Category Archives: MNA reports

Just returned from a hectic 3 week trip to Indonesia visiting Sumatra, Java and Bali. Here’s a few pics of the wildlife I encountered during the journey. Mating Black–spined Toads Duttaphrynus melanostictus Buffy Fish–owl Ketupa ketupu Sumatran Orangutan Pongo abelii Crab-eating … Continue reading →

Darren at Halewood gave Dave and Adam Bond a barn owl pellet to dissect. They found the remains of three bank voles. Dave comments “Was suprised to see that the one pellet contained three vole skeletons and that the barn … Continue reading →

In the Wassenaar Dunes he found a Blue-winged grasshopper Oedipoda caerulescens,  which is rare in the Netherlands. Young Adam was thrilled to be able to hold it. He also took this one of a Sand digger wasp.

Smardale Gill National Nature Reserve is about 100 acres in size and occupies a 3.3 mile stretch of the disused Tebay to Darlington railway line. It is maintained by the Cumbria Wildlife Trust and has been designated as a Site … Continue reading →

A friend from the Netherlands visited South Walney Reserve last week. From the MNA visit in May amid dive-bombing gulls protecting their newly laid eggs there has been a sorry outcome 🙁 “We were here last week and had an awful shock, … Continue reading →

A warm day with blue skies and a gentle NW breeze greeted a good turnout of 16 MNA members outside the Grand Hotel near the pier, most having travelled by train. The plan was circuit of the Orme by way … Continue reading →

Early Saturday morning hardly looked promising, prolonged heavy rain and wind, as some of us assembled at the Liverpool ONE bus station for the 82A to Hale Bank but sheer optimism drives you on! During the journey patches of blue … Continue reading →

English Stonecrop Waterfall On the Afon Llafar   Lichen – Rhizocarpon species Female Wolf Spider Pardosa sp. carrying egg sac Common Green Grasshopper Omocestus viridulus Barbara On Wooden Stile Harry’s Sheep Skull Dor Beetle The Scenery 🙂

I had a visit over to the University Of Liverpool’s Ness Botanical Gardens on the Wirral. As well as being packed with traditional and rare garden plants it also has a number of wildflowers. A wildflower meadow area had been created which … Continue reading →

The two Dave’s and I took a trip over to Minera near Wrexham in Wales whose name derives from the Latin for “mine” or “ore” (the Welsh name Mwynglawdd translates roughly as “ore mine”) Hoverfly Eristalis sp. on umbellifer Noonday … Continue reading →