Bird wise we have many nice migrants on site, Willow Warblers, Chiff Chaffs, Blackcaps, Whitethroats. Some of us have seen Wood Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat & this weekend Spotted Flycatcher has been seen, with the new Tree Sparrow Farm at risk of becoming a Blue Tit Farm!
So like most people with cameras - I've been looking at the Flowers & Insects instead.
Here's some flowering plants seen this weekend - I'm no plant expert so anybody who knows what they are (if I am wrong) Please tell! I'll edit the names in later. Thanks Colin - Names now attached!
Plant 1 - Pink Purslane
Plant 2 - Forget Me Not with Melanostoma Scalare Hover Fly
Plant 3 - Forget Me Not
Plant 4 - Red Campion
Plant 5 - Flowering Nettle
Plant 6 - Wild Garlic
Plant 7 - Bush Vetch
Plant 8 - Brassicas
Plant 9 - Buttercup
Plant 10 - Bluebell
Plant 11 - Broom
Plant 12 - Apple Blossom
Plant 13 - Sphagnum Moss?
Plant 13 - Sphagnum Moss?
Plant 14 - Sphagnum Moss?
Plant 14 - Sphagnum Moss?
Both 13 & 14 were up in the Sphagnum Bog area but clearly 2 different types of flower/head. No.14 has interesting hairs & Fungus? on it. I belive these are both Polytrichum Strictum
Managed to catch one of these stationary :
Orange Tip
Click Beetle - Athous Sp.
I found four of them on this nettle plant.
I Do know what this is - A Goosander!
He's on guard! His lady friend is hiding out nearby.
4 comments:
You have a Selection of Flowers Red Campion , Cow Parsley , Forget Me Not with Melanostoma scalare , A hoverfly, Pink Purslane , Ramsons or Wild garlic, Bush Vetch and Bluebell A click Beetle Athous sp The Butterfly is an Orange Tip probably a Female feeding on Brassicas the early spring Plants The Buttercup either Meadow* or creeping need the leaves to be sure Broom ( pea Family) Apple blossom
Thanks Colin - Tidied all the names up, Interestingly the Orange Tip, had no Orange tips, when it flew off!
Nice set of pictures Barry
Only the males have orange tips.
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