Tuesday 21st May
Very pleasant start to the day so we had a drive over to Ironbridge and had a nice walk along the river. Shame that the Power station is due to be demolished this year.
On arrival home, a short and very quiet walkabout.
Common Nettle bug - Liocoris tripustulatus
Monday 20th May
Walked the reserves and down to Stanklyn, saw few swallows down the lane and over Captain's, mainly concentrating on insects at the moment especially hoverflies.
Nice start Grid Ref SO850742
Hoverfly - Chrysotoxum cautum male (wasp mimic)
male Syrphus sp
female Melanostoma scalare
male Episyrphus balteatus
male Myathropa florea
male Scaeva selenitica
Cloudy over the golf course
Sunday May 19th
Not too bad a start, cloudy with brief glimpses of the sun, walkabout this morning in the nature reserves, could hear the birds but can't see many of them due to the foliage.
Saw Couple swallows down by the 3 pools field, apart from that mainly insects.
Closest that I have got to the heron.
Hoverfly - Baccha elongata (female)
Hoverfly - female Meliscaeva auricollis
Hoverfly - Female Meliscaeva auricollis
Female Azure Damselfly
Male Azure Damselfly
Hoverfly - male Eristalis horticola
Hoverfly - Female Melanostoma sp
fly
Small yellow underwing moth
Hoverfly - Eristalis pertiax
Hoverfly - male Episyrphus balteatus
Hoverfly - Female Episyrphus balteatus
Scorpion fly
Hartlebury Common
Red and Black Froghopper
Green Hairstreak
Stinkhorn - Phallus impudicus
As above
As above
Saturday 18th May
Very pleasant start to the day so we had a drive over to Ironbridge and had a nice walk along the river. Shame that the Power station is due to be demolished this year.
On arrival home, a short and very quiet walkabout.
male Episyrphus balteatus
Common Nettle bug - Liocoris tripustulatus
Monday 20th May
Walked the reserves and down to Stanklyn, saw few swallows down the lane and over Captain's, mainly concentrating on insects at the moment especially hoverflies.
Nice start Grid Ref SO850742
Hoverfly - Chrysotoxum cautum male (wasp mimic)
male Syrphus sp
female Melanostoma scalare
male Episyrphus balteatus
male Myathropa florea
male Scaeva selenitica
Cloudy over the golf course
Sunday May 19th
Not too bad a start, cloudy with brief glimpses of the sun, walkabout this morning in the nature reserves, could hear the birds but can't see many of them due to the foliage.
Saw Couple swallows down by the 3 pools field, apart from that mainly insects.
Closest that I have got to the heron.
Hoverfly - Baccha elongata (female)
Hoverfly - female Meliscaeva auricollis
Hoverfly - Female Meliscaeva auricollis
Female Azure Damselfly
Male Azure Damselfly
Hoverfly - male Eristalis horticola
Hoverfly - Female Melanostoma sp
fly
Small yellow underwing moth
Hoverfly - Eristalis pertiax
Hoverfly - male Episyrphus balteatus
Hoverfly - Female Episyrphus balteatus
Scorpion fly
Hartlebury Common
Red and Black Froghopper
Green Hairstreak
Stinkhorn - Phallus impudicus
As above
As above
Saturday 18th May
A walk early on but very quiet, weather dull and some very light bits of rain.
A walk round Captain's was the same, very quiet, not even a breath of wind, the GC Grebes were in the middle of the pool just cleaning themselves.
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