25+ Meadow Browns 15 Gatekeepers 8 Small Skippers 3 Commas
4 Brown Hawkers
David Lumb said
Mon Apr 14 5:33 PM, 2014
Speckled Wood on the footpath from the river to the police station on Crompton Way
David Lumb said
Wed Aug 28 5:46 AM, 2013
This morning :-
1 Large White 2 Green-veined Whites 1 Small Copper 1 Common Blue 1 Speckled Wood 1 Meadow Brown
6 Brown Hawkers
David Lumb said
Mon Jul 1 4:14 AM, 2013
Almost stood on a baby rabbit on the path down here. I just saw it in time and after a little persuasion it finally moved away.
Bistort, Black Medick, Bramble, Broad-leaved Dock, Broad-leaved Pondweed, Broad-leaved Willowherb, Broom, Bush Vetch, Common Catsear, Common Cleavers, Dandelion, Giant Hogweed, Ground Elder, Hedge Woundwort, Hemlock Water Dropwort, Herb Bennet, Herb Robert, Hogweed, Japanese Knotweed, Lady's Mantle, Leafy Hawkweed, Meadow Buttercup, Meadow Cranesbill, Meadow Vetchling, Netttle, Nipplewort, Ox-eye Daisy, Pineapple Mayweed, Pink Purslane, Red Campion, Red Clover, Ribwort Plantain, Southern Marsh Orchid, various Thistles, Tufted Vetch, Water Forgetmenot, White Clover. A few things not in flower yet, including Fringed Water-lily & Frogbit.
Lots of bees, especially on the Giant Hogweed :- Bombus hypnorum, Bombus lapidaries, Bombus lucorum, Bombus pascuorum, Bombus pratorum, Bombus sylvestris.
No dragonflies (probably not sunny enough). Large Red, Azure, & Common Blue damselflies.
A very colourful caterpillar, Still trying to identify this from photo.
David Lumb said
Tue Aug 28 8:43 PM, 2012
10.30am to 11.05 am
1 Terrapin on lodges, making the most of the sunshine. The first one I have seen here for a few months, although I have been told by a fisherman friend that there are a few. My photos again proved inconclusive as to which species, but suggesting that it is not a Red-eared Terrapin, which would be the expected release species.
2 Peacock, 2 Comma, 4 Speckled Wood, 3 Gatekeeper, 4 Meadow Brown. 1 Silver Y, my first migrant moth this year, and one of very few macro-moths I have seen anywhere this year. 1 Common Hawker, 14 Brown Hawkers (they were all over the place, sometimes flying around in threes), Common Blue damselflies. Common Green Grasshoppers. Buff-tailed Bumble Bees. A few unidentified Hoverflies and Crane Flies.
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 16th of September 2012 07:53:40 AM
Large Skippers, Small Skippers, Meadow Browns, & Gatekeepers.
A few Brown Hawkers.
Large Red & Azure damselflies
Carder Bees, Red-tailed & White-tailed Bumble Bees.
A couple of Rabbits by the river.
15 Gatekeepers
8 Small Skippers
3 Commas
4 Brown Hawkers
1 Large White
2 Green-veined Whites
1 Small Copper
1 Common Blue
1 Speckled Wood
1 Meadow Brown
6 Brown Hawkers
Bistort, Black Medick, Bramble, Broad-leaved Dock, Broad-leaved Pondweed, Broad-leaved Willowherb, Broom, Bush Vetch, Common Catsear, Common Cleavers, Dandelion, Giant Hogweed, Ground Elder, Hedge Woundwort, Hemlock Water Dropwort, Herb Bennet, Herb Robert, Hogweed, Japanese Knotweed, Lady's Mantle, Leafy Hawkweed, Meadow Buttercup,
Meadow Cranesbill, Meadow Vetchling, Netttle, Nipplewort, Ox-eye Daisy, Pineapple Mayweed, Pink Purslane, Red Campion, Red Clover, Ribwort Plantain, Southern Marsh Orchid, various Thistles, Tufted Vetch, Water Forgetmenot, White Clover.
A few things not in flower yet, including Fringed Water-lily & Frogbit.
1 Large Skipper, 1 Meadow Brown, 2 Speckled Woods.
1 Silver-ground Carpet, 1 Marbled Orchard Tortrix, 5 Small China-mark, numerous Nettle-tap, Celypha lacunana, Chrysoteuchia culmella.
Lots of bees, especially on the Giant Hogweed :-
Bombus hypnorum, Bombus lapidaries, Bombus lucorum, Bombus pascuorum, Bombus pratorum, Bombus sylvestris.
No dragonflies (probably not sunny enough). Large Red, Azure, & Common Blue damselflies.
A very colourful caterpillar, Still trying to identify this from photo.
1 Terrapin on lodges, making the most of the sunshine. The first one I have seen here for a few months, although I have been told by a fisherman friend that there are a few. My photos again proved inconclusive as to which species, but suggesting that it is not a Red-eared Terrapin, which would be the expected release species.
2 Peacock, 2 Comma, 4 Speckled Wood, 3 Gatekeeper, 4 Meadow Brown.
1 Silver Y, my first migrant moth this year, and one of very few macro-moths I have seen anywhere this year.
1 Common Hawker, 14 Brown Hawkers (they were all over the place, sometimes flying around in threes), Common Blue damselflies.
Common Green Grasshoppers.
Buff-tailed Bumble Bees.
A few unidentified Hoverflies and Crane Flies.
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 16th of September 2012 07:53:40 AM