Tuesday 5 August

A day later on the rucks and not far from yesterdays comma we saw this Peacock Butterfly, once again warming in the sun. 

Easy to spot & ID when stationary with the distinctive markings.

Peacock Butterfly - Inachis io

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Friday 23 August

Dry morning

 Acorns are now on the oaks, most of the trees have plenty of seed and fruits this year.

 We wondered what was happening on the small lodge, never seen this before, the water is being aerated by the fountains, this pond has been plagued by blue algae in the past and has been drained a few times to clean it up, this is supposed to help clean and make the water healthy for the fish and plants.

 Pity it can't be a permanent feature it was quite attractive. 

Small Tortoiseshell

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Wednesday 14 August

Dry again with the sun already warming us

 Big Lodge 

 Gatekeeper on Blackberries

Young Tern on the raft, parent sat on the rail keeping an eye on the ducks.

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Saturday 27 July

Sunny and dry

We did the Duxbury walk

 Green bridge in Dry Bones

 Marmalade Hoverfly

Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly

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Saturday 8 September

Dry sunny morning

 Small Tortoiseshell

 Swan Family

The Weir

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Thursday 9 August

Dry Morning

 Agrimony - Agrimonia eupatoria

 Agrimony - Agrimonia eupatoria

 Green Veined White Butterfly

Silverweed - Potentilla anserina

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Monday 22 August

Dry morning.

Up to the Lower Burgh Meadow & pond

 Bulrush - Typha latifolia

 Gatekeeper

 Hedge Bindweed - Calystegia sepium

 Meg

 Montbretia - Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora

 Pedunculate Oak - Quercus robur

 Prickley Sow Thistle - Sonchus asper

 Purple Loosestrife - Lythrum salicaria

 Ragged Robin - Lychnis flos-cuculi

 Red Admiral

 Speckled Wood

Tachinid Fly - Tachina fera

Take Care.

Thursday 18 August

Dry again.

 7 Spot Ladybird on Creeping Thistle

 Gatekeeper

Great Crested Grebe Chick 

 The chick is watching it's parent with the fish it has just caught.

The youngster was mimicking the parents every move.

Take Care.

Wednesday 27 July

Sunny morning.

The pond near Burgh Lane south has been dug out, there has been a lot of activity around these fields lately.

 Cinnabar Caterpillar

 Gatekeeper

 Lesser Burdock - Arctium minus

 Touch Me Not Balsam - Impatiens noli-tangere

Fungi for ID found in Burgh Wood - the rotten stump could have been oak.

Fungi ID

Take Care.

Friday 22 July

Knott End on Sea again.

 Biting Stonecrop - Sedum acre

 Cherry Plum - Prunus cerasifera

 Cinnabar Caterpillars on Ragwort

 Garden Speedwell - Veronica longifolia

 Lamb's-ear - Stachys byzantina

 Small Tortoiseshell

Soapwort - Saponaria officinallis

Take Care.

Wednesday 13 July

Dry morning.

 Common Fleabane Buds- Pulicaria dysenterica

 Snowberry - Symphoricarpos albus

Taken at home on my Buddleia

 Small Tortoiseshell

 Small Tortoiseshell

 Small Tortoiseshell

All the flowers below are on the Blainscough Woods Reserve.

 Water Soldier - Stratiotes aloides

 Great Burnet - Sanguisorba officinalis

 Great Burnet leaves - Sanguisorba officinalis

 Great Burnet - Sanguisorba officinalis

 Meadow Vetchling - Lathyrus pratensis

 Scentless Mayweed - Tripleurospermum inodorum

 Field Scabious - Knautia arvensis

 French Crane's-bill - Geranium endressii

On my way home had a look at the community garden.

Owls in the Coppull Community Garden

Take Care.