Monday May 6th (Bank Holiday)
Cold and breezy, don't like this weather at this time of the year.
Bits of blue sky now and then, not much around early on, pool was very quiet as usual.
Still lots of nesting going on at the moment, hopefully wildlife will be more interesting soon.
Captain's Pool
Quite dull all day so decided to pop out after lunch to see how many insects I could find and to be honest I saw a lot more than I was expecting to considering the weather.
The pic below shows the area where all but the last insect was taken, guessing approx 200 metres along this small stretch.
Grid Reference SO848748
Hoverfly -
Green Dock Beetles
Awful pic
Best I could get, think this is ichneumonid, (Campopleginae) - Dusona sp,
Hoverfly -
Hoverfly -
Hoverfly - male Syrphus sp
Don't know what's going on here
Possibly a Lacewing
hoverfly - female Syrphus sp
Green shieldbug
Spotted Cranefly ?
Looked dead
Possibly dead, loads of them looking like this on the underside of leaves.
Possibly a apechthis compunctor
Male Syrphus .sp
As above
Sunday May 5th
Had a walk around the reserves today, quite chilly, didn't spot many birds, but there were a few insects about, so for walkabout No 2 I took the Canon bridge camera.
The more I look for hoverflies the more I like what I see, hopefully spot a lot more this summer.
For my insect photos I use a Canon SX50HS and a Raynox 250 macro attachment.
Also a big thank you for the ID's on the hoverflys from the facebook group UK Hoverflies
male Andrena sp
male Melanostoma scalare
Neuroctena anilis
female Episyrphus balteatus
psychodidae
psychodidae
male Cheilosia variabilis
female Melanostoma scalare
Scorpion fly
female Syrphus sp
female Melanostoma scalare
male Episyrphus balteatus
mining bee - female Andrena haemorrhoa
Snipe fly - Rhagio spp, scolopaceus?
Saturday May 4th
Lovely bright morning, sun shining but how cold was this, it was bitter out there!
Not much about, again!
Captain's again very quiet, apart from the heron who stood for ages on the log at the rear of the island, I stayed for a hour and a half and he didn't catch on fish, he certainly has some patience, he flew away and so did I, needed to get home to get warm.
Friday May 3rd
Dull all day, bit cooler and some rain at times, basically a crap day.
Only walked round the pool today and apart from a pair of Tufted Ducks taking off it was a very quiet day.
Thursday May 2nd
Bright start and mild, but soon turned dull and colder, walk around the reserves, but still very quiet, Captain's was the same, wren, robin and Jays were around, on the pool just the usuals.
Lovely end to the day
Not the best quality but this was the full length of the pool away from me, but you can see the size of the fish he caught, took him ages to swallow it, he kept smacking it on the staging to kill it.
Wednesday May 1st
Bright start, mildish day but a bit duller than I would like.
Greylag geese were on the pool when I arrived but flew off withing a few minutes, saw Moorhens with a chick, also ssa a bird I hadn't seen before, wish I had got a photo.
Just after sunrise (used on BBC)
He's spotted me
Greylag
Greylag
Greylag flying away.
Terrapin basking
Tuesday April 30th
Cloudy with sunny spells but a touch warmer.
Hoverfly - male Episyrphus balteatus
Hoverfly - male Episyrphus balteatus
Hoverfly - female Leucozona lucorum
Hoverfly - female Episyrphus balteatus
Hoverfly - female Syrphus sp
Hoverfly - male Helophilus pendulus
Hoverfly - female Didea fasciata
Wren just below it's nest
Goose defending territory
Caunsall near Cookley (used on BBC)
Cookley
Stack Pool
Cookley
Monday April 29th
Lovely day and managed a walk around the reserves, not much in the way of birds though but plenty of insects to satisfy the cameras.
Terrapin
Goose taking off
Duckling
Chasing a fly
Sparrow
Sorry for all the heron photos below, had a good session on Captain's after tea.
Sunday April 28th
Cold and breezy, don't like this weather at this time of the year.
Bits of blue sky now and then, not much around early on, pool was very quiet as usual.
Still lots of nesting going on at the moment, hopefully wildlife will be more interesting soon.
Captain's Pool
Quite dull all day so decided to pop out after lunch to see how many insects I could find and to be honest I saw a lot more than I was expecting to considering the weather.
The pic below shows the area where all but the last insect was taken, guessing approx 200 metres along this small stretch.
Grid Reference SO848748
Hoverfly -
Green Dock Beetles
Awful pic
Best I could get, think this is ichneumonid, (Campopleginae) - Dusona sp,
Hoverfly -
Hoverfly -
Hoverfly - male Syrphus sp
Don't know what's going on here
Possibly a Lacewing
hoverfly - female Syrphus sp
Green shieldbug
Spotted Cranefly ?
Looked dead
Possibly dead, loads of them looking like this on the underside of leaves.
Possibly a apechthis compunctor
As above
Sunday May 5th
Had a walk around the reserves today, quite chilly, didn't spot many birds, but there were a few insects about, so for walkabout No 2 I took the Canon bridge camera.
The more I look for hoverflies the more I like what I see, hopefully spot a lot more this summer.
For my insect photos I use a Canon SX50HS and a Raynox 250 macro attachment.
Also a big thank you for the ID's on the hoverflys from the facebook group UK Hoverflies
male Andrena sp
male Melanostoma scalare
Neuroctena anilis
female Episyrphus balteatus
psychodidae
male Cheilosia variabilis
female Melanostoma scalare
Scorpion fly
female Syrphus sp
female Melanostoma scalare
male Episyrphus balteatus
mining bee - female Andrena haemorrhoa
Snipe fly - Rhagio spp, scolopaceus?
Saturday May 4th
Lovely bright morning, sun shining but how cold was this, it was bitter out there!
Not much about, again!
Captain's again very quiet, apart from the heron who stood for ages on the log at the rear of the island, I stayed for a hour and a half and he didn't catch on fish, he certainly has some patience, he flew away and so did I, needed to get home to get warm.
Friday May 3rd
Dull all day, bit cooler and some rain at times, basically a crap day.
Only walked round the pool today and apart from a pair of Tufted Ducks taking off it was a very quiet day.
Thursday May 2nd
Bright start and mild, but soon turned dull and colder, walk around the reserves, but still very quiet, Captain's was the same, wren, robin and Jays were around, on the pool just the usuals.
Lovely end to the day
Not the best quality but this was the full length of the pool away from me, but you can see the size of the fish he caught, took him ages to swallow it, he kept smacking it on the staging to kill it.
Wednesday May 1st
Bright start, mildish day but a bit duller than I would like.
Greylag geese were on the pool when I arrived but flew off withing a few minutes, saw Moorhens with a chick, also ssa a bird I hadn't seen before, wish I had got a photo.
Just after sunrise (used on BBC)
He's spotted me
Greylag
Greylag
Greylag flying away.
Terrapin basking
Tuesday April 30th
Cloudy with sunny spells but a touch warmer.
Hoverfly - male Episyrphus balteatus
Hoverfly - male Episyrphus balteatus
Hoverfly - female Leucozona lucorum
Hoverfly - female Episyrphus balteatus
Hoverfly - female Syrphus sp
Hoverfly - male Helophilus pendulus
Hoverfly - female Didea fasciata
Wren just below it's nest
Goose defending territory
Caunsall near Cookley (used on BBC)
Cookley
Stack Pool
Cookley
Monday April 29th
Lovely day and managed a walk around the reserves, not much in the way of birds though but plenty of insects to satisfy the cameras.
Terrapin
Goose taking off
Duckling
Chasing a fly
Sparrow
Sorry for all the heron photos below, had a good session on Captain's after tea.
Sunday April 28th
Cold but dry start to the day also still quite breezy for most of the day, brightened up a little after lunch.
Couple Greylag Geese popped in, two herons still about, also two mallards with their young, will be interesting to see how many survive.
2 Greylag
2 Greylag
Terrapin
Male Hairy-footed flower bee
Hairy Shield bug
Crucifer Shield Bug
Not sure
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