Sunday 07:00-09:20am butterflies seen whilst walking around included , Meadow Brown, Comma , Gatekeeper, Ringlet, Green veined white and Skipper.
Cheers Steven
Steven Higginbottom said
Sat Jul 6 9:16 PM, 2019
Evening walk noticed a few butterflies as follows. 2 Ringlet butterflies in the dip. 20+ Small Skipper. 20+ Meadow Brown butterflies. 2 Large White Butterflies. 2 Spelled Wood butterflies.
Dragonfly numbers seem down only seen 4 so far this year at Elton.
Cheers Steven
Steven Higginbottom said
Sun Jun 30 10:38 AM, 2019
This morning 30/6/19 walk around highlights. 10+ Ringlet Butterflies. 2 Painted Lady Butterflies. 3 Small Copper Butterflies. 6 Meadow Brown Butterflies. 1 Burnet Moth.
Cheers Steven
-- Edited by Steven Higginbottom on Sunday 30th of June 2019 08:47:54 PM
Could this be a Water Shrew Paul. Its fur looks quite dark - maybe after a swim? On the other hand maybe just a tatty Common Shrew with its fur matted and darkened by dew. You need a expert Cheers John
Forgot about this thread. I'll repost the photos from this morning at Elton of the Shrew we saw - so that people know what your comment is referring to. I suspect it is a Common Shrew as it was very small. I think Water Shrews are up to 4 inches long, and this was nowhere near that length.
-- Edited by Paul Wilson on Sunday 23rd of July 2017 12:43:15 PM
Could this be a Water Shrew Paul. Its fur looks quite dark - maybe after a swim? On the other hand maybe just a tatty Common Shrew with its fur matted and darkened by dew. You need a expert Cheers John
Mike Cooper said
Wed May 31 11:50 PM, 2017
I think I had a male (blue abdomen) Broad bodied Chaser this morning in bramble patch just up for the brick bridge over the creek
David Bentley said
Tue Mar 14 8:13 PM, 2017
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Simon Johnson said
Sat Nov 12 8:11 PM, 2016
2 Common Darter - one at withins and one along canal at crow tree farm yesterday
Ian Boote said
Sat May 9 7:40 PM, 2015
Great spread of the not so common in GM Common Cornsalad at Daisy Field and what appears to be a very rare in GM Yellow Flowered Strawberry Duchesnea indica good patch growing totally wild at a spot in Bury. According to NBN records for south lancs vice County appears near the coast. Overlooked by self having walked past it oblivious for several years.
Ian Boote said
Sun Nov 23 9:44 PM, 2014
Hemlock Water Dropwort lots of green shoots leaf and in flower today rather than May. Also found Water Fern in the canal, Wall Rue, Black Spleenwort, Common Polypoddy and snakeskin liverwort Conocephalum conicum .
Ian Boote said
Tue Sep 16 8:54 PM, 2014
Bit of a Shufty found Narrow leaved Pea, Musk Mallow, and Fennel going over but still present. Also found Chicory, Corn Marigold, Cornflower, Wild Carrot all in flower. Also found Bohemian Knotweed which is a Frankenstein hybrid of Japanese Knotweed and Giant Knotweed.
Ian Boote said
Mon Jan 20 10:28 AM, 2014
Had a good shufty yesterday around to see what was stirring. Catkins in flower, ground beetle Anchomenus dorsalis, and best of all under a tarp the long nose of a common shrew that quickly disappeared.
Ian Boote said
Wed Aug 28 12:17 AM, 2013
On dam
Gypsywort, lots of Skullcap, Water Peper, Triffid Bur Marigold, Marsh Woundwort, Hart Tongue Fern, Wall Rue, Silver Weed, Hoary Ragwort, Celery Leaved Buttercup, Common St Johnswort, Bittersweet, and Wall Lettuce
Ian Boote said
Wed Jun 26 6:28 AM, 2013
Visit to Lower Hinds more Southern Marsh Orchids than previous years, Wild Thyme doing well despite fires, Fairy Flax, Common Century, Catsear and 15 Marsh Helleborine. Scouring between the numerous motor bike tracks, brocken bottles, excavated areas, throw away BBQs and a pair of shoes thrown into a tree could find no Blue Eyed Grass or Eyebright seen this year.
Total from Saturday was 280 species 7am - 3pm ID in the Elton Area breaking down as 45 birds, 171 Plants, 2 mammals, 62 invertebrates Arachnids and molluscs
Ian Boote said
Sun Jun 23 6:19 AM, 2013
Went around to ID as many things as possible. Covered most of the area but did not get to Lower Hinds and Radcliffe Marl Pit ponds near the Cemmy. Overcast so perhaps most noticeable was the absence of many things. Only 5 Butterflies, 2 Speckled Wood 2 Large Skipper, and a Green Veined White, Total absence of Dragonflies. Just two Damsels Azure and Common Blue. Quite few Bees but very lethargic Red Tailed Bees Buff Tailed Bee among others. No Communal Wasp just a two Ichneumon parasitic ones, Few moths Agriphila tristella Grass Moth, Zygaena trifolii (Five-Spot Burnet ), Depressaria daucella moth caterpiller on Hemlock Water Dropwort, Cataclysta lemnata duckweed moth, Several spiders Argyroneta aquatica, water spider in the Canal Lives and hunts under water, Cucumber Spider, Pirate otter-spider Canal lives on water surface. Only one Ladybird the awful Harlequin, Hardly any beetles, Two Mammals ,Several Hoverflies Marmalade Hoverfly - Episyrphus balteatus, The footballer helophilus pendulus, Cheilosia illustrata A furry bumblebee mimic, Syritta pipiensc , Xylota segni. Some good true bugs very vibrant Cercopis vulnerata Red-and-black Froghopper, Green Shield Bug, Deraeocoris flavilinea , Grypocoris stysi. Only one amphibian common Newt, lots of flies and Caddis Fly cases made from weed, sand, and one from small Planorbis Ramshorn shells anunderwater Swan Mussel, Back Swimmer, LesserWaterBoatman, Water Cricket .
Plants the more interesting Corn Flower, Corn Cockle, Corm Marigold, monkey Flower, Skullcap, Bog Bean, Tansy, Fringed Water Lilly White Water Lilly, Skunk Cabbage, Water Forgetmenot, Curled Pondweed, Lesser Spearwort, Lesser Stitchwort, Water Mint, Yellow Loosestrife, Common Comfrey, Figwort, Water Figwort, Water Soldier, Honeysuckle, Pignut, Salad Burnet, Hairy Tare, Dyers Greenwood, Southern Marsh Orchid, Common Spotted Orchid White and Red Campion, Hedge woundwort Enchanter Nightshade, Ramsons, Alternate Leaved Golden Saxifrage, Lord and Ladies, Narrow Leaved Pea, Fringecups, Orange Hawkweed, Siberian Iris, Water Cress, Purple Loosestriffe, Dotted Loosestrife, Fennel, Poppy, Ornamental PoppyHemlock Water Dropwort Gipsywort, Bilberry, Marsh Cinquefoil, Water Plantain, Yellow Rattle, Ivy Leaved Toadflax, Creeping Jenny, Oxeye Daisy, Tufted Vetch, Goatsbeard, Ragged Robin and lots more some in flower others not.
lots to ID and will update withtotal later
Ian Boote said
Fri Jun 7 12:27 AM, 2013
Few birds of note but the following W/E and Dinner Huge Pike in the canal basking with plenty of other fish some looked like Roach. Red and Azure Damsel, Orange Tipped , Green Viened White, Small Tortoise Shell, Peacock Butterflies, Noon Fly, Hoverfly Eristalis arbustorum, Cuckoo Bees Nomada Flava Nomada leucophthalma, Ground Bug Chartoscirta cincta Beetles Cercyon (Cercyon) melanocephalus, Aphodius (Melinopterus) sphacelatus, Agelastica alni, and about 30 Donacia semicuprea on reed where they should be Red Campion, Fringe Cups, Cuckoo flower, Yellow Rattle, Red Clover, Blacl Medic, Common and Bush Vetch, Sun Spurge, Ornmamental Poppy, Dame Violet, and Birds Foot Trefoil all in flower
Ian Boote said
Sun Apr 7 11:30 PM, 2013
3 Tortoiseshell out today with plenty off Early Mining Bee Andrena haemorrhoa, several bumble bee queens but did not settle to ID common newt, red ant, ground bugs Scolopostethus cf. thomsoni, and poss Scolopostethus cf. affinis both common, in flower Germander speedwell, Lesser celandine, lots of coltsfoot.
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Monday 8th of April 2013 07:04:35 AM
Peter Johnson said
Tue Apr 2 12:31 AM, 2013
We watched a one eyed mink on the canal late afternoon take a frog, which it then took over to a hole in a wall. We also watched it coming in and out of the hole pulling in bedding.
Ian Boote said
Fri Jan 11 8:11 AM, 2013
Few bits
four small smooth newts, nice rove beetle pretty sure Quedius levicollis Hinds Mill Area Elton, common flower bug, harvest man Nemastoma bimaculatum, spring tail Pogonognathellus longicornis under pond weed on the shore and a plume moth which looks like Emmelina monodactyla.
Ian Boote said
Sun Dec 16 8:36 AM, 2012
fox in a field of sheep just sat there neither bothered.
Ian Campbell said
Tue Aug 21 12:46 AM, 2012
Yesterday, from top of dip with Ian Peters and Simon Johnson saw female Roe Deer and 2 youngsters. Cheers Ian
Ian Boote said
Sun Aug 19 12:11 AM, 2012
Wander around some things of note
In a carpark/footpath near end of canal Scarlet Pimpernel not common in Bury same place field speedwell, sure thyme small specimen leaved speedwell, and hop trefoil, wild parsnip railway small scabious hinds smooth tare, hairy tare, narrow leaved pea, marsh mallow, margoram, and wild fennel Canal Gypsey wort, Marsh bedstraw, Marsh woundwort, Skullcap, Hemp Agrimony. Dip Devils Bit Scabious Warthfold scattered around and sure not planted as very adhoc and appearing in alsorts of placs on open land Poppy, Corn Cockle, Corn Marigold, Corn Flower in good number with Redshank Scentless Mayweed and patch ivy leaved toadflax.
Several Small Copper, Peacock Small TTshell Green Viened white, Large and small skippers Gatekeeper and meadow brown Common Darter lots, Brown and Southern Hawkers Common Frog and Newt Crow Tree farm and Old Hall farm Backswimmer, Lesser Boatman canal Hoverflies Eristalis pertinax, Helophilus pendulus, Xylota segnis few water beetles to ID Dolerus genus Sawfly Harlequin and seven spot ladybird
-- Edited by Ian Boote on Sunday 19th of August 2012 12:12:21 AM
Ian Boote said
Fri Jul 27 4:12 AM, 2012
PM Spen Moor SBI Comma, Gatekeeper, large & Small skipper, Small TT Shell, Large White Green Viened White Meadow Brown and cinnabar Moth caterpiller common Hawker around pond 2, Common Darter , Blue tailed Damsel, Chloromyia formosa soldier fly , Poecilobothrus nobilitatus dance fly, Neuroctena anilis fly
Plant Bugs Lygocoris pabulinus Common Green Capsid, curious looking Heterotoma planicornis, Plagiognathus arbustorum, Apolygus lucorum on tansy , Liocoris tripustulatus, Apolygus spinolae and Deraeocoris ruber.
Rhagonycha fulva and Cantharis nigra soldier beetles
Common pond scater in a wheel rut puddle near pond two
Summer is here
Ian Boote said
Wed Jul 25 4:37 PM, 2012
Greater Spearwort in flower and Bogbean in flower the first of which was susposed to be extinct on this site Pond 2 Spen Moor SBI Cucumber Spider eating a soldier fly, a host of miradae to ID later other plants Tansy
Ian Boote said
Sun Jul 15 11:54 PM, 2012
Dip roe deer common darter meadow brown common newt
hinds teazel creeping jenny, musk mallow, narrow leaved pea, ribbed melliot, large flowered evening primrose, tutusan, imperforate st johns wort, dotted and yellow loosestrife wild fennel hedge woundwort hairy tare
spenmoor speckled wood, small TT shell, four barred major soldier fly, Volucella bombylans var. plumata bee mimic hoverfly
-- Edited by Ian Boote on Sunday 15th of July 2012 11:57:23 PM
Ian Boote said
Sun Jun 24 8:03 PM, 2012
Lower hinds
Commn Spotted orchid 5, southern marsh orchid 6, Marsh Heleborine 30 comming through, fairy flax, red white clover, yarrow, self heal, wild thyme catsear lots of berberis no blue eyed grass
-- Edited by Ian Boote on Sunday 24th of June 2012 08:03:45 PM
Ian Boote said
Mon May 14 1:37 AM, 2012
from lastr weekend Hare This weekend Rhadinoceraea micans Iris Sawfly and Aphthona nonstriata Iris Flea Beetle found on Flag Iris in a pond lots of these Nettle Weevil - Phyllobius pomaceus nettle weevil Nedyus quadrimaculatus green shield bug adult Empis livida - snipe fly good day for cuckoo bees- Nomada flava, Nomada goodeniana, Sphecodes monilicornis Hoverfly Pied Hoverfly - Scaeva pyrastri thought by some to be migrants, Baccha elongata - elongated hoverfly, Xylota segnis Red Damseld flies at least two Pyrrhosoma nymphula Ichneumon suspiciosus - wasp Sawfly Aglaostigma spp maybe A. fulvipes Common Carder Bumblebee - Bombus pascuorum Phantom Craneflies genus Ptychoptera
in flower shiny leaved cranesbill, bogbean, flag iris, lesser stitchwort, sunspurge, bush vetch, garlic mustard, wild garlic, cow parsley
Ian Boote said
Sun Apr 22 6:09 PM, 2012
The Hedgerows from Bury Bolton Road are reported as of little use ecologiocal and mainly Hawthorn.
Hedgerows from Road to spenmoor include Elder, Hawthorn Holly and one Cherry. Flowers include Bluebell, Garlic Mustard, Herb Robert in flower among others
In a pond between two farm right in the centre of the site large raft of Bogbean comming into flower and Marsh Cinquefoil. The first only site in Bury I know for this and the last Notable though at a least three other sites nearby.
Sap beetle Epuraea melanocephala on hawthorn railway elton 15/04/12
Hover Fly Syrphus ribesii hinds 14/04/12
Sawfly Hoplocampa genus hinds on willow 15/04/12
Butterfly speckled wood
water cricket nymph doffer fold stream
Great Crested Newt found by accident under a rock long way from known breeding areas rock quickly replaced as offence to disturb this species.
Sunny Bank as you enter foot path into dip is a good spot for mining bees and lurking cuckoo bees who follow the mining bees into burrows and lay their eggs. Very active. Andrena cineraria grey nining bee dip 14/04/12 tawney mining bee dip 16/04/14 Cuckoo bee Sphecodes monilicornis dip 16/04/12 Cuckoo bee Nomada goodeniana dip 16/04/12
Ian Boote said
Tue Apr 10 5:49 AM, 2012
From Sat Ectopsocus petersi bakl louse elton rialway line
forgetmenot in flower Cow Parsley in flower Opposite Leaved Golden Saxifrage Garlic Mustarrd
Anthocoris nemoralis browny black ground beetle canal end 7 spot ladybird amara anea old hall ground beetle leistus spinibarbis buckley fold ground beetle Quedius mesomelinus poss buckley fold rove beetle Devil's Coach Horse - Ocypus olens very big striking a scorpion pose Pterostichus madidus canal red legged ground beetle
true bugs Heterocordylus tibialis on broom hinds red nymph Anthocoris nemorum common plant bug hinds on broom Anthocoris nemoralis on broom hinds
Ian Boote said
Mon Mar 19 6:51 AM, 2012
Last twp days Rather large fox rather short distance site supressed as they are shot around here. Owl midge lots of true bugs Anthocoris sarothamni Plant bug on Broom Stenodema laevigata rather pretty brown bug 4 found two locations ID lack of spur on rear leg and pitted protonum Common Flower Bug - Anthocoris nemorum Birch Catkin Bug - Kleidocerys resedae
two crab spiders xysticus cristatus xysticus poss erraticus
beetles tiny Protapion genus weevil in grass 2mm genus Epuraea orange beetle two different types flea beetle so called as they jump Altica genus poss lythri visable by its slightly larger size, maybe brighter blue colour, and by size of the elytra, which are somewhat widened towards the posterior Longitarsus genus poss luridus found in grass three of
and first hoverfly but two fast to id
Ian Boote said
Mon Mar 12 6:42 AM, 2012
Bank Vole Site of Buckley Fold
Ground Beetle small two brown spots bembidon biguttatum
Cercyon melanocephalus 3mm beetle Sitona lineatus weevil Stenus Genus rove beetle Tachinus rufipes rove beetle llepthyphantes Genus poss tenuis spider
Spiders pardosa lagubris wolf spider xysticus cristatus crab spider trochusa ruricola wolf spider Walnut Orb Weaver - Nuctenea umbratica
mining bees dip
Ian Boote said
Sun Mar 11 8:23 AM, 2012
in flower colts foot thale cress rape blackthorn daffodill
Ian Boote said
Sun Feb 26 11:44 PM, 2012
Very active weekend things warming up Field Vole
common newt common toad
water crickets 6 warth fold in spite of the works
Groundsel in flower Dam Crocus in flower Hinds Flowering Raspberry in flower Hinds Lesser Celendine in flower Warthfold
Groundbeetles Bembidion tetracolum 4 spotted electra Paranchus albipes notiophilus biguttatus very busy big eyed bug Harpalus rufipes Loricera pilicornis hairy antenna coppery green badister bullatus very pretty black brown bug Calathus melanocephalus
Other Beetles Exapion ulicis gorse seed weavil found on gorse huge hooter Seven spot Ladybird Scarab beetle Aphodius prodromus
Ground Bug Scolopostethus cf. affinis Dicyphus pallicornis lives on foxglove found on foxglove Kleidocerys resedae Birch Catkin Bug found on gorse but near birch
Shield Bug Troilus luridus Adult on Spruce
Spiders Pisaura mirabilis Nursery Web Spider in a tussock Philodromus emarginatus crab spider in a tussock
One Black ant Red Ant nest
Some type of Gall Wasp adult on oak quite a few Phantom Midge
Had a check on lower Hinds premier site for alkaline plants and its seen the usual neglect and wear and tear from trial bikes, camp fires, and rubbish over winter. Wild Thyme grows here one of only two sites in GMC. It is just about hanging on despite a huge bonfire and extension of the bike track over around and near it and general wilful excavations.
Then slightly surprised to see a huge spam tin hanging in a tree, which I thought matched the beer bottles and old umbrella adorning other trees. Then very pleasently surprised to see someone had turned it into a somewhat unorthadox bird feeder along with a ice cream tub simlarly suspended with bird food. Nice to know someone at least on lower hinds cares.
And Warth Fold Weir repairs. I won't say anything but there has been some very accidental but serious damage done to a bit of GMC wildlife by the work.
Soap box away.
-- Edited by Ian Boote on Monday 27th of February 2012 12:16:42 AM
-- Edited by Ian Boote on Monday 27th of February 2012 12:20:18 AM
Ian Boote said
Wed Feb 15 5:55 AM, 2012
First wolf spider seen look like pirata latitans spider pachygnatha degeeri buckley fold hunts in rubble Ground Bug Scolopostethus cf. affinis crow tree farm seen before in this area. Green Springtail - Isotoma viridis buckley fold gedis wasp doffer fold flightless parasitic wasp that hunts its host. About 40 species in UK but very difficult to nail beyong genus, This one was paying attention to snails and was orange and black. Very small 3mm Weevil Dorytomus taeniatus found on willow withins under bark another found on willow end of canal
Ian Boote said
Tue Feb 14 10:32 PM, 2012
Pulled back a flat stone around Elton and saw two field voles looking back at me 3 feet away too fast for a pic. Other stuff later.
Ian Boote said
Sun Feb 12 6:06 AM, 2012
Despite the frost snow quite a lot about
Ground Beetles Stream bank alpha ocys harpaloides, Paranchus albipes, Under Logs Nebria brevicollis, Anchomenus dorsalis bright green beetle site of buckley fold at least two of each species harvest man and spiders doffer fold buckley fold areas Paroligolophus agrestis, bolyphantes luteolus, neriene clathrata common newt canal side
and just had Ground Bug Anthocoris cf. confusus lowercroft res ainsworth kindly confirmed few records GMC on NBN though that does not mean it isn't common.
Ian Boote said
Fri Feb 10 4:53 AM, 2012
In spite of the solid frozen ground and various rocks frozen to the ground still few things about and active Orchesella cincta springtail Banded Centipede Lithobius variegatus. Brown Centipede - Lithobius forficatus Common Pygmy Woodlouse - Trichoniscus pusillus Common Shiny Woodlouse - Oniscus asellus
all very common but active and useful for the hungary birds
Also council planted but swathes of Crocus on Walmersley Rd in Flower
Ian Boote said
Wed Jan 25 3:10 AM, 2012
In the quick visit today At the end of the canal in the trees bordering Hinds alder leaf beetle agelastica alni and another Dromius quadrimaculatus ground beetle woken in a branch crucks Old Hall two Common House-spider - Tegenaria domestica under a brick
And in a Document Store in an Old Cotton Mill in Radclife
Pholcus phalangioides other names Daddy Long Leg Spider and Celler Spider easily recognized by small body and long legs first pair five and half times the length of its body. Lives in Buildings and has a variety of hunting techniques taping on other webs then ambushing other spiders as they appear, or just hunting most other insects in the house including when starving hungary its own species
Ian Boote said
Sun Jan 22 3:58 AM, 2012
relativelly warm weather has stirred a few things
Spiders -Neriene peltata, Amaurobius similis, even a wolf and crab spider that were too quick and a harvestman Paroligolophus agrestis. Beetles
ground beetles Ocys harpaloides found in leaf litter canal end, Common but not reported GMC before NBN
Dromius quadrimaculatus handsome beetle with four brown spots on the abdomen lives and was found under bark end of canal. Common but not reported GMC before nearest in a field near mellor NBN.
Leaf Beetle Oulema gallaeciana cerial beetle found in a log.
A Rove beetle too difficult to ID.
Groud Bug Drymus brunneus Common but not reported GMC before NBN found under a brick near Doffer Fold
and Very Large Common toad
Ian Boote said
Sat Jan 14 9:29 PM, 2012
first real visit of 2012 In flower gorse dandelion yarrow five plants Railway Daffs coming through Jelly ear and Velvet shank fungi Canal Erigone arctica money soider Amaurobius similis funnel weaver spider found under bark Hinds Some bembidon genus ground beetles very small three under a rock Buckley Fold Atrecus affinis - Rove Beetle found under bark dip where it inhabits not reported in GM before but common several Spring Tails Entomobrya nivalis and Entomobrya intermedia are two closely related species and some experts think the same quite a lot of these either or both found very small under bark dip. I noticed tiny black specks moving under bark Globular springtail Sminthurinus niger, these are about 0.6mm long and resemble full stops moving about very active Collembola. Common but not recorded in GM I think. usual wood lice millipedes Dead Rat Grey Squirrel more to come from here and other sites in bury in 2012
Ian Boote said
Sat Dec 3 11:41 PM, 2011
still stuff about
Very quite around most of the area until a mooch around the site of Buckley fold north west of the res.
yarrow and himalayan balsam still in flower
Leistus rufomarginatus ground beetle not recorded in GMC before small black with brown legs and mouthparts seen before.
Amaurobius fenestralis spider found under bark
Candlesnuff Fungus - Xylaria hypoxylon
Buckley Fold
Dicranopalpus ramosus large harvestman spread from Morroco (!) landed UK Bournmouth 1957 presumably with sunglassesin with a suitcase now as far north as Scotland. Common and large with legs. ID via pedipalps that are forked and body seen Aug to November. Not recorded in GMC before NBN.
Scolopostethus cf. thomsoni ground bug abundant especially around nettle 2 found under a huge boulder. Not recorded before in GMC
Ground Beetle anchomenus dorsalis green brown beetle common but late and unlike most stuff fast moving
-- Edited by Ian Boote on Sunday 4th of December 2011 12:48:37 AM
Ian Boote said
Sat Nov 26 6:37 PM, 2011
Common Pygmy Woodlouse - Trichoniscus pusillus agg Common Shiny Woodlouse - Oniscus asellus Woodlouse Porcellio spinicornis Amaurobius fenestralis very pretty spider found in a log alpha eyed Flat-backed Millipede Nanogona polydesmoides ID by round plates near legs fairly common in UK but restricted to UK and Scandanavia only. alpha Ground Bug Drymus sylvaticus id from other two in genus by general lighter colour and a dark elongate rectangular mark by the apex of the clavus. Not reported in GM before according NBN and two escapee peacocks in my back garden on return
Ian Boote said
Sun Nov 20 7:52 PM, 2011
Plenty still happening
Tomocerus minor. Spring tail Entomobrya nivalis spring tail Pogonognathellus longicornis spring tail o reported in gmc according to nbn can be found up trees ans is the largesty UK springtail with even longer antenna. Common Earwig - Forficula auricularia Tachypodoiulus niger White Legged millipede Brown Centipede Lithobius forficatus Banded Centipede - Lithobius variegates Wavy Bitter Cress Cardamine flexuosa in flower Achillea millefolium or yarrow in flower Leucanthemum vulgare, oxeye daisy in flower Centaurea nigra. Common or lesser knapweed in flower Large flowered Evening Primrose, Oenothera lamarckiana in flower Eristalis arbustorum Drone fly birch rust, Melampsoridium beltline alder beetle Leistus spinibarbis black ground beetle Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Platynus assimilis ground beetle pardosa monticola wolf spider
Ian Boote said
Sat Nov 12 3:51 PM, 2011
With all the bird excitement it was tempting to focus on that. Im glad I didnt found a few bits but best 2 Spot Ladybird - Adalia bipunctata (sexpustulata form) four red spots on black wing cases. Landed on dam. Can be seen up to November and is thought to be being persecuted by the harlequin ladybird.
Ground bug Scolopostethus affinis lives on nettles or leaf litter found earlier in year near Crow tree but again found today west of Crow Tree Farm in leaves not reported in GMC before on NBN website. overlooked
Ian Boote said
Sat Oct 29 9:46 PM, 2011
today thought things would be sparse i was wrong.
shaggy ink cap mushroom Tomocerus minor springtail metalic blue bouncy thing oldhall tegnaria domestica spider oldhall pirata hygrophilus spider trotting around on the surface of pond spenmoor Entomobrya nivalis spring tail buckley fold Pterostichus strenuus ground beetle buckley fold seven spot ladybird buckley fold Common Striped Woodlouse - Philoscia muscorum Leistus fulvibarbis ground beetle buckley fold Dolichopodidae fly over 30 on pond surface spenmoor over 300 species in this genus Earwig - Forficula auricularia common toad commmon newt
Saturday, warm sunny, no cloud.
Butterflies.
many orange tip,
11 large white,
5 small white.
3 speckled wood
1 green veined white
1 holly blue
1 common blue
mike
Cheers Steven
-- Edited by Steven Higginbottom on Saturday 28th of August 2021 09:25:45 PM
Late news for 7th November, originally posted by Craig Bell:
Also of note was an extremely late, fresh looking Small Copper butterfly near to Old Hall Farm!! Must have ventured out in the warm sun.
10+ Ringlet Butterflies.
2 Painted Lady Butterflies.
3 Small Copper Butterflies.
6 Meadow Brown Butterflies.
1 Burnet Moth.
Cheers Steven
-- Edited by Steven Higginbottom on Sunday 30th of June 2019 08:47:54 PM
Forgot about this thread. I'll repost the photos from this morning at Elton of the Shrew we saw - so that people know what your comment is referring to. I suspect it is a Common Shrew as it was very small. I think Water Shrews are up to 4 inches long, and this was nowhere near that length.
-- Edited by Paul Wilson on Sunday 23rd of July 2017 12:43:15 PM
Cheers John
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Gypsywort, lots of Skullcap, Water Peper, Triffid Bur Marigold, Marsh Woundwort, Hart Tongue Fern, Wall Rue, Silver Weed, Hoary Ragwort, Celery Leaved Buttercup, Common St Johnswort, Bittersweet, and Wall Lettuce
Visit to Lower Hinds more Southern Marsh Orchids than previous years, Wild Thyme doing well despite fires, Fairy Flax, Common Century, Catsear and 15 Marsh Helleborine. Scouring between the numerous motor bike tracks, brocken bottles, excavated areas, throw away BBQs and a pair of shoes thrown into a tree could find no Blue Eyed Grass or Eyebright seen this year.
Total from Saturday was 280 species 7am - 3pm ID in the Elton Area breaking down as 45 birds, 171 Plants, 2 mammals, 62 invertebrates Arachnids and molluscs
Plants the more interesting Corn Flower, Corn Cockle, Corm Marigold, monkey Flower, Skullcap, Bog Bean, Tansy, Fringed Water Lilly White Water Lilly, Skunk Cabbage, Water Forgetmenot, Curled Pondweed, Lesser Spearwort, Lesser Stitchwort, Water Mint, Yellow Loosestrife, Common Comfrey, Figwort, Water Figwort, Water Soldier, Honeysuckle, Pignut, Salad Burnet, Hairy Tare, Dyers Greenwood, Southern Marsh Orchid, Common Spotted Orchid White and Red Campion, Hedge woundwort Enchanter Nightshade, Ramsons, Alternate Leaved Golden Saxifrage, Lord and Ladies, Narrow Leaved Pea, Fringecups, Orange Hawkweed, Siberian Iris, Water Cress, Purple Loosestriffe, Dotted Loosestrife, Fennel, Poppy, Ornamental PoppyHemlock Water Dropwort Gipsywort, Bilberry, Marsh Cinquefoil, Water Plantain, Yellow Rattle, Ivy Leaved Toadflax, Creeping Jenny, Oxeye Daisy, Tufted Vetch, Goatsbeard, Ragged Robin and lots more some in flower others not.
lots to ID and will update withtotal later
Huge Pike in the canal basking with plenty of other fish some looked like Roach.
Red and Azure Damsel, Orange Tipped , Green Viened White, Small Tortoise Shell, Peacock Butterflies, Noon Fly, Hoverfly Eristalis arbustorum, Cuckoo Bees Nomada Flava Nomada leucophthalma, Ground Bug Chartoscirta cincta
Beetles Cercyon (Cercyon) melanocephalus, Aphodius (Melinopterus) sphacelatus, Agelastica alni, and about 30 Donacia semicuprea on reed where they should be
Red Campion, Fringe Cups, Cuckoo flower, Yellow Rattle, Red Clover, Blacl Medic, Common and Bush Vetch, Sun Spurge, Ornmamental Poppy, Dame Violet, and Birds Foot Trefoil all in flower
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Monday 8th of April 2013 07:04:35 AM
four small smooth newts, nice rove beetle pretty sure Quedius levicollis Hinds Mill Area Elton, common flower bug, harvest man Nemastoma bimaculatum, spring tail Pogonognathellus longicornis under pond weed on the shore and a plume moth which looks like Emmelina monodactyla.
Cheers Ian
In a carpark/footpath near end of canal Scarlet Pimpernel not common in Bury same place field speedwell, sure thyme small specimen leaved speedwell, and hop trefoil, wild parsnip
railway small scabious
hinds smooth tare, hairy tare, narrow leaved pea, marsh mallow, margoram, and wild fennel
Canal Gypsey wort, Marsh bedstraw, Marsh woundwort, Skullcap, Hemp Agrimony.
Dip Devils Bit Scabious
Warthfold scattered around and sure not planted as very adhoc and appearing in alsorts of placs on open land Poppy, Corn Cockle, Corn Marigold, Corn Flower in good number with Redshank Scentless Mayweed and patch ivy leaved toadflax.
Several Small Copper, Peacock Small TTshell Green Viened white, Large and small skippers Gatekeeper and meadow brown
Common Darter lots, Brown and Southern Hawkers
Common Frog and Newt Crow Tree farm and Old Hall farm
Backswimmer, Lesser Boatman canal
Hoverflies Eristalis pertinax, Helophilus pendulus, Xylota segnis
few water beetles to ID
Dolerus genus Sawfly
Harlequin and seven spot ladybird
-- Edited by Ian Boote on Sunday 19th of August 2012 12:12:21 AM
Comma, Gatekeeper, large & Small skipper, Small TT Shell, Large White Green Viened White Meadow Brown and cinnabar Moth caterpiller
common Hawker around pond 2, Common Darter , Blue tailed Damsel, Chloromyia formosa soldier fly , Poecilobothrus nobilitatus dance fly, Neuroctena anilis fly
Plant Bugs
Lygocoris pabulinus Common Green Capsid, curious looking Heterotoma planicornis, Plagiognathus arbustorum, Apolygus lucorum on tansy , Liocoris tripustulatus, Apolygus spinolae and Deraeocoris ruber.
Rhagonycha fulva and Cantharis nigra soldier beetles
Common pond scater in a wheel rut puddle near pond two
Summer is here
hinds
teazel creeping jenny, musk mallow, narrow leaved pea, ribbed melliot, large flowered evening primrose, tutusan, imperforate st johns wort, dotted and yellow loosestrife wild fennel hedge woundwort hairy tare
spenmoor
speckled wood, small TT shell, four barred major soldier fly, Volucella bombylans var. plumata bee mimic hoverfly
-- Edited by Ian Boote on Sunday 15th of July 2012 11:57:23 PM
Commn Spotted orchid 5, southern marsh orchid 6, Marsh Heleborine 30 comming through, fairy flax, red white clover, yarrow, self heal, wild thyme catsear lots of berberis no blue eyed grass
-- Edited by Ian Boote on Sunday 24th of June 2012 08:03:45 PM
This weekend
Rhadinoceraea micans Iris Sawfly and Aphthona nonstriata Iris Flea Beetle found on Flag Iris in a pond lots of these
Nettle Weevil - Phyllobius pomaceus
nettle weevil Nedyus quadrimaculatus
green shield bug adult
Empis livida - snipe fly
good day for cuckoo bees- Nomada flava, Nomada goodeniana, Sphecodes monilicornis
Hoverfly Pied Hoverfly - Scaeva pyrastri thought by some to be migrants, Baccha elongata - elongated hoverfly, Xylota segnis
Red Damseld flies at least two Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Ichneumon suspiciosus - wasp
Sawfly Aglaostigma spp maybe A. fulvipes
Common Carder Bumblebee - Bombus pascuorum
Phantom Craneflies genus Ptychoptera
in flower shiny leaved cranesbill, bogbean, flag iris, lesser stitchwort, sunspurge, bush vetch, garlic mustard, wild garlic, cow parsley
Hedgerows from Road to spenmoor include Elder, Hawthorn Holly and one Cherry. Flowers include Bluebell, Garlic Mustard, Herb Robert in flower among others
In a pond between two farm right in the centre of the site large raft of Bogbean comming into flower and Marsh Cinquefoil. The first only site in Bury I know for this and the last Notable though at a least three other sites nearby.
late report from weekend
Ground Beetle
clivinia fosser ainsworth lodges 14/04/12
Nebria brevicolis r ainsworth lodges 14/04/12
agonum muelleri ainsworth 14/04/12
Black Clock Beetle - Pterostichus madidus buckley fold 14/04/12
Sap beetle Epuraea melanocephala on hawthorn railway elton 15/04/12
Hover Fly Syrphus ribesii hinds 14/04/12
Sawfly Hoplocampa genus hinds on willow 15/04/12
Butterfly speckled wood
water cricket nymph doffer fold stream
Great Crested Newt found by accident under a rock long way from known breeding areas rock quickly replaced as offence to disturb this species.
Sunny Bank as you enter foot path into dip is a good spot for mining bees and lurking cuckoo bees who follow the mining bees into burrows and lay their eggs. Very active.
Andrena cineraria grey nining bee dip 14/04/12
tawney mining bee dip 16/04/14
Cuckoo bee Sphecodes monilicornis dip 16/04/12
Cuckoo bee Nomada goodeniana dip 16/04/12
Ectopsocus petersi bakl louse elton rialway line
forgetmenot in flower
Cow Parsley in flower
Opposite Leaved Golden Saxifrage
Garlic Mustarrd
Pardosa lugubris dip wolfspiderte
tragnatha Montana dip elongated spider
Larinioides cornutus orb spider dip
Anthocoris nemoralis browny black ground beetle canal end
7 spot ladybird
amara anea old hall ground beetle
leistus spinibarbis buckley fold ground beetle
Quedius mesomelinus poss buckley fold rove beetle
Devil's Coach Horse - Ocypus olens very big striking a scorpion pose
Pterostichus madidus canal red legged ground beetle
true bugs
Heterocordylus tibialis on broom hinds red nymph
Anthocoris nemorum common plant bug hinds on broom
Anthocoris nemoralis on broom hinds
Rather large fox rather short distance site supressed as they are shot around here.
Owl midge
lots of true bugs
Anthocoris sarothamni Plant bug on Broom
Stenodema laevigata rather pretty brown bug 4 found two locations ID lack of spur on rear leg and pitted protonum
Common Flower Bug - Anthocoris nemorum
Birch Catkin Bug - Kleidocerys resedae
two crab spiders
xysticus cristatus
xysticus poss erraticus
beetles tiny
Protapion genus weevil in grass 2mm
genus Epuraea orange beetle two different types
flea beetle so called as they jump
Altica genus poss lythri visable by its slightly larger size, maybe brighter blue colour, and by size of the elytra, which are somewhat widened towards the posterior
Longitarsus genus poss luridus found in grass three of
and first hoverfly but two fast to id
Ground Beetle small two brown spots bembidon biguttatum
Cercyon melanocephalus 3mm beetle
Sitona lineatus weevil
Stenus Genus rove beetle
Tachinus rufipes rove beetle
llepthyphantes Genus poss tenuis spider
Spiders
pardosa lagubris wolf spider
xysticus cristatus crab spider
trochusa ruricola wolf spider
Walnut Orb Weaver - Nuctenea umbratica
mining bees dip
colts foot
thale cress
rape
blackthorn
daffodill
Field Vole
common newt
common toad
water crickets 6 warth fold in spite of the works
Groundsel in flower Dam
Crocus in flower Hinds
Flowering Raspberry in flower Hinds
Lesser Celendine in flower Warthfold
Groundbeetles
Bembidion tetracolum 4 spotted electra
Paranchus albipes
notiophilus biguttatus very busy big eyed bug
Harpalus rufipes
Loricera pilicornis hairy antenna coppery green
badister bullatus very pretty black brown bug
Calathus melanocephalus
Other Beetles
Exapion ulicis gorse seed weavil found on gorse huge hooter
Seven spot Ladybird
Scarab beetle Aphodius prodromus
Ground Bug
Scolopostethus cf. affinis
Dicyphus pallicornis lives on foxglove found on foxglove
Kleidocerys resedae Birch Catkin Bug found on gorse but near birch
Shield Bug Troilus luridus Adult on Spruce
Spiders
Pisaura mirabilis Nursery Web Spider in a tussock
Philodromus emarginatus crab spider in a tussock
One Black ant
Red Ant nest
Some type of Gall Wasp adult on oak quite a few
Phantom Midge
Had a check on lower Hinds premier site for alkaline plants and its seen the usual neglect and wear and tear from trial bikes, camp fires, and rubbish over winter. Wild Thyme grows here one of only two sites in GMC. It is just about hanging on despite a huge bonfire and extension of the bike track over around and near it and general wilful excavations.
Then slightly surprised to see a huge spam tin hanging in a tree, which I thought matched the beer bottles and old umbrella adorning other trees. Then very pleasently surprised to see someone had turned it into a somewhat unorthadox bird feeder along with a ice cream tub simlarly suspended with bird food. Nice to know someone at least on lower hinds cares.
And Warth Fold Weir repairs. I won't say anything but there has been some very accidental but serious damage done to a bit of GMC wildlife by the work.
Soap box away.
-- Edited by Ian Boote on Monday 27th of February 2012 12:16:42 AM
-- Edited by Ian Boote on Monday 27th of February 2012 12:20:18 AM
spider pachygnatha degeeri buckley fold hunts in rubble
Ground Bug Scolopostethus cf. affinis crow tree farm seen before in this area.
Green Springtail - Isotoma viridis buckley fold
gedis wasp doffer fold flightless parasitic wasp that hunts its host. About 40 species in UK but very difficult to nail beyong genus, This one was paying attention to snails and was orange and black. Very small 3mm
Weevil Dorytomus taeniatus found on willow withins under bark another found on willow end of canal
Ground Beetles
Stream bank alpha ocys harpaloides, Paranchus albipes,
Under Logs Nebria brevicollis, Anchomenus dorsalis bright green beetle site of buckley fold
at least two of each species
harvest man and spiders doffer fold buckley fold areas
Paroligolophus agrestis, bolyphantes luteolus, neriene clathrata
common newt canal side
and just had Ground Bug Anthocoris cf. confusus lowercroft res ainsworth kindly confirmed few records GMC on NBN though that does not mean it isn't common.
Orchesella cincta springtail
Banded Centipede Lithobius variegatus.
Brown Centipede - Lithobius forficatus
Common Pygmy Woodlouse - Trichoniscus pusillus
Common Shiny Woodlouse - Oniscus asellus
all very common but active and useful for the hungary birds
Also council planted but swathes of Crocus on Walmersley Rd in Flower
At the end of the canal in the trees bordering Hinds
alder leaf beetle agelastica alni and another Dromius quadrimaculatus ground beetle woken in a branch crucks
Old Hall two Common House-spider - Tegenaria domestica under a brick
And in a Document Store in an Old Cotton Mill in Radclife
Pholcus phalangioides other names Daddy Long Leg Spider and Celler Spider easily recognized by small body and long legs first pair five and half times the length of its body. Lives in Buildings and has a variety of hunting techniques taping on other webs then ambushing other spiders as they appear, or just hunting most other insects in the house including when starving hungary its own species
Spiders -Neriene peltata, Amaurobius similis, even a wolf and crab spider that were too quick and a harvestman Paroligolophus agrestis. Beetles
ground beetles
Ocys harpaloides found in leaf litter canal end, Common but not reported GMC before NBN
Dromius quadrimaculatus handsome beetle with four brown spots on the abdomen lives and was found under bark end of canal. Common but not reported GMC before nearest in a field near mellor NBN.
Leaf Beetle
Oulema gallaeciana cerial beetle found in a log.
A Rove beetle too difficult to ID.
Groud Bug Drymus brunneus Common but not reported GMC before NBN
found under a brick near Doffer Fold
and
Very Large Common toad
first real visit of 2012
In flower gorse dandelion yarrow five plants Railway Daffs coming through
Jelly ear and Velvet shank fungi Canal
Erigone arctica money soider Amaurobius similis funnel weaver spider found under bark Hinds
Some bembidon genus ground beetles very small three under a rock Buckley Fold
Atrecus affinis - Rove Beetle found under bark dip where it inhabits not reported in GM before but common several
Spring Tails Entomobrya nivalis and Entomobrya intermedia are two closely related species and some experts think the same quite a lot of these either or both found very small under bark dip.
I noticed tiny black specks moving under bark Globular springtail Sminthurinus niger, these are about 0.6mm long and resemble full stops moving about very active Collembola. Common but not recorded in GM I think.
usual wood lice millipedes
Dead Rat Grey Squirrel
more to come from here and other sites in bury in 2012
still stuff about
Very quite around most of the area until a mooch around the site of Buckley fold north west of the res.
yarrow and himalayan balsam still in flower
Leistus rufomarginatus ground beetle not recorded in GMC before small black with brown legs and mouthparts seen before.
Amaurobius fenestralis spider found under bark
Candlesnuff Fungus - Xylaria hypoxylon
Buckley Fold
Dicranopalpus ramosus large harvestman spread from Morroco (!) landed UK Bournmouth 1957 presumably with sunglassesin with a suitcase now as far north as Scotland. Common and large with legs. ID via pedipalps that are forked and body seen Aug to November. Not recorded in GMC before NBN.
Scolopostethus cf. thomsoni ground bug abundant especially around nettle 2 found under a huge boulder. Not recorded before in GMC
Ground Beetle anchomenus dorsalis green brown beetle common but late and unlike most stuff fast moving
-- Edited by Ian Boote on Sunday 4th of December 2011 12:48:37 AM
Common Shiny Woodlouse - Oniscus asellus
Woodlouse Porcellio spinicornis
Amaurobius fenestralis very pretty spider found in a log alpha
eyed Flat-backed Millipede Nanogona polydesmoides ID by round plates near legs fairly common in UK but restricted to UK and Scandanavia only. alpha
Ground Bug Drymus sylvaticus id from other two in genus by general lighter colour and a dark elongate rectangular mark by the apex of the clavus. Not reported in GM before according NBN
and two escapee peacocks in my back garden on return
Tomocerus minor. Spring tail
Entomobrya nivalis spring tail
Pogonognathellus longicornis spring tail o reported in gmc according to nbn can be found up trees ans is the largesty UK springtail with even longer antenna. Common
Earwig - Forficula auricularia
Tachypodoiulus niger White Legged millipede
Brown Centipede Lithobius forficatus
Banded Centipede - Lithobius variegates
Wavy Bitter Cress Cardamine flexuosa in flower
Achillea millefolium or yarrow in flower
Leucanthemum vulgare, oxeye daisy in flower
Centaurea nigra. Common or lesser knapweed in flower
Large flowered Evening Primrose, Oenothera lamarckiana in flower
Eristalis arbustorum Drone fly
birch rust, Melampsoridium beltline
alder beetle
Leistus spinibarbis black ground beetle
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Platynus assimilis ground beetle
pardosa monticola wolf spider
2 Spot Ladybird - Adalia bipunctata (sexpustulata form) four red spots on black wing cases. Landed on dam. Can be seen up to November and is thought to be being persecuted by the harlequin ladybird.
Ground bug Scolopostethus affinis lives on nettles or leaf litter found earlier in year near Crow tree but again found today west of Crow Tree Farm in leaves not reported in GMC before on NBN website. overlooked
shaggy ink cap mushroom
Tomocerus minor springtail metalic blue bouncy thing oldhall
tegnaria domestica spider oldhall
pirata hygrophilus spider trotting around on the surface of pond spenmoor
Entomobrya nivalis spring tail buckley fold
Pterostichus strenuus ground beetle buckley fold
seven spot ladybird buckley fold
Common Striped Woodlouse - Philoscia muscorum
Leistus fulvibarbis ground beetle buckley fold
Dolichopodidae fly over 30 on pond surface spenmoor over 300 species in this genus
Earwig - Forficula auricularia
common toad commmon newt