Monthly Archives: June 2010

Hay Bridge Photos June 2010

Ichneumon Wasp Rhyssa persuasoria Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata Nursery Web Spider Pisaura mirabilis Water Forget-me-not Myosotis scorpioides

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Hay Bridge, Rusland Valley, Cumbria 26th June 2010

Terry Williams was kind enough to take Dave Bryant and me back to Hay Bridge Reserve with some great sightings as always! Birds Of Prey included a displaying Osprey, a Honey Buzzard and the cutest Tawny Owl fledgling 🙂 A couple of female Ichneumon … Continue reading

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Aintree, 27th June 2010

From Queen Square at 10.10, the number 20 bus to just past Fazakerly Station. A very hot and sunny day. Adlam Road, Signal Works Road, over the railway and into the wildlife area in the former railway marshalling yards. Lots … Continue reading

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Cemlyn Bay, Anglesey, 23/6/10

A very noisy place on the lagoon behind the steep shingle bank what with 1600 pairs of sandwich terns, 100 pairs of common terns and some 40 pairs of arctic terns – a constant relay of birds – all incoming … Continue reading

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Great Orme, Llandudno 22/6/10

Very warm, sunny day proved excellent for butterflies on a circuit of the Marine  Drive – large numbers of silver-studded blues, impressive numbers of graylings on the hot rocks, 7-8 small pearl-borded fritillaries, several large skippers,ringlet, red admiral, ringlet, small … Continue reading

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Great Orme Photos

Limestone Cliffs on the Great Orme Silver Studded Blue Female Grayling Lady’s Bedstraw View from the Great Orme overlooking Llandudno Bay towards the Little Orme

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Great Orme, Llandudno, Wales 22nd June 2010

A much needed day off work! visiting the Great Orme at Llandudno with Dave Bryant and Dave Hardy. Scorching hot day, highlights included: cackling Fulmars on the cliff ledges, nesting Guillemots and Razorbills, Peregrine gliding along the cliff face, Choughs, … Continue reading

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Ainsdale Photos

White Satin Moth Leucoma salicis pair mating White Satin Moth Caterpillar White Satin Moth female laying eggs Southern Marsh–orchid Dactylorhiza praetermissa Early Marsh–orchid Dactylorhiza incarnata

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Ainsdale 20th June 2010

Lots of White Satin Moths Leucoma salicis in the large dune slack south of the Ainsdale Discovery Centre.  Plenty of empty pupae cases, adult moths on the wing, mating pairs and females busy laying eggs. Unusually, the Satin Moth overwinters in the caterpillar … Continue reading

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Longton Brickcroft Nature Reserve, 20th June 2010

We took the 10.10 train to Ormskirk, then the 2B bus from Ormskirk bus station at 11.15, arriving outside Longton Brickcroft at noon. It was a warm and sunny day. We shared our lunches with a Blackbird, a Robin and … Continue reading

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