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Doc Brewster


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Steven Nelson wrote:

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Thousands of spiders webs covered in dew. They look like small hammocks! If anyone knows which species of spider makes these Id be interested to know. Photo attached.

-- Edited by Steven Nelson on Wednesday 25th of October 2023 02:27:54 PM

 They are made by spiders in the family of 'Hammock Web-weavers'. Couple of UK species in that family that are common around here smile



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Steven Nelson


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Little Woolden Moss NR - am

1 Stoat ran across the path in front of me

1 Common Darter
3 Black Darter

1 Red Admiral
1 Small Tortoiseshell

Thousands of spiders webs covered in dew. They look like small hammocks! If anyone knows which species of spider makes these Id be interested to know. Photo attached.

-- Edited by Steven Nelson on Wednesday 25th of October 2023 02:27:54 PM

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Mike Chorley


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You're welcome Steve. No neither am I. Luckily the app gave the scietific name, which made things a lot easier. Oh yes,they all do, but easier than carting around something the size of two Collins Field Guides spine to spine!

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Steven Nelson


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Thanks Mike. Im certainly no expert. The app is useful but has its limitations.

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Mike Chorley


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Hi Steve not sure about the 'Fried' bit (U.S. company app? biggrin) but Phillips has it as Chicken Mushroom/Clustered Domecap

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Steven Nelson


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Chat Moss - am

Still a few Black Darter dragonflies around

Fungi:
A patch of 19 Fly Agaric have emerged at various stages of development
Lyophyllum decastes (Fried Chicken Mushroom) - according to the app!

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Steven Nelson


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Irlam Moss

Butterflies out in the warm sunshine:
1 Brimstone
1 Large White
5 Red Admiral

Plenty of Black Darter and Common Darter still active


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Steven Nelson


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Chat Moss - am

A few fungi starting to appear now:
Poplar Milkcap
Stinking Dapperling
Birch Bolete
Pestle Puffball

Also still a few Black Darter dragonflies around


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Steven Nelson


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Late post for yesterday evening

1 Weasel ran across Twelve Yards Rd

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150923 am

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

4 Red Admiral

50+ Common Darter

20+ Black Darter

1 Southern Hawker.

 



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130923 am

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

28 Common Darter

14 Common Darter copulating...one pair deciding that my left arm was a good enough place to get on with creating their next generation!

12 Black Darter copulating

1 Comma

1 Southern Hawker

2 Red Admiral

 



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110923 am

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

1 Migrant Hawker

3 Southern Hawker

1 Emperor Dragonfly Ovipositing

50 + Common Darter

90+ Black Darter

1 Comma



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090923 am

Cadishead Moss

16 Common Darter

11 Black Darter

2 Red Admiral

1 Southern Hawker.

 



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070923 am

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

5 Red Admiral

1 Small Tortoiseshell

6 Speckled Wood

70 Common Darter

80 Black Darter



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060923

Chat Moss am

1 Weasel

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

90 Common Darter

120 Black Darter

7 Southern Hawker

7 Speckled Wood Butterflies

3 Red Admiral

2 Emperor Dragonfly (mating)

1 Comma

 



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The warm, damp and humid conditions this evening brought out large numbers of Common Toads on Twelve Yards Road making for a very slow drive home trying to avoid them and stopping to move them off the road! At least 50 counted but no doubt many more.

Also a Migrant Hawker dragonfly seen at Little Woolden Moss NR

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040923 am

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

3 Migrant Hawker

7 Southern Hawker

9 Speckled Wood Butterfly

1 Emerald Damselfly

45 Common Darter

90+ Black Darter

 



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010923 am

Little Woolden Moss

6 Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly

1 Southern Hawker

3 Red Admiral

40+ Small White Butterfly

 



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300823 am

Chat Moss

80+ Black Darter

4 Speckled Wood Butterfly.

6 Common Darter

1 Brimstone Butterfly

 



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290823 am

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

1 Southern Hawker

8 Common Darter

60+ Black Darter

6 Speckled Wood Butterfly

2 Red Admiral

 



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Steven Nelson


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Chat Moss - pm

Elephant Hawk Moth caterpillar

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270823 am

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

3 Red Admiral Butterfly

2 Peacock Butterfly

1 Common Darter

1 Painted Lady Butterfly

 

 



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260823 am

Chat Moss

60 Black Darter

6 Speckled Wood Butterfly

1 Common Blue Butterfly

1 Emerald Damselfly



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250823

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR West

2 Emerald Damselfly

75 Black Darter

4 Red Admiral

1 Smooth Newt

 

 



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230823 am

Little Wooden Moss

40 Small White Butterfly 

1 Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly

6 Large White Butterfly



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Steven Nelson


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Little Woolden Moss NR - this evening

A Smooth Newt was a new species for me on the mosses.

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210823 

Little Woolden Moss

30 Large White Butterfly

2 Red Admiral

 



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200823

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

30 Black Darter

4 Speckled Wood Butterfly

6 Common Darter

1 Red Admiral Butterfly

 



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190823

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

70 Black Darter

7 Common Blue Butterfly

4 Common Darter

 



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160823

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

1 Southern Hawker

5 Common Darter

25 Black Darter

1 Speckled Wood Butterfly



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150823

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

2 Common Blue Butterfly

40 Black Darter

6 Common Darter

1 Brimstone.

 



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110823 am

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

5 Common Blue Butterfly

22 Black Darter

3 Emerald Damselfly

5 Gatekeeper.



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070823 

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

3 Common Blue Butterfly

11 Peacock Butterfly

2 Red Admiral

1 Brown Hawker

1 Common Darter

6 Emerald Damselfly

22 Black Darter.



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030823

Home Garden Irlam

5 Large White Butterfly

3 Holly Blue Butterfly

2 Red Admiral

1 Peacock Butterfly.



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030823 am

Little Woolden Moss

9 Peacock Butterfly

6 Comma

10 Red Admiral

60 Plus Large White Butterfly on a Sunflower Rich Stewardship crop

 



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010823

Chat Moss

1 Field Mouse which fitted the description of a 'Wee Sleekit Cowrin Tim'rous beastie' as it seemed not know where to hide...



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020823

Home Garden Irlam

1 Brimstone

1 Holly Blue

4 Large White

1 Small White.



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010823 

Home Garden Irlam

1 Brown Hawker

1 Red Admiral

3 Large White Butterfly.



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250723 1200-1355

Home Garden Irlam

5 Peacock Butterfly

2 Speckled Wood

6 Large White

2 Red Admiral

1 Small white

3 Holly Blue

1 Southern Hawker

3 Grasshopper.

 



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Irlam Moss - this evening

c10 Purple Hairstreaks in flitting between Oak trees

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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

3 Peacock

7 Speckled Wood

2 Red Admiral

1 Comma

1 Gatekeeper.



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Female short-winged conehead on fence post at Lancs WT Little Woolden Moss this PM



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290723 Chat Moss

2 Brimstone

6 Meadow Brown

2 Peacock

2 Southern Hawker

1 Common Darter

11 Gatekeeper

12 Black Darter

3 Peacock

2 Red Admiral



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280723 Little Woolden Moss

8 Peacock Butterfly

3 Small Tortoiseshell

3 Red Admiral

60 + Large White Butterfly

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

3 Emperor Dragonfly

30 + Black Darter

1 Brown Hawker

20 + Emerald Damselfly

9 Peacock

1 Common Blue Butterfly

6 Red Admiral

4 Comma.

50 + Field Grasshopper...

 



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250723 Carbon Landscape Dragonfly Survey along the Glaze near Little Woolden Hall

33 Banded Demoiselle...Male

26 Banded Demoiselle...Female

3 Black Darter

1 Comma

1 Common Blue Butterfly

1 Peacock Butterfly

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

36 Black Darter...recently emerged

6 Gatekeeper

18 Peacock Butterfly

1 Comma

4 Emerald Damselfly

1 Small Tortoiseshell.

 



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Little Woolden Moss NR

13 Common Stinkhorn - 1 newly emerged covered in flies, another past its best plus a further 9 eggs at various stages of development.

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Chat Moss - am

Moths:
1 Yellow Shell
1 Shaded Broad-bar
4 Common Carpet

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Little Woolden Moss NR

A few fungi starting to appear in the wet conditions:
2 Tawny Grisette
1 Common Stinkhorn egg

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Saw this Hornet Plumehorn (that's what the app says it is) on Croxdens this morning, don't remember having ever noticed one before.

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Chat Moss - am

Round Leaved Sundews in flower.

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