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buzzy
Joined: 04 Jan 2011 Posts: 3708 Location: In a small wood on the edge of the Huntingdonshire Wolds
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Posted: Mon Jul 02, 18 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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Out today to a mixed area, where we mainly explored the heathland part. Saw Green Tiger Beetles in the first few minutes, but, like all the invertebrates, they were extremely active in the hot sun, and I didn't get any pictures.
There were lots of solitary bee/wasp nests, and we saw Ruby Tailed Wasps.
A variety of dragon and damsel flies round the ponds, but again, far too active for pictures.
One person, several times, said "Oh, look! Purple Hairstreak!', pointing at a fast vanishing black dot high in an Oak tree.
We stopped at a hide near another pond, where a Magpie and a Stock Dove (Columba oenas) posed for pictures:
I haven't photographed Stock Dove before, even though they live in the garden. They seem to be secretive, as I hardly ever see them, though I hear them frequently.
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Mistress Rose
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Jam Lady
Joined: 28 Dec 2006 Posts: 2507 Location: New Jersey, USA
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dpack
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buzzy
Joined: 04 Jan 2011 Posts: 3708 Location: In a small wood on the edge of the Huntingdonshire Wolds
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dpack
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Mistress Rose
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buzzy
Joined: 04 Jan 2011 Posts: 3708 Location: In a small wood on the edge of the Huntingdonshire Wolds
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dpack
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Mistress Rose
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buzzy
Joined: 04 Jan 2011 Posts: 3708 Location: In a small wood on the edge of the Huntingdonshire Wolds
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Posted: Mon Aug 20, 18 10:17 pm Post subject: |
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Today we had a walk round an area of flooded gravel pits, expecting to see lots of water birds. Well, there were lots of birds, but mainly the 'usual suspects'. Swans, Coots, Mallard, Lapwings, Great Crested Grebes, various gulls and terns, a few Little Egrets (lurking amongst the Swans and pretending to be skinny Swans). Two of us saw a Bittern, flying between two patches of reed (not me, sadly).
There was a variety of dragon and damsel flies, including this mating pair of Common Darters (Sympetrum striolatum) which posed on a wire fence:
Later we found a patch of this fungus:
which one of our mycologists hailed as a new county record until it was pointed out that we had just crossed the border into the next county! It turns out that there are four previous reports in 'our' county, which Mr Myco had forgotten (or didn't know)about. Also there are two reports from the next county. It's clearly not a very commonly reported species.
It's called the Tiger Sawgill (Lentinus tigrinus). The gills are toothed (a bit), but it's not especially tiger striped. Oddly enough, though it quite clearly has gills, it is placed in the polypore family. Not sure how the mycologists justify this.
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Mistress Rose
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Jam Lady
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buzzy
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