After a good spell of warm dry weather, butterfly numbers have increased for week 10 giving Paul Beard a total of 18 individuals from 5 species: Green-veined White (4), Orange Tip (8), Small Tortoiseshell (1), Small White (1) and Speckled … Continue reading
Sawfly larva on Oak leaf Periclista sp. – http://www.ispotnature.org/node/808193 Broad bodied Chaser on Bottom Pond
Jeff Davies carried out the June ‘PondNet’ adult dragonflies survey for the Bottom Pond and recorded a pair of Broad-bodied Chasers with the female ovipositing, and large numbers of Large Red Damselflies [count code D (21-100 individuals)] and Azure damselflies … Continue reading
N.Mahadevan Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Blue tit (feeding young and removing faecal sacs, box 4), Woodpigeon, Mandarin, Long-tailed tit, Moorhen in brook, Robin, Goldfinch, Nuthatch, Great tit. Green-veined white, Speckled Wood, Peacock, Orange tip, Large White, Brimstone, Silver-ground Carpet, Nettle tap, Green … Continue reading
Birds: Whitethroat, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Woodpigeon, juv. Robin, Nuthatch, Great tit, Chaffinch, Blackcap, Blue tit, Chiffchaff, Swallow, Bullfinch, female Mandarin with 3 young in brook. Butterflies and moths: Green-vein White, Small White, Orange tip, Nettle tap, Diamond-back moth, Ancylis Badiana, … Continue reading
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The moth trap was set up on the evening of 4th June at the hide end of the garden hedge. It was emptied the following morning 6:15, min temperature 9.7ºC White Ermine (Spilosoma lubricipeda) 4, Foxglove Pug (Eupithecia pulchellata) 1, … Continue reading
*UPDATED* 2nd June 2016 Birds: Blackbird, Blackcap, Blue Tit, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Goldfinch, Great Tit (box 8), Moorhen, Raven, Robin, Song Thrush, Whitethroat, Woodpigeon. Butterflies: Green-veined White, Large White, Orange Tip, Speckled Wood. Moths: Cocksfoot Moth (Glyphipterix simpliciella), Grass … Continue reading
Week 9 on the rota: Nikki Mahadevan recorded Green-veined White (5), Orange Tip (4) and Speckled Wood (3) in the transect area. Additional sightings outside the transect included a Peacock butterfly and several moths: Common Carpet (2), Grass Rivulet (4), … Continue reading
N. Mahadevan pm: Speckled Wood 3, Green-veined White 5, Orange tip 4, Common Carpet 2, Nettle Tap, Lattice Heath 1, Grass Rivulet 1, Grapholita compositella, White-barred Gold (Micropterix aruncella), Meadow Long-horn (Cauchas rufimitrella). Large Red damselfly, Azure damselfly. Soldier beetles: … Continue reading
P. Beard Chiffchaff, Blackbird, Nuthatch, Song Thrush, Crow, Woodpigeon, Wren, Gt Tit, Grey heron, Chaffinch, Moorhen. Orange Tip, Green Veined white, Large White, Speckled Wood, Peacock. Large Red Damselfly, Azure Damselfly N. Mahadevan Triple-stripe Piercer (Grapholita compositella) http://www.ispotnature.org/node/802261, An ichneumon … Continue reading
