tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23192630720862435092024-02-07T05:52:05.284+00:00Three Counties HeraldThe Heraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11393815486440597141noreply@blogger.comBlogger219125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319263072086243509.post-45845064015776224202018-04-24T13:56:00.000+01:002018-04-24T19:24:25.317+01:00Geometry...nature's way<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Rhombus</i>....an oblique-angled equilateral parrallelogram having four equal sides ></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Rhombic Leatherbug </i>(Syromastus rhombeus) 9-11mm body lenght. Local to coastal regions in southern England and also a few scattered inland sites.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Nature's geometry...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A few days ago, while out walking in one of my local nature reserves, I came across a large patch of (I think?) Common Chickweed <i>(Stelllaria media)</i>, on closer inspection I found that it was covered in lots of these stunning Leatherbugs..a cue for a photo session!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What it's all about...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What do you call this shape then?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Who you looking at?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Way more interesting than the geometry lessons I had at school!</span></span><br />
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The Heraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11393815486440597141noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319263072086243509.post-36157447514006984792018-02-11T09:09:00.000+00:002018-02-11T09:09:15.579+00:00The early bird.....<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">....catches the worm. (or maybe she was just having a <i>l-o-n-g</i> lunch break?)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I spotted this pair of Stonechats a couple of days ago, the male didn't look too happy at missing out on a juicy meal! </span></span><br />
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The Heraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11393815486440597141noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319263072086243509.post-48965783303644212642018-01-26T14:31:00.000+00:002018-02-21T08:18:36.610+00:00SPIDERS<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Early last year, while out photographing insects, I saw, and photographed, a rather strikingly marked and colourful spider. On reviewing the photographs later, and not knowing anything about spiders, I decided to do some research. After a lot of Google(ing) and looking at Facebook spider groups, I became totally hooked on what to me is now a fascinating subject. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Needless to say many more photographs duly appeared....strange how that happens!</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Common Candy-striped Spider </span></span></b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- <i>Enoplognatha ovata (f. lineata) </i>♀ Body length 4-6mm<i> </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is the most common of the three colour forms. Of the other two, <i>f.redimita </i>has two longitudinal red bands on the abdomen and <i>f. ovata </i>has a broad central red band. Hence the name Candy-striped.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Crab Spider</b> - <i>Xysticus species (poss. X kochi)</i> ♀ Body length 6-8mm </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A squat crab like spider, they lie in wait on low vegetation ready to ambush their prey.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Daddy Long Legs Spider</b> - <i>Pholcus phalangioides </i>Body length 7-10mm</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A member of the <b>Cellar Spiders </b>genera. Found almost always indoors where it spins it's web and hangs upside down, usually, in ceiling corners.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Easter Fox Spider</b> - <i>Alopecosa barbipes </i>♂ Body length 8-12mm<i> </i> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Found in sparsely vegetated open heathland. The female digs a burrow in which she hides and protects her egg-sac.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Fleecy Jumper</b> - <i>Pseudeuophrys lanigera</i> Body length 4-5mm </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> This small spider is associated with buildings and human habitation, often seen on outside walls and window sills.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">First recorded in Britain in 1930. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Furrow Orb-weaver Spider </b>- <i>Larinioides cornutus</i> ♂ Body length 5-8mm <b> </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Found in tall vegetation close to water where it spins it's large web. This is the normal white/black colour form there is also an orange/brown colour form.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Garden (cross) Spider </b>- <i>Araneus diadematus </i> ♀ Body length 12-19mm </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">An abundant spider, it's webs can be found anywhere where the vegetation is strong enough to hold them. The female is much larger than the male and can usually be found sitting motionless in the center of her web.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Green Mesh Weaver - Green Leaf Spider</b> - <i>Nigma Walckenaeri </i> ♂ Body length 3-4mm</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This small spider is found only in central-eastern England where it favours Holly and other garden shrubs. The male has a brown carapace whereas the slightly bigger female is entirely green.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Labyrinth Spider </b>- <i>Agelena labyrinthica </i> ♀ Body length 8-9mm </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The female spins a labyrinth type web consisting of a maze of funnel like tubes low down in the vegetation. Her egg-sac is then placed deep inside the web. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Large House Spider </b>- <i>Tegenaria gigantes</i> Body length 10-14mm </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you've got a large web indoors or in a shed or outbuildings this spider is probably the owner. Common throughout most of Europe, a spider that can cause a certain amount of uproar when spotted scurrying across the living room carpet!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This one I spotted sitting on my wife's slippers, luckily she was out at the time, did I tell her?....No, of course I didn't!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Missing Sector Orb Web Spider</b> - <i>Zygiella x-notata </i>♀ Body length 6-7mm </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This spider is always associated with human habitation were it spins it's web in the outside corners of door and window frames or under rain gutters etc. There is always an empty sector in the web with a single thread of silk running through the middle, this is a 'signal line' - the female sits, hidden in her retreat, at the other end of the line waiting for the vibrations to tell her that prey (dinner) has landed in the web.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Have you ever been laying in bed fidgety and restless because you couldn't get all your arms and legs into a comfortable position? Perhaps this next spider can show you how to get those wayward limbs sorted!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Nursery Web Spider</b> - <i>Pisaura mirabilis</i> Body length 10-15mm </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The female constructs a large tent like web as a nursery in which to protect her newly hatched brood.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Pardosa species</b> - <i>poss. Pardosa prativaga </i> Body length up to 6mm </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Part of a large family of <b>Wolf Spiders</b> - there are fifteen British Pardosa species. Very common in the south of the country in a wide range of habitats.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Running Crab Spider</b> - <i>Philodromus dispar </i> Body length up to 5mm </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Part of another large genus with thirteen British species. Noted for their crab like appearance and erratic, often sideways, movements. <i>P. dispar</i> is common in the southern part of Britain and is found in a wide range of habitats.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Running Crab Spider </b>- <i>Philodromus collinus ♀ </i>Body length up to 6mm </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Only found in the south east of Britain usually on the leaves of evergreen trees such as Yew and pines but occasionally on broadleaved trees in mixed woodland.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Sac Spider</b> - Clubiona sp. ♀ Body length up to 10mm </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There are 21 Clubiona species in Britain, most are identical in appearance and microscopic dissection and examination of their genitalia is required to separate them.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Sand Bear-spider </b>- <i>Arctosa perita </i>♂ Body length 6-9mm </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is the culprit that started me on my spider journey - and you can see why!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A common spider in the UK where it prefers a sandy heathland type of habitat in which to excavate it's burrow.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Stone Spider/Ground Spider </b>- <i>poss. Drassodes capidosus ♀ </i> Body length 9-18mm </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As the name suggest these spiders can be found under stones in deep vegetation where they feed on ground living insects. Again genitalia examination is required to separate the three British Drassodes species.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <b>Swamp Crab-spider </b>- <i>Xysticus ulmi </i>Body length 3-8mm</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Found in low damp (marshy) habitats in south east England.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I've included this because I really like the photo..just look at those fangs! </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is the only photograph that I took of this individual so, sadly, not much hope of an id.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Wolf Spider </b>- Pardosa amentata ♂ ♀ Body length 5-8mm </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Found in a large variety of habitats this is probably the commonest species of Pardosa to see.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I watched this pair for about twenty minutes as they engaged in a 'mating dance', the female (on the right) would sit motionless as the male slowly crept towards her intermittently vibrating his body or slowly waving his pedipalps around, semaphore fashion. When he got too close she would quickly strike out towards him making him retreat back to a 'safe' distance and the ritual would start over again. Unfortunately I never got to see if he 'got lucky'...I think I moved too quickly while taking photos and they both suddenly vanished under the vegetation...or maybe, they just got shy?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>White Crab Spider </b>- <i>Misumena vatia </i> Body length 9-11mm </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">An unmistakable light coloured spider typically found on flower heads along woodland rides and hedgerows. The female has the ability to change colour, through shades of white to green, to match the colour of the flower head that she's resting on. The male is much smaller and has brown legs.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Common Zebra Spider </b>- <i>Salticus scenicus </i> ♀ Body length 5-7mm </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My favourite little spider! Can often be seen sitting in the sunshine on walls, fences and window sills waiting to jump onto any passing prey.</span></span><br />
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The Heraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11393815486440597141noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319263072086243509.post-21648760014032229102017-12-20T09:59:00.000+00:002017-12-20T09:59:23.579+00:00Seasons Greetings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />The Heraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11393815486440597141noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319263072086243509.post-2668726926643414202017-09-20T15:40:00.000+01:002017-09-20T17:35:13.513+01:00PHONESCAPES<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I spent last week on holiday in North Norfolk, normally alongside the DSLR I carry a small compact camera for taking general photos, views etc. This time I decided to lighten the load a little and use the camera on my phone.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Norfolk is the place to go for big skies and during our holiday we were lucky(!?!) to get more than a few dramatic ones!...just the job to test out the camera phone and, after a little tittivating in Photoshop, I'm really pleased with the results.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here's a little teaser for you...can you spot the odd one out? </span><br />
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<br />The Heraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11393815486440597141noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319263072086243509.post-42805024149385275882017-08-09T13:38:00.000+01:002018-02-21T08:17:31.725+00:00Time Flies<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">TIME - It's been a while since my last posting, almost 6 months!, so I guess it's about TIME for another one?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">This year, with regards to 'nature watching' I've had a bit of a change in direction..not so many birding outings but more outings focused on BUGS, or insects as the more serious like to say!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">It's such a large and diverse subject and I've become totally hooked, and it's all TIME consuming...I can go out for a few hours 'bugging' and easily come home with 300+ images on the memory card, it then takes a few days (TIME) to sort through them and ID what I've happily snapped away at! </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Subjects can range from the larger, more obvious, Damsel/Dragon Flies down to the small and barely noticeable leaf and plant hoppers. I find them all fascinating and beautiful.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Anyway, that's enough waffle...here's a few FLIES </span><br />
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<b>Bluebottle</b> <i>Calliphora vicina </i>Very familiar!<br />
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<b>Thick-Headed Fly</b> <i>Sicus ferrugineus</i> a parasitoid of bumblebees.<br />
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<b>Broad Centurion </b><i>Chloroyia formosa </i>One of the many Soldierflies which are named after their brightly coloured 'uniforms', this is a green and bronze male, the female is green and blue.<br />
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A <b>Picture-Winged Fly </b><i>Tephritis neesii </i>(about 4mm long) Belonging to a group of flies that wave their strikingly patterned wings around, semaphore style, to claim territory or attract a mate.<br />
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A <b>Slender-footed Robberfly </b><i>Leptarthrus brevirostris </i>An insect eating fly, this one is enjoying a <b>Mirid Bug </b>for it's lunch.<br />
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<b>Greenbottle </b><i>Lucilia sericata </i>Another familiar fly!<br />
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A <b>Fever Fly </b><i>Dilophus febrilis </i>One of the <b>St. Mark's Flies </b>seen in early spring often flying in large swarms, and typically with their legs dangling. This is a female, the male has large bulbous eyes.<br />
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<b>Lesser Housefly </b><i>Fannia lustrator </i> Another regular visitor to 'our world' (note the damaged eye)<br />
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These last two are from the family of <b>Tachinidae</b> flies <b>(Parasitic Flies)</b> the larvae of these flies are parasitoids of other insects especially the caterpillars of butterflies and moths.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><i>Tachina fera</i><br />
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Hopefully my next post won't be so long in coming but, you know what they say....TIME FLIES...[;o)<i> </i><br />
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The Heraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11393815486440597141noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319263072086243509.post-23557627970167526582017-01-23T14:55:00.000+00:002017-01-23T14:55:24.867+00:00<b><span style="font-size: large;">A NEW YEAR SELECTION</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b><span style="font-size: large;">It's been a while since I've posted on here...about six months!, for no good reason apart from a large dose of lethargy on my part. So, I thought I'd better make the effort and start off the new year with a selection of images taken over the last month.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We've had a few crisp, bright and frosty days over the last few weeks and most of the local water bodies have had large amounts of ice on them, concentrating the wildfowl into smaller areas than normal...making life a little easier for the photographer...!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Gadwall</b> taking flight...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Tufted Duck</b> fly over...</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b><span style="font-size: large;">A pretty in pink Mr. <b>Wigeon</b>...</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b><span style="font-size: large;">There's quiet a few <b>Goosander</b> being reported in the area at the moment...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Still finding it difficult getting the contrast right between the iridescent green head and the subtle salmon pink tinged body of the male!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Plenty of 'winter' thrushes about at the moment too...</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Fieldfare</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Redwing</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A male <b>Reed Bunting</b>...<b> </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And in plain view, instead of using it's camouflage to 'hide' in the undergrowth, a fly over <b>Snipe</b>...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And my 'bestest' little birds of the year..so far!..a very showy pair of <b>Stonechats</b>...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> </span>The Heraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11393815486440597141noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319263072086243509.post-66618019224629025742016-07-19T13:18:00.000+01:002016-07-19T13:18:57.734+01:00SLEEPING MARBLES<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yesterday morning I went out early, just after 4am and the temperature already up to 16°, to see if I could find some roosting butterflies in the hope that if I did find some they would be coated in dew.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It didn't take long to locate a few roosting Marbled Whites <i>Melanargia galathea </i>...and yes, they did have a coating of dew, although not as much as I would have liked given that after a short walk through the long grass my boots and my trousers were already soaked through.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also found some male Chalk Hill Blue Butterflies <i>Lysandra coridon </i>they seemed to be early risers and were already on the way to 'drying out'.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By 7.15am the temperature was rising (20°) in the warm sunshine and the butterflies were already taking to the wing and only briefly stopping to spread their wings and gain that little extra bit of warmth. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also saw this roosting moth Sulpher Pearl <i>Sitochroa palealis.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">....I also managed to get a fat hand!....I guess it's bound to happen If you go crawling about in in the long grass early in the morning, some sleepy insect is going to take offence at being woken up and is going to...BITE YOU!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since I took these photos this morning my hand has gotten a little fatter and my forearm is now joining it, I can't fully close my hand and the 'blister' has started to weep...apart from a slight itching there isn't any pain, all I've got to remember is...DON'T SCRATCH IT! ...[;o)</span></span>The Heraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11393815486440597141noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319263072086243509.post-11097003286607146782016-06-23T10:08:00.000+01:002016-06-23T10:08:28.902+01:00'OPPERS<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As it's <a href="http://nationalinsectweek.co.uk/">National Insect Week</a> this week (sorry, a bit late!) I thought I'd do a post on some of the 'smaller' insects that can be found, if you look close enough, in most vegetated habitats.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hoppers...found in the suborder of Auchenorrhyncha and divided into several families...Frog, Tree, Leaf , Lace, Plant etc....are the tiny bugs that are usually only seen as they hop (there's the clue in the name!) from leaf to leaf, sometimes quite long distances for such a small bug, when disturbed from their resting spots on the vegetation.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <b>Red-and-black Froghopper</b> (Cercopis vulnerata) is 9-11mm long. Common and widespread throughout Britain where it can be found in woodland rides and open habitats from April to August.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We're all familiar with seeing <b>'Cuckoo Spit' </b>the white froth found on plant stems almost everywhere, it houses the nymphs of the <b>Common Froghopper </b>(Philaenus spumaris). </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I found some in the garden the other day that had been partially washed away by the rain revealing the small, about 3mm long, nymph inside.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Empoasca decipiens and Empoasca vitis are very common and abundant and difficult to tell apart, they are both 3-4mm long and green! The main visual distinguishing feature is that E. vitis has a clear panel running along the forewings. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <b>Horned Treehopper</b> (Centrotus Cornutus) is one of only two British treehoppers. 5-8mm long, it can be found on herbs and shrubs along woodland rides and similar habitats from April to August.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think it must have some sort of persecution complex as it has a menacing looking 'face' to the front and.... </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">...for rearward protection, a 'wolf' on it's back!</span></span><br />
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<br />The Heraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11393815486440597141noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319263072086243509.post-79932481275894630112016-06-03T14:01:00.000+01:002016-06-03T14:01:32.438+01:00HOLIDAY SNAPS<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just recently I enjoyed a week's holiday on the beautiful North Norfolk coast...lots of birding, lots of walking and, of course, the usual mix of weather!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As you would expect I took more than a few photos! </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's still an ongoing job sorting them out but I'm slowly wading my way through them.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> A desert island?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Distant Whimbrel</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Ancient beauty</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Colour amongst the seaweed...male Linnet</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> There be jungle!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Cause for excitement...a scarce Curlew Sandpiper.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Now, where's that deckchair seller and the ice cream man?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fulmar 2 </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Taking in the view</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Little Tern</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> North Westerlies...again!</span></span><br />
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<br />The Heraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11393815486440597141noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319263072086243509.post-28488188482999237562016-04-27T00:30:00.000+01:002016-04-27T00:30:04.295+01:00THE KITES AND BUNTING ARE OUT........<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">....FOR A SPECIAL CELEBRATION.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is where it all started...in the front bedroom of a small two up two down terraced cottage located in a small South Cambridgeshire village close to the Hertfordshire border...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">....<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">65 years ago on the 27th. April 1951 a small bundle of joy was brought into the world.</span></span><br />
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Celebrating Corn Bunting and Reed Bunting.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The blonde hair didn't last long either, although during the last decade it does (what's left of it) appear to have once again reverted towards a lighter shade...of grey! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There is one location, not too far from home, where I regularly like to walk, Why?...it reminds me of my childhood...it was a long time ago but some things I can still remember! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I grew up in the Cambridgeshire countryside and a memory that is always with me is going out into the fields on a bright and sunny day..(Hmm?..that's another memory) to watch and listen as the many (I seem to remember there were lots more then!) Skylarks <i>(Alauda arvensis) </i> took to the wing and slowly rose higher and higher into the sky while singing that unforgettable melodious song before dropping back down to earth like a stone before, seemingly at the last minute, opening their wings to make a safe landing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sad news about the Shag featured in my last post, as is usually the case with lost/misplaced birds...those that have strayed away from their usual habitat, it's been reported over the weekend that this bird has sadly been found dead.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Not the best outcome, but nature doesn't always work in the most pleasing of ways I guess?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> </span>The Heraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11393815486440597141noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319263072086243509.post-3819740053758364562016-01-26T15:43:00.000+00:002016-01-26T16:02:54.098+00:00SHAG SHAPES<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I went out yesterday to a local lake to see if I could find the Shag that has been reported seen there over the last few days.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I spent some time scanning back and forth across the lake with my scope without any success until I heard someone calling from behind me, when I turned around a couple of fellow birders were pointing to a lone bird proudly sitting on a jetty not more than a hundred yards in the opposite direction to which I had been looking!(it wasn't there earlier..'onest!)..... a classic case of 'it's behind you'!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I spent the next 45 minutes or so watching and photographing a largely dozing and motionless bird. It did, from time to time, stir enough to provide a few different photo opportunities....</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">....in the vernacular of the (much) younger generation it 'pulled a few shapes'. (I think?)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Amused...(laughing at the silly bu...r who's been standing in the cold wind taking (rubbish) photographs for the best part of the last hour!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Despite the cold wind it was good to get out and see it, and to notch up a new 'life tick' into the bargain. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">*<i>Just in case you were wondering about the rings on it's legs?...according to them that know, it was rung on the Farne Islands last summer.</i> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A small selection from some of the 'other' subjects that I pointed my camera at during my wanderings last year.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Norfolk Beach.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Out enjoying the countryside...where better place to be? </span></span>The Heraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11393815486440597141noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319263072086243509.post-37496264986698808382015-12-22T13:20:00.000+00:002015-12-22T13:20:51.782+00:00SEASONS GREETINGS<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNXNJoPFPKt-W5P2iYXgie_GBTYQmNCcbrnGB8PTmk38BRHGJLOrMbnUlsUMleuwlY68Vtb49tx-4P081xgoHxw8K6MDKqDWmSEzJluDljpE-SpfWJPrDHB3ioJjOuZSVCay0YER0dUjZ3/s1600/Christmas+Card+2015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNXNJoPFPKt-W5P2iYXgie_GBTYQmNCcbrnGB8PTmk38BRHGJLOrMbnUlsUMleuwlY68Vtb49tx-4P081xgoHxw8K6MDKqDWmSEzJluDljpE-SpfWJPrDHB3ioJjOuZSVCay0YER0dUjZ3/s640/Christmas+Card+2015.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Wherever you are and whatever you're doing this holiday season I wish you all a Very Merry Christmas.</span>The Heraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11393815486440597141noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319263072086243509.post-79358810093170512362015-10-18T20:31:00.000+01:002015-10-18T20:31:40.855+01:00A SUMMER BUG AFFAIR<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">It’s been a while since my last post however, my time ‘away’ has been very enjoyable….I’ll let you into a little secret…I’ve had an affair!…yup, I’ve been smitten!…I’ve fallen in love with BUGS…insects, creepy crawlies…call them what you will. There’s around 24,000 species of insect in the UK and Ireland and, apart from the more obvious species like butterflies,moths and dragonflies etc., I’ve not really ‘noticed’ them before, just now and then taking a cursory glance (and maybe a photo!) at the odd one or two sitting obligingly on a leaf or grass stem, but over the last three or so months I’ve become fascinated by how diverse they are in colour, shape and behavior…I’ve also enjoyed the challenge of getting any sort of decent photographs. I’ve spent many a happy hour(?) peering into various sorts of bushes and undergrowth and it’s suffice to say that insects are very adept at flying, jumping, running, hiding, playing dead and have many other ways and means of avoiding the intrusion of that large glass eye!!) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Getting a decent photograph is only the first hurdle, getting a correct ID can become an even bigger challenge. There’s not much info out there regarding books and the internet to help with the ID of the ‘lesser’ known species.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Anyway..enough of the waffle here’s a few images (and even fewer words!) hopefully showing how diverse some of the wonderful bugs that I’ve fallen in love with can be!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">One of the <b>largest </b>(apart from the previously mentioned Dragonflies/Butterflies)<b> </b>….</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Roesel’s Bush Cricket ♀ <i>Metrioptera roeselii U</i>p to 26mm long, one of the13 species of Bush Cricket found in the UK.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">One of the <b>hairiest</b>….</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Hairy Shieldbug D<i>olycoris baccarum </i>Mostly found in the southern half of the UK, this is one of the 37 species of (UK) Shieldbugs, it can grow up to 13mm long.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">One of the <b>crop growers enemies</b>….</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">A Wireworm..the larval stage of one of the UK and Irelands 73 Click Beetle species. As a larva it lives in the soil for up to 3 years and reaches a length of 20-25mm where it feeds on the roots of various plants such as corn and potatoes with the ultimate destruction of the crop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">One of the most <b>strangest looking</b>….</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Acorn Weevil<i> Curcullio glandium</i> One of the UK’s 613 species of Weevil, found mostly on Oak trees were the larva develops inside the acorns. It has a body length of about 8mm.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">One of the <b>most annoying</b>….</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">German Wasp <i>Vespula germanica</i> One of Britain’s 4 species of black and yellow social wasps…although they would appear to be anything but ‘social’ when they induce that (amusing?) arm waving, hip hopping dance often seen at picnics and alfresco summer dining occasions! Body length up to 20mm.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">A <b>pretender</b>….</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">False Ladybird <i>Endomychus coccineus</i> Not a ladybird but one of the 8 species of Handsome Fungus Beetles. It mimics an unpalatable ladybird in the hope it will be overlooked by any interested predators. 4 to 6mm in length it feeds on fungus growths on or under the bark of dead trees.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">One of the <b>rarest</b>….</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Net-winged Beetle <i>platycis minutus</i> The smallest (up to 8mm long) of the 4 species of these, rather rare and very local, soft bodied beetles that are found in Britain. This particular one is found in southern and eastern England.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">When I realised that this beetle was on the notably scarce list I reported it to the county recorder who got back to me to say that he only had one other record for Bedfordshire, and from a different location. And to my surprise, three weeks later, another one landed right in front of me on a dead/fallen tree that I was ‘examining’ about 25 miles away over the border into Hertfordshire! Perhaps they’re not so rare after all??</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">The <b>Traveller</b>….</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Box Bug (late instar nymph) <i>Gonocerus acuteangulatus</i> One of the 11 species of Leatherbugs found in the UK.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Before the early 1990’s this bug was restricted to a small 10km area around Box Hill in Surry (hence the name!) but now it is slowly spreading to other parts of the southern UK and is now classed as local. The adult has a body length of up to 14mm. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">I had a good search of the area where I found this nymph but failed to locate anymore individuals.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">One of the <b>prettiest</b>….</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Black-and-yellow Longhorn Beetle <i>Stenurella melanura </i>With a body length of up to 20mm this prettily marked Longhorn Beetle is one of the 58 species found in Britain, they display a wide variety of sizes and colours.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">The <b>deceiver</b>…</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Wasp Beetle <i>Clytus arietis</i> Another Longhorn Beetle again using colours and patterns to try and outwit any predators this time loosely mimicking a wasp. Up to 15mm body length.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">One of the <b>Smallest</b>….</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Black Scavenger or Ensign Fly <i>Sepsis cynipsea </i>One of 29 species of small ant like flies that are associated with animal dung, this is one of the smallest at around 3mm body length and is abundant throughout Britain.<i> </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">I hope you’ve enjoyed this quick look into the vast world of bugs, and as you can probably imagine, I’ve got a large amount of photos (many still to process and i.d.) and in my next post I’ll try and show the variation that occurs within some of the different species.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">One day last week I decided to go out and see if I could find one of the UK’s rarer butterflies…the <b>WOOD WHITE </b>(Leptidea sinapis)..a UK priority species, as this extract taken from the UK Butterflies website explains.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Despite relatively short-term increases, the long-term view is that this butterfly is in decline and is therefore a priority species for conservation efforts. This butterfly has suffered due to a change in woodland management and, in particular, the reduction in coppicing that allows new woodland clearings to develop that provides the conditions suitable for this species. Even improvements in habitat management will not guarantee that the species will reappear from areas where it has been lost, since it is not a very mobile species and may not, therefore, be able to recolonise naturally.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I knew that some had been seen in a wood in the south of Northamptonshire, about an hours drive from home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A weak sun in a hazy blue sky was doing it’s best to live up to the weather forecasters promise of a sunny and warm day as I set of from home at just after 7am. I was a little worried that my journey was going to be in vain as when I arrived the sun had been replaced by grey clouds and a decidedly chilly breeze, not good conditions for butterfly hunting!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As I’d made the effort I decided to have a wonder anyway and see what I could find and, to my amazement, less than 200yards from the car park I saw my first butterfly…and it was a Wood White!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">After taking a few photographs, and feeling rather chuffed at finding my target species in such a short time, I decided to carry on along the track, it looked like good bug hunting territory!, to see what I could find. After about a mile and 2 hours of slow progress (lots of bug photos!) I saw two more of my target butterflies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nearly 4 hours had elapsed by the time I arrived back at the car and by now the clouds had disappeared and it was a sunny and warm 20°. After a drink and a quick bite to eat I went ‘exploring’ along another track that led off in the opposite direction and within minutes I’d hit a Wood White hotspot, I walked along the track for about 3/4 of a mile and stopped counting them when I got to 30, they seemed to be everywhere, slowly flitting along the track edge and occasionally having a little aerobatic tussle with a rival, or two!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I was also lucky to see a pair start to engage in a courtship display, unfortunately they where ‘bombed’ by another rival and all three flew off in different directions.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Again taken from the UK Butterflies website…</span><span style="font-size: small;">The courtship of this butterfly is an amazing spectacle. Male and female face each other with wings closed and intermittently flash open their wings. At the same time, the male waves his proboscis and white-tipped antennae either side of the female's head. If the female is receptive to these signals, the female bends her abdomen toward the male and the pair mate, staying coupled for around 30 minutes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Despite missing out on the full courtship display it turned out to be a very successful day, the ironic thing is that about thirteen years ago I actually lived about ten minutes walk from this site and during my regular walks and mountain bike rides around the area I never knowingly saw one of these butterflies!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A couple of days later I went in search of my second target species, this time a day flying moth called the <b>CHIMNEY SWEEPER </b>(Odezia atrata). It was dull, overcast and windy for most of the day but at around 2.30pm the clouds parted and the sun began to shine and I made a spur of the moment decision to go out and see if I could find any. It was a thirty minute drive to the site where I’d seen them last year and when I arrived it was sunny and 19°. Again my luck was in as I soon spotted a couple perched low down in the grass, unfortunately it was still quite windy and they were staying well down and only occasionally making short, low flights. After a few failed attempts I managed to get a few decent images…</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It turned out to be not a bad week in the end!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"></span>The Heraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11393815486440597141noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319263072086243509.post-86049704620683938682015-06-17T13:21:00.000+01:002015-06-17T13:24:04.631+01:00MORE BUGS!<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">It’s been a while since I inflicted the last lot of ‘bugs’ onto you, so I’m hoping that you’re sufficiently recovered by now and are ready for another dose?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The more that I get into insects the more fascinating I’m finding them…the vast array of bodily variations and adaptations, the patterning and colourings…a beautiful miniature world that the majority of people pass by without even noticing…….until they’re unfortunate enough to get stung or bitten, that is!…thankfully there’s not too many insects that have a viscous streak…there’s got to be a downside to everything I suppose?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Anyway, here’s some bugs, I promise that you won’t get stung or bitten!…</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Thick Legged Flower Beetle </b>(Oedemera nobilis) Up to 10mm long. Two things distinguish this green/gold coloured beetle from other similar looking beetles, the ‘swollen’ hind legs (only the male has these) and the ‘ill fitting’ narrow elytra (the hardened wing cases). It’s a common beetle, but restricted to the southern half of the UK, and can be found feeding on the pollen of many wild flowers from April to August.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Green-legged Sawfly </b>(Tenthredo mesomelas) Up to 15mm long. This is one of a few very similar looking Sawflies and is very abundant throughout the UK from May to July. Sawflies are so named because most females have a saw-like ovipositor which they use to ‘inject’ their eggs into the plant tissue.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Red-Headed Cardinal Beetle</b> (Pyrochroa serraticornis) Up to 18mm long. As it’s name suggests this beetles red head is it’s distinguishing feature, the very similar <b>Cardinal Beetle </b>(P. coccinea) has a black head. Both are found in the same sort of habitat, on the flowers and trees, along hedgerows and woodland margins from May to July. They are confined to England and Southern Ireland.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Malachite Beetle</b> (Malachius bipustulatus) Up to 8mm long. The large red spot on the rear end of this beetle set it apart from other similar beetles. Found over most of the UK from April to July in the grassy areas within woodlands where the adults feed on grass pollen while the larvae feed on the insects found under loose bark.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Click Beetle</b> (Athous haemorrhoidalis) Up to 15mm long. This is the commonest of the UK’s click beetles and is distinguished by the elytra being covered in dense brown hairs. It is found in most wild and cultivated habitats throughout the UK from May to July. The larvae are classed as serious agricultural pests.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Click beetles get their name from having the ability to right themselves by springing into the air, this action is accompanied by a loud click.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Golden-bloomed Grey Longhorn Beetle</b> (Agapanthia villosoviridescens) Up to 25mm long. The yellow stripe on the back of the thorax and the yellow hairs on the elytra set this beetle apart from other large British beetles. It can be found in the Midlands and East Anglia in damp vegetation from May to July.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Sloe Bug</b> (Dolycoris baccarum) Up to 12mm long. I caught this shield bug egg laying out in the open in a very exposed position, I doubt that the eggs survived! Found throughout the UK along hedges and herbaceous margins where it feeds on the flowers and fruits of many plants. Contrary to it’s name it is not confined solely to Sloe bushes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Black and Red Squash Bug</b> (Corizus hyosciami) A member of the Shield Bug family this strikingly colourful bug frequents a large variety of plants, originally only found in sandy coastal areas of southern Britain it is increasingly being recorded inland throughout England and Wales and as far north as Yorkshire. Careful identification is required as it can be easily confused with the red and black ground bugs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Phantom Cranefly</b> (Ptychoptera contaminata) Outwardly similar to Craneflies but with some subtle diagnostic features, one of them being the long tibial spurs that are just visible on the hind legs in the photograph. It can be found from late Spring through to Autumn in any vegetated and damp water margins (the larvae are aquatic).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>(Muscid) Fly </b>(Graphomya maculata) This female (males have an orangey brown pattern on the abdomen) is a member of the large fly family that also includes the House Fly and the Stable Fly. They are very abundant and can be found in most vegetated areas throughout Europe where they nectar on various flowers..especially on Umbellifers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Dance Fly </b>(Empis tessellata) Up to 12mm long. This is a predator fly, it uses it’s rigid downward-pointing proboscis to spear it’s prey, mostly other flies. Found from April to August in most open habitats where it frequents the larger flower heads. It is very similar to and is often confused with Robber-flies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Mayfly</b> (ephemera vulgata) Mayflies are aquatic insects, the ‘nymphs’ live in fresh water, but in early Spring the fully winged adults emerge, sometimes in large numbers…and not always in May! with the sole aim of finding a mate as quickly as possible, the life span of an adult is only around one to two days. The first part of it’s binomial name comes from the Greek ephemerus which means short lived or literally ‘lasting a day’.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">That’s all folks! (for now anyway!!) I hope you found something of interest and didn’t get too bored?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As always any comments or observations will be greatly appreciated.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"></span>The Heraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11393815486440597141noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319263072086243509.post-65731444134973408072015-05-20T16:18:00.000+01:002015-05-27T15:13:55.027+01:00JUST BUGS<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">As you will have noticed from my last post I’ve been trying out a new way (for me) of photographing bugs. When I’ve been out walking and spotted any bugs, instead of photographing them ‘in situ’, I’ve captured a few in pots and brought them home to photograph on a plain white background. I’ve still not perfected the technique but I think it does help to show up more of the intricate details and colours that you would not necessarily see in a ‘standard’ photograph…..I’ll be interested to read your thoughts and comments!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Crucifer Shield Bug / Brassica Bug</b> (Eurydema oleracea) At 7mm long x 4mm wide this widespread and fairly common little bug is found in a wide variety of habitats and as it’s name suggests is mostly associated with, where it feeds on the flowers and is classed as a pest, cruciferous plants such as cabbage, radish, turnip, oil seed rape and nasturtiums as well as wild cruciferous plants. It comes in a number of colour forms..black with white spots is the most common form but the spots can also be yellow (young adult)…..</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Green Dock Beetle </b>(Gastrophysia viridula) This 4mm-6mm long green beetle often has a golden or bluish sheen. It is commonly found on the leaves of the Dock plant, the larval food plant, from May to June throughout the UK. The female's body becomes very swollen when filled with the bright orange eggs which she lays in clusters on the underside of the Dock leaves …</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Soldier Beetle </b>(Cantharis livida) At 10mm to 15mm long this is one of the more commonly seen Soldier Beetles of the 40 or so species found in the UK. In the summer months they can be found, sometimes in large numbers, on thistles and umbelliferous flowers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Scentless Plant Bug</b> (Rhopalus subrufus) This 7mm long close relative of Squash Bugs is widely found in woodland clearings and low scrubby areas in the southern parts of the UK where it is associated with a great variety of plants but tends to favour St. Johns-wort (Hypericum perforatum).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Thick-Legged Flower Beetle </b>(Oedemera nobilis) This 10mm long beetle is found in most habitats throughout the UK but is more abundant in the southern parts. It feeds on the flower pollen from April to September. It’s the male only that has the swollen thighs from where it gets some of it’s other descriptive names such as..Fat Legged Beetle and Swollen Thighed Beetle.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibCghDyFVxAHCMTruZG-U-dRqN-MphpwNl5WHfereyNHz7f7JOR5sFVZvsRxNoTVk9q85k1RSOBim7B_AGseOR4Ghc-O9ltXgaZu4HDuvi4Dup0t5KsFOe1LIngxfVoziC6SX6Q_orr6lY/s1600-h/Bug%2525209%252520Thick%252520Leg%252520%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Bug 9 Thick Leg " src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-V0tSdMO2Xts/VVykHAjCBXI/AAAAAAAAEpc/2XPLCfj_IAg/Bug%2525209%252520Thick%252520Leg%252520_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="481" style="display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px;" title="Bug 9 Thick Leg " width="680" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Raspberry Beetle </b>(Byturus tomentosus) Part of the fruitworm family this 4mm long beetle is classed as a pest in most parts of Northern Europe where it lays it’s eggs in the flowers of both wild and cultivated raspberry, loganberry and blackberry plants, the resulting larvae then feed on and destroy the developing fruit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Take off…</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Nettle Weevil </b>(Phyllobius pomaceus) This 9mm long beetle is covered in metallic green scales however, these are easily rubbed off as the beetle gets older leaving it with a black appearance. Notice the large ‘tooth’ on the front femurs. Found from April to June, as it’s name suggests, on nettles throughout most of the UK except in Scotland where it is scarce.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Another flier!..</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5xkByjnBtns/VVykLnUMtWI/AAAAAAAAEqU/NU4dlQZkeqg/s1600-h/Bug%25252013%252520Net%252520W%252520%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Bug 13 Net W " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeNHxG7hV61cT9NBwYaFepI_I-e04xKEXGNfhIPboInkDRabrShVtdWjw_evYqjkUiiVrJPMjBNB_v4LImP2Agt-8uD8p_dDEbO3hhdN1y3iGoAycMCWHjuLhKoILfbMeo6K7EhuOKYdZN/?imgmax=800" height="481" style="display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px;" title="Bug 13 Net W " width="680" /></a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">NB…After photographing them all the bugs were returned to the area where I found them and released…except the Raspberry Beetle which somehow disappeared!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"></span>The Heraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11393815486440597141noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319263072086243509.post-28948965504180764632015-04-27T12:00:00.000+01:002015-04-27T14:16:04.373+01:00FLASH BUGS<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">A couple of weeks ago, in a moment of sheer indulgence, I became the proud owner of a new ‘toy’…</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9xpG-sVjcew/VT4VQE1rjAI/AAAAAAAAEkI/4cMgJZoXeLE/s1600-h/Flash%252520Box%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Flash Box" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OIMEZmU4o0Q/VT4VRP5HP3I/AAAAAAAAEkM/GsR1AA5WNsU/Flash%252520Box_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="481" style="display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px;" title="Flash Box" width="680" /></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">…and I’ve been practising my flashing ever since…er?..let’s move on! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">After confusing myself by reading the book of words that came with it I decided that the best way to get to know how it works was to start taking photos.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">I paired it up with my 100mm macro lens and have been amazed at the results..not perfect yet, but getting there slowly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Progress so far…a few bugs…</span><br />
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<a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6OMigky5KYs/VT4VR3uUIrI/AAAAAAAAEkY/P1E5VtySuf4/s1600-h/G%252520Lace%2525201%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="G Lace 1" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-w8Lhs89UgJw/VT4VS35XKAI/AAAAAAAAEkc/XtI8mqtTZyk/G%252520Lace%2525201_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="481" style="display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px;" title="G Lace 1" width="680" /></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><b>Green Lacewing </b>(Chrysoperla carnea) 15mm long.</span><br />
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<a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-F9ycwNyx14E/VT4VTrcp8qI/AAAAAAAAEko/L15SuQ4uHTQ/s1600-h/C%252520Woodlouse%2525201%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="C Woodlouse 1" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PQ4_pdg18uE/VT4VUvfjMvI/AAAAAAAAEks/OkmjCdk__9Y/C%252520Woodlouse%2525201_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="481" style="display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px;" title="C Woodlouse 1" width="680" /></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><b>Common Shining Woodlouse </b>(Oniscus asellus) 10mm long.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguakUpPn8p8VBiHwqFcxJ9dYs3ru_iGilu1dH1Ik-x3aifobrVlvsIR1ARrd_KzkmJBFtWhqCmwRBOndbkdAqrfZOTxFXIjeno93JMVrtOIPKmvQFZ1Gwn1sAfzas_1ygcnTP8wQUXvudc/s1600-h/Weevil%252520-%252520Common%252520Leaf%252520%2525201%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Weevil - Common Leaf 1" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-VzNW-A6PTKY/VT4VWM19t4I/AAAAAAAAElA/SBoeCrGWmlk/Weevil%252520-%252520Common%252520Leaf%252520%2525201_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="481" style="display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px;" title="Weevil - Common Leaf 1" width="680" /></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><b>Common Leaf Weevil </b>(Phyllobious pyri) 10mm long. Apparently they come in various hues, this one has a red tinge. The colouration can wear off leaving them almost black.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">The one below doesn’t have the red tinge and the black is starting to show through.</span><br />
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<a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rmKhKoxdAk0/VT4VWxC3bhI/AAAAAAAAElI/An1GcEUTLgE/s1600-h/Weevil%252520-%252520Common%252520Leaf%252520%2525202%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Weevil - Common Leaf 2" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-V2AtplR4rM0/VT4VX_4iquI/AAAAAAAAElM/SIcGJqSNiyg/Weevil%252520-%252520Common%252520Leaf%252520%2525202_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="481" style="display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px;" title="Weevil - Common Leaf 2" width="680" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2NhRUY6RRgI/VT4VYWIaj7I/AAAAAAAAElU/sQRL98ZL9zc/s1600-h/Weevil%252520-%252520Common%252520Leaf%252520%2525203%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Weevil - Common Leaf 3" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTZExeFda3Od2hV8Lf_wPbt3uMeDJjtgGL8XHdi5DbljXUtGZbxbrTXfZ0P7BOPDS-EWBaSmkT-5DxquXjo5QkbU0vvJqNjsX1QuU_z0Ry6w9yHX_XeTEfDU-h4wpwY9M9gQwOv2D_yLrH/?imgmax=800" height="481" style="display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px;" title="Weevil - Common Leaf 3" width="680" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">The final set of images are of a <b>Lily Beetle </b>(Lilioceris lilii) If you grow lilies this is not a good beetle to find in your garden as both the adult and the larvae chomp on the leaves and flower buds from April to August and are classed as a serious garden pest. They grow from about 6 to 8mm long. They do look pretty though!!</span><br />
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<a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uYyoxWsGQFI/VT4VaaMN3RI/AAAAAAAAElk/VGX-9SXKsv8/s1600-h/Lily%252520B%2525201%252520%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Lily B 1 " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga70mZvW3e-II5VaAUOOMg02P1hJJkFV75BJG4L_WSq3ni6q0if6iQ-jMysD-sTDErS3lvKofqx4GbbC2sNMCqAAyvtc1ESWWPr4nAQNZ0TIP4DxtTNxyXLzaqVHNhDPrRJZizlZCWE4AF/?imgmax=800" height="481" style="display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px;" title="Lily B 1 " width="680" /></a><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFLuusBeXgNAd4ly4kUJ4zFr2RThDA-JKYRiR21OTYJn5UMiNWI6tD5fXQRfRd9KeX9icGbNZfpmUgA100Lca4U9DQTj8OWHwBPDlHdQHqIoMSvwtHnouBq9H_fcdkFsupvtIeGuKn7gFm/s1600-h/Lily%252520B%2525202%252520%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Lily B 2 " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ci95xyiLKcKoRT0YsG_nNgTLTH2hZS3wrGieoLcCzcQuGEBQxqA7vTBW0NPa91E80ieq4a6tcUWtgpzNMvhTiaADOSfPzgJJJXpuAyyOQ3TG1h_6ACUq_dyOuan_o26Qnd6EX3JT-un7/?imgmax=800" height="481" style="display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px;" title="Lily B 2 " width="680" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">What’s happening here?</span><br />
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<a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-KjiiETJ-GE0/VT4VddnKVJI/AAAAAAAAEmE/H0gdHTTw0Go/s1600-h/Lily%252520B%2525203%252520%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Lily B 3 " src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-K3o65reM9uE/VT4Vd78sNLI/AAAAAAAAEmM/HznGFW3CL6o/Lily%252520B%2525203%252520_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="481" style="display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px;" title="Lily B 3 " width="680" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Take off!…</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR0c5bsLWFQIdJ9cO_ZgqU1I8-SiDO8ORk7z3K2Fox6AgTl89rZW1wQrlzWp8Nfq36IS7_5NCXriDEw5OntE1dwvSox4ZnH-Y7od-qYYjaqNdB_FM9fbZ3KSvQC6GJh662aXuafgt32VWU/s1600-h/Lily%252520B%2525204%252520%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Lily B 4 " src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-k5qYTWTYGNo/VT4VfchCg5I/AAAAAAAAEmc/Z5gm4zwj3LI/Lily%252520B%2525204%252520_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="481" style="display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px;" title="Lily B 4 " width="680" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">…and again!</span><br />
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<a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-d4-L1on6dLk/VT4VgHK3b7I/AAAAAAAAEmk/-dfuD965DdY/s1600-h/Lily%252520B%2525205%252520%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Lily B 5 " src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vsMqKrm46dM/VT4Vg7QhB-I/AAAAAAAAEms/udnkzDoSW1Q/Lily%252520B%2525205%252520_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="481" style="display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px;" title="Lily B 5 " width="680" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Still a work in progress but I’m happy with the results so far.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"></span>The Heraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11393815486440597141noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319263072086243509.post-39508160069113225352015-03-15T10:53:00.000+00:002015-03-15T16:26:02.006+00:00AS LOW AS A SNAKE’S BELLY…<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">…Yep, that’s how low I had to get when I went out and about for a couple of days last week looking to photograph some Moss, Lichen and, as it turned out, some rather special Fungus.</span><br />
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<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Nj8NGJ_rQdM/VQVBD_95kvI/AAAAAAAAEgU/Z1kuZZjIh7g/s1600-h/Lowdown6---Broom-Fork-14.jpg"><img alt="Lowdown6 Broom Fork 1" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-T80YvxovQ8M/VQVBE8gRjfI/AAAAAAAAEgc/LG4TVPqsR24/Lowdown6---Broom-Fork-1_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" height="481" style="display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px;" title="Lowdown6 Broom Fork 1" width="680" /></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">I’m still not up to speed on the many different types of moss but I think this is <b>Broom Fork-moss</b> (Dicranum scoparium). It caught my eye as the sun was sparkling through the water droplets left over from the early morning frost although, I must confess, I didn’t make the best job of portraying that in the photograph.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Many species of moss are ‘fruiting’ at this time of year where they throw up long stalks (seta) topped by strikingly colourful seed capsules (sporangium).</span><br />
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<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-pQMdK8aehpU/VQVBFqGAnZI/AAAAAAAAEgk/rqXDXKmFtPE/s1600-h/Lowdown8---Str-Hair-14.jpg"><img alt="Lowdown8 Str Hair 1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-y_kMkqHc6ds/VQVBGU1eqGI/AAAAAAAAEgs/k_yI5xXg22Q/Lowdown8---Str-Hair-1_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" height="481" style="display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px;" title="Lowdown8 Str Hair 1" width="680" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><b>Strict Haircap </b>(Polytrichum strictum)</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipAx8hzRPms2IyLuOjLQVDhzFw41u1sXrZTC4pp7sj-b3IDOAxqqNIHEqxbw84tbwzZ_nclbBgSbx6_ZSn66Nsy2yXNAajpPI0ZcaQtzKCOgqYfnuLe9tvNVjqFaQSmtuM0yyQRarybArp/s1600-h/Lowdown7%252520%252520%252520Cap%252520Thread%2525201%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Lowdown7 Cap Thread 1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIie26qtrqfa1ctP5tDxwzCr_rFYYnKFzwaBltg4bWA8h8JzK_UYqmpbrbKFnsYuR-qzRz7lLavgXvKLx3Wflsdjyko5PB_vaQNyIQIbOwUTTxvK1tXPB22VAJyFIcgN9Anc95PAx9G_Qp/?imgmax=800" height="481" style="display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px;" title="Lowdown7 Cap Thread 1" width="680" /></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><b>Capillary Thread-moss </b>(Bryum capillare). The seed capsules of this common moss will turn a dark red colour as they ripen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Next up (or should I say down!) are these three different looking Lichens, or to be more accurate Lichenised fungi. If you want to give your brain a bit of a work out and learn more about what Lichenised fungi are..have a look <a href="http://archive.bio.ed.ac.uk/jdeacon/microbes/lichen.htm">here</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><b>Cladonia pyxidata </b>with cup shaped fruiting bodies.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWBOjOgwNm0fwdg95gIHMZhGZsIOPQT59q3dxBRl_jfQqHfdW7a0ynkqa1aHyvK7_Pb9seXAShPjzl7nXreMKCs43djfuK9gZn0cGFztIt_FrMKLcZ-qV1-vTAX8POBYL98X-hvIg9vxIw/s1600-h/Lowdown1%252520%252520%252520Clad%252520flo%2525201%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Lowdown1 Clad flo 1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-JHUExrWAcsM/VQVBQeVNHjI/AAAAAAAAEh8/YnXvmfXVc30/Lowdown1%252520%252520%252520Clad%252520flo%2525201_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="481" style="display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px;" title="Lowdown1 Clad flo 1" width="680" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-hDS3u4VMkos/VQVBRNqO9RI/AAAAAAAAEiE/wcpnySEjgeU/s1600-h/Lowdown2%252520%252520%252520Clad%252520flo%2525202%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Lowdown2 Clad flo 2" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijvRI3RIxYofvN0PzGjKynBX4CpKarmBhTxuAF0245Rms6MNhQMJ_DgpZnypuvhFw14XOSju0CzhXFuFoKV47vBn7c6ayfzYp2ZYHVcQaumkeBtO8H9whvJdCQmAtkbvyC0R_8BYDv4s7c/?imgmax=800" height="481" style="display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px;" title="Lowdown2 Clad flo 2" width="680" /></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><b>Cladonia floerkeana </b>with red tipped spore producing bodies.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAEntNvH42gY3j_DbUXY1Ddr06Lk4j5o7oq-kWBRS_XAjNJoKJvjvmHDNBy-Gi0TjDdAtALxUnHCPfNEWCZgEAGl8zm-J-EWoVoOMPyhKcXBnY_du4pjjUnV5-T8iyV7nEzFdnI9RZJBvh/s1600-h/Lowdown3%252520%252520%252520Clad%252520unc%2525201%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Lowdown3 Clad unc 1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv-cUMrzO3Ciyp-Bvd9Y1NBN9t9mzk8_if14noGxxgRaIMD6QMqePQIryJgftjaWSXM_IQJeFvjJ8UD_EFr0_rDL2mAiUV3pqK1D2qvm-zBTWB35QNIJI9atmLuuiLUma1r2iyF0f7JW_l/?imgmax=800" height="481" style="display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px;" title="Lowdown3 Clad unc 1" width="680" /></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><b>Cladonia uncialis </b>with antler like branched fruiting bodies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">These three commonly seen lichens all favour heath and moorland habitats.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">And now for that something rather special…..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">While crawling about (yes, really!) looking for moss and lichen I encountered quite a lot of pony/horse poo, they use ponies for habitat management in this area during the winter, and on one particular ‘pile’ something small and unusual caught my eye….</span><br />
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<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-2l3AEMRjFCM/VQVhn4rwo0I/AAAAAAAAEis/mt6iQUht0Wo/s1600-h/Lowdown9%252520%252520%252520Nail%2525201%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Lowdown9 Nail 1" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-s569ocBoSq8/VQVho3CRlYI/AAAAAAAAEi0/mj-pdTfmcXU/Lowdown9%252520%252520%252520Nail%2525201_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="481" style="display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px;" title="Lowdown9 Nail 1" width="680" /></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">…I instantly recognised it as <b>Nail Fungus </b>(Poronia punstata) a small quite rare and declining fungi that only grows on the dung of horses and ponies. This aptly named fungus that, when young, closely resembles a small rusty brown nail will grow to around 80mm tall with a cap diameter of 15mm.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">As you can imagine I was rather pleased to find this little gem and so far it’s got to be the highlight of my nature watching year. (yeh, I know I’m a bit sad!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">So, the next time you’re out and about and you come across some old piles of horse poo give it a closer look…you never know what you might find?</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1C9Yj75bZ8F-KgfvbL8war2LJznVnpOtgelHi4aZfQs_5gXf2HH6CVtkH_Olxqc-CnRV2tBdCT0hq5-HxNZDZXZM-Iz9USD6c_Q0gOp5U-OpTDRw10LmtIFw0TeVR-WQiTywEyv1zfG-k/s1600-h/Lowdown10%252520%252520%252520Yell%252520Web%2525201%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Lowdown10 Yell Web 1" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Uj2mc3Lc0v4/VQVhqfC_NQI/AAAAAAAAEjE/lXg4enMTpZ0/Lowdown10%252520%252520%252520Yell%252520Web%2525201_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="481" style="display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px;" title="Lowdown10 Yell Web 1" width="680" /></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Also growing through some horse dung I found these <b>Yellow Webcap </b>(Cortinarius delibutus). This widespread but uncommon fungi is associated with mixed woodland and grows to around 100mm tall with a cap dia of 80mm.</span><br />
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<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-cER7p4Nqoek/VQVhrYV-z0I/AAAAAAAAEjI/XCK7-xYdK6Q/s1600-h/Lowdown12%252520%252520%252520M%252520Puff%2525201%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Lowdown12 M Puff 1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1OTMYPjrLT-NwLd9RagcWKItbbai3leZ9uIzmPSop1yZ4Qaj-UUrrDOYoW-R7TWAp0Xz-mMcEusvHpRq1WCmI1gDxaE02GI58wSqd9rHemDCtuqyFAM_aqYo8bCdLSmdVyk0YbEITjVDd/?imgmax=800" height="680" style="display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 0px 105px;" title="Lowdown12 M Puff 1" width="481" /></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">This is all that’s left of one of last years <b>Meadow Puffball </b>(Lycoperdon pratense)..a fragile, hollow paper like shell. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Did I mention a snake’s belly? Well….</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">…less than ten feet from where I’d earlier been laying prone on the ground taking photos of the Nail Fungus I came across three of these…</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeFu4Jekev_m_uOvhHFpN6l7wXkPwPEIULBzAgKUercWN75z6tUub2jsxDeIEXmIm3B_v1KDtWVTdQWmpxBdDnDR0I_Cx5A-is0nqtxgaTYb_0KR4Wu3de2ge7ofDTgYFTIml3kq1EI9mQ/s1600-h/Lowdown11%252520%252520%252520Add%2525201%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Lowdown11 Add 1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAFBqjVTauuz_kZ44Keknr_hZ6lK3887ywG4j162OWl-YHF1Kn_1OLUR5w9eUNvphJCYFf0AzJrKIEsXakw9AwvobXZ-lRZsBZOihykJvkyFlf8RXmJtfaNrZceGf2L8kozivSlLTJGbfk/?imgmax=800" height="481" style="display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px;" title="Lowdown11 Add 1" width="680" /></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><b>Adder </b>(Vipera berus) basking in the mid morning sunshine. Not easy to get a clear photograph though as they were partly concealed by the heather and bracken.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Spring is slowly arriving and nature is starting to ‘wake up’ after it’s winter slumbers and hopefully there’ll be many more photo opportunities over the next few weeks….take care and have a good one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"></span>The Heraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11393815486440597141noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319263072086243509.post-37026476242033714292015-02-22T10:57:00.000+00:002015-02-22T10:57:38.382+00:00A SELECTION<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">It’s been a while since my last post so I’m guessing that it’s about time I did another one?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Here’s a selection of images taken on my recent wanderings.</span><br />
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<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-2perf-LXKm4/VOmzWzZXQ7I/AAAAAAAAEcU/4T8Qfu6zWLk/s1600-h/Selection%252520One%2525201%252520BB%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Selection One 1 BB" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-GmeEw0fCt2U/VOmzXSDNHJI/AAAAAAAAEcY/c_J5MWjxMJc/Selection%252520One%2525201%252520BB_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="481" style="display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px;" title="Selection One 1 BB" width="680" /></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Female <b>BLACKBIRD</b> not black at all but, in the right light, showing subtle shades of brown.</span><br />
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-sq2iPpEQ72I/VOmzYPs9dvI/AAAAAAAAEck/RdczD2DVswU/s1600-h/Selection%252520One%2525202%252520H%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Selection One 2 H" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-dDTRhBKTovc/VOmzYxJfTNI/AAAAAAAAEco/oIpVtCHEuFY/Selection%252520One%2525202%252520H_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="481" style="display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px;" title="Selection One 2 H" width="680" /></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">A<b> GREY HERON </b>not looking too happy on a frosty cold morning.</span><br />
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<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-C0KiUK73NRU/VOmzZWqvC4I/AAAAAAAAEc0/8DFIna-t2ok/s1600-h/Selection%252520One%2525203%252520GLG%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Selection One 3 GLG" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-_nwnND0_ANU/VOmzaH9zznI/AAAAAAAAEc4/YDY9fVqvuFM/Selection%252520One%2525203%252520GLG_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="481" style="display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px;" title="Selection One 3 GLG" width="680" /></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><b>Greylag Geese </b>on final approach.</span><br />
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<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Esx6DIHonVY/VOmzanBhpMI/AAAAAAAAEdA/zJx6Axw89Fk/s1600-h/Selection%252520One%2525204%252520HG%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Selection One 4 HG" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Ph7t0WAbSKc/VOmzbNTv6CI/AAAAAAAAEdM/AJVE6WLihLg/Selection%252520One%2525204%252520HG_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="680" style="display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 0px 105px;" title="Selection One 4 HG" width="481" /></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Immature<b> Herring Gull </b>As I still find the ageing of gulls beyond me I’ve labelled this one as immature!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr9PA_NHYvcGLZEgKQdbpkEaHQJVmF0tvIXzHw68kfCfvQyiLjD_B_ajdkeueeUQNYqYe553gYjwGOs_ee-llPLh4ycWCe5vMyJtSXeRaR3X6QoRHctaRqCXrBQde5BOOPDH2dxYdiFHIv/s1600-h/Selection%252520One%2525205%252520C%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Selection One 5 C" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-hG8SGaT6pVo/VOmzchpzZPI/AAAAAAAAEdY/XX-NfspaLPw/Selection%252520One%2525205%252520C_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="481" style="display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px;" title="Selection One 5 C" width="680" /></a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">A <b>COOT</b> no doubt on it’s way to a fight somewhere?</span><br />
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<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-g6gicQ3igIc/VOmzdIx-2vI/AAAAAAAAEdk/TA6SFH1hW7A/s1600-h/Selection%252520One%2525206%252520J%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Selection One 6 J" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYxo7_EP4a5Wt_VblC74saScCknhmXY6l8PVgIVtRbPFl5Z-enK2DPr9Y9VQnhm1MhScmXxe3Lg42nuYDbSzi7tYBU4TxMkImWyeFQuxg6RjiM_aUyPUu_GTi7chGMnsJiqBhyuAPEq6b6/?imgmax=800" height="481" style="display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px;" title="Selection One 6 J" width="680" /></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">The <b>JAY,</b> with it’s stunning markings and colourful plumage, is one of my favourite birds to see.</span><br />
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-n_i21nxsdiE/VOmzeSjg8dI/AAAAAAAAEd0/vXGHXgvk1a4/s1600-h/Selection%252520One%2525207%252520J%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Selection One 7 J" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-L5Uv7xei9RA/VOmzfGlc0VI/AAAAAAAAEd4/VFd4m6UeWeM/Selection%252520One%2525207%252520J_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="481" style="display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px;" title="Selection One 7 J" width="680" /></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">And another.</span><br />
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-mEx09ncdE0g/VOmzfur708I/AAAAAAAAEeA/2DisftVK55A/s1600-h/Selection%252520One%2525208%252520K%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Selection One 8 K" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-M3qHXf0xzjg/VOmzgB91c1I/AAAAAAAAEeI/JTsTmzSC85s/Selection%252520One%2525208%252520K_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="481" style="display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px;" title="Selection One 8 K" width="680" /></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">A female <b>KESTREL </b>with the sun on her back.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlzT5QcR47NSdhhqCMWtp3Pj8wSR_miawVBrQ-DlRUJhvdpVz4vZd0bk44zYVCF_0_kqJ3hPpb67IP27q6a-U7ko4oL54sr3XzfX4rLk5n2gklfV1N1MhTwl21ElThcSvrr2Q_rQcOJWcn/s1600-h/Selection%252520One%2525209%252520MS%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Selection One 9 MS" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Jnro9iXdmnQDgXoLrigMy92IlMK87H6pXwksF4O7Sc2l4WrDZkqMF9OqZVZ1rxBNVspPNXVQ78_LjltntLnDCK3K2M1H-8r2rW-5fFR9ExxZNzTThys4z5nCHKUrxIIroQutmgNmSdBs/?imgmax=800" height="481" style="display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px;" title="Selection One 9 MS" width="680" /></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Not an ugly duckling but an already elegant and graceful juvenile <b>MUTE SWAN</b>.</span><br />
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<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-JSQqaMBqC3c/VOmzh8aJlMI/AAAAAAAAEek/ifgBigeXiYI/s1600-h/Selection%252520One%25252010%252520S%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Selection One 10 S" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-umtykKTAyxQ/VOmzitdO3AI/AAAAAAAAEes/Ziwh1j8yxJQ/Selection%252520One%25252010%252520S_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="481" style="display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px;" title="Selection One 10 S" width="680" /></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">A <b>STARLING </b>captured in my garden in the late afternoon light showing off it’s beautiful plumage.</span><br />
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<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-tI1L0XVx8No/VOmzjRm778I/AAAAAAAAEe0/tvvcDm2xBvM/s1600-h/Selection%252520One%25252011%252520W%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Selection One 11 W" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-nCnVoiZtXp8/VOmzkFZxxdI/AAAAAAAAEe4/LLDRsW3gqSo/Selection%252520One%25252011%252520W_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="481" style="display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px;" title="Selection One 11 W" width="680" /></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">A <b>WIGEON </b>flyover.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">And finally……</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">What am I…..</span><br />
<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-U6XAkyynMmo/VOmzkshCY9I/AAAAAAAAEfE/fNRyz0z2kCY/s1600-h/Selection%252520One%25252012%252520GL%252520CG%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Selection One 12 GL CG" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-SdZ0Yah3m2Q/VOmzlLxcNXI/AAAAAAAAEfI/2qUbY6A9zGw/Selection%252520One%25252012%252520GL%252520CG_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="481" style="display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px;" title="Selection One 12 GL CG" width="680" /></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">A <b>CANALAG </b>or maybe a <b>LAGCANA</b>?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">And….</span><br />
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<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-uO42iw2_mIE/VOmzltA52QI/AAAAAAAAEfU/G0mne8iewWs/s1600-h/Selection%252520One%25252013%252520Barry%252520BHG%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Selection One 13 Barry BHG" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-FAVh16wPpB8/VOmzmchWVpI/AAAAAAAAEfY/i_Z4UTxObmk/Selection%252520One%25252013%252520Barry%252520BHG_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="481" style="display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px;" title="Selection One 13 Barry BHG" width="680" /></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Barry the <b>BLACK-HEADED GULL </b>who’s regretting listening to all his pals when they assured him that doing a barrel roll was easy peasy lemon squeezy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"></span>The Heraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11393815486440597141noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319263072086243509.post-44968571112607550752015-01-05T19:29:00.000+00:002015-01-05T19:29:53.517+00:00A Sunny Sunday Outing<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Although the title of this post sounds good it doesn’t quite tell the entire story, let me explain…..Last Saturday I received an email from <a href="http://holdingmoments.blogspot.co.uk/"><span style="color: blue;">Keith</span></a> inviting me to join him on Sunday for our first big outing of the year to the RSPB Frampton Marsh reserve in Lincolnshire and, of course, I didn’t need asking twice! A check on the weather forecast on Saturday evening didn’t make for good reading.. it was predicting frost and freezing fog for most of the day on Sunday!!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">As is usual with our outings we always like to make an early start….so it was up at 4.30am (all bright eyed and bushy tailed!!) a quick check out of the window confirmed that the weather guessers had got it right again….thick fog and, for the short distance that I could see, everything covered in a liberal coating of white icing….lovely?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">So, with warm clothes, hat, cloves and camera gear checked and sorted…and the car de-iced!! I set off for the frosty/foggy 30min. drive to Keith’s. After a quick chat and the transfer of all my stuff over to Keith’s car it was just after 6am when we began our journey…into the <strike>unknown</strike>..fog! As is usual Keith did a splendid job of getting us safely to our destination and amazingly, after a two hour drive in varying levels of fog and ice, just as we arrived the fog disappeared and the sun started to rise into what would turn out to be, for most of the day, a clear blue sky! Although the sun was shining it stayed frosty all day, with a high of only 4°.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Keith watching the birds while topping up his tan!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Unfortunately most of the birds were concentrated in the distant unfrozen areas of water and so remaining too far away for any decent photographs. However, I did manage a few flight shots…</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Mute Swans making an early morning flight.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Dark-bellied Brent Goose..there were hundreds of these on the reserve with large skeins constantly flying overhead.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Curlew…lots of these about too, feeding on the wet grassland.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">In total we spent 5+ hours exploring the reserve in the sunshine (and cold!) and saw around 50 different species of birds including large flocks of Wigeon, Golden Plover and Lapwing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">And the strange thing?…about three miles down the road on the return trip home, the sun disappeared and it became dark and dingy as we were once again enveloped (all the way home!) by….FOG!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">All in all an enjoyable (sunny) Sunday outing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"></span>The Heraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11393815486440597141noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319263072086243509.post-77672891864648359462014-12-31T13:53:00.000+00:002014-12-31T13:53:10.477+00:00HAPPY NEW YEAR<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"> Wishing you all a Happy New Year</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Thank you all for the kind, and very much appreciated, comments that you left on my posts during 2014.</span>The Heraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11393815486440597141noreply@blogger.com13