Category Archives: MNA reports

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

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 →

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 →

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 →

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

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 →

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

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 →

Car-share meeting, joint with Liverpool RSPB.  6 x MNA and 3 x RSPB turned up. Fallow Deer, normal spotted ones, brown ones, almost-black ones and some white ones. The males were in velvet while the females were in a closed-off … Continue reading →

Garden warbler, wood warbler and blackcap in the oakwoods. Higher up with fewer trees, fresh shoots of bracken and low gorse as many as 8 dark green fritillaries flying about in a small area, feeding on bramble flowers – another … Continue reading →