Category Archives: JMNR Sightings

Birds: A juvenile Mandarin Duck on the Hide Pond, Moorhen, Woodpigeon. Butterflies: Plenty of butterflies about this morning – Comma, Essex Skipper (see photo – the key characteristic separating this from the Small Skipper is the black underside to the … Continue reading →

After emptying the moth trap: Moorhen, Wood Pigeon. Green-veined White, Ringlet, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Comma. Straw Dot, Nettle tap, Latticed Heath, Narrow-bordered 5-spot Burnet, Udea lutealis, Argyresthia goedartella. Large Red damselfly, Emerald damselfly, Common Darter. A longhorn beetle – Rutpela … Continue reading →

Recent good weather has boosted butterfly numbers again, with John Parlby recording 77 individuals of 8 species on the week 17 transect walk. Although Ringlets appear to be coming to the end of their short flight period, the number of … Continue reading →

Another visit by Jeff Davies to record the damselflies and dragonflies using the Bottom Pond, as part of the PondNet Adult Dragonflies Survey. 1 Azure and 1 Large Red Damselfly; 2 Common Darter and 2 Brown Hawker dragonflies, with the … Continue reading →

The reserve was “heaving with ringlets – both on and off the transect” according to Alan Kydd, who carried out the recording for week 16 of the butterfly season. Fifty four butterflies were recorded on the transect (a five metre … Continue reading →

A bug – Calocoris stysi (also known as Grypocoris stysi), Emerald damselfly, Azure damselfly, Comma.

Jeff Davies recorded the damselflies and dragonflies using the Bottom Pond, as part of the PondNet Adult Dragonflies Survey. Thirty to forty Azure Damselflies were seen, with evidence of mating and ovipositing taking place, and three Large Red Damselflies. There … Continue reading →

Whitethroat, Bullfinch, Blackcap, Moorhen Meadow Brown 22, Ringlet 30, Green-veined White 3, Large White 2, Speckled Wood 4, Large Skipper 3, Gatekeeper 1, Small Tortoiseshell 1, Shaded Broad-bar 2, Latticed Heath, Udea lutealis. Golden-bloomed Grey-longhorn Beetle, Southern Hawker, Brown Hawker, … Continue reading →

After moth trap emptied/work party Large White, Speckled Wood, Comma, Green-veined White, Brown China Mark, Golden-bloomed Grey-longhorn beetle,  a longhorn beetle (Rutpela maculata), Azure damselfly, Large Red damselfly, pair of 22-spot ladybird, a sawfly.