 2016 in 2016, Mammals, May, Rabbit, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, Rabbit, May 2016

 

Oryctolagus cuniculus. (more…)

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