Sightings from this morning’s work party members (updated 19th October):
Birds: Common Buzzard, Goldfinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, Long-tailed tit, Woodpigeon.
Butterflies: Comma, Speckled Wood.
Moths: Grey Dagger (larva), Ruby Tiger (larva), Nut Leaf Blister Moth Phyllonorycter coryli (blister-like leaf mine on Hazel) .
Dragonflies: Common Darter, Southern Hawker.
Other insects: Bronze shieldbug, Green shieldbug, Hawthorn shieldbug, Tree damsel bug Himacerus apterus, 7-spot Ladybird, harvestmen Mitopus morio, harvestmen Dicranopalpus ramosus, Noon Fly.
Amphibians: Common Frog, Common Toad.
Mollusc: Brown-lipped Snail.
Fungus: Snowy Waxcap Hygrocybe virginea
Thanks to Nikki Mahadevan for many of the identifications.
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