tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62763398202286508952024-02-02T13:38:38.034+00:00Wildwings and WanderingsKaren Woolleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18433932165517479993noreply@blogger.comBlogger731125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276339820228650895.post-33302092304883273592023-04-16T20:51:00.000+01:002023-04-16T20:51:54.310+01:00Black-winged Stilt at Black Hole Marsh<p><span style="font-size: large;">News of a <b>Black-winged Stilt </b>at Black Hole Marsh tempted me to make the effort to get out and see a nice bird for a change and also visit Black Hole Marsh for the first time in ages, and when I say ages, I mean AGES! I couldn't remember when I was last there so I looked on my blog and couldn't believe what I saw! It was 31st August 2015! It really doesn't seem that long but I suppose it must be. I'll try and visit a bit more from now on though as it has great access for people with mobility issues, which unfortunately is me these days. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The bird was showing very well if a little distant, but nowhere near as distant as the only others I'd ever seen which were both scope only jobs. It was great to see a few familiar faces from my twitching days and some local patch birders too. Here's a selection of my photos, mostly the<b> Black-winged Stilt</b> but also a couple of a lovely orangey <b>Black-tailed Godwit </b>who I reckon was feeling a little bit left out.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRqD9X5y6UN_AI_UOx8uuGpU8PAgqcZXd3lYmDTnLGwOGCusDu-TLxr79SFkLCNtynJIDSYKVYw4LnH7aulL6Loc0P6BTn0TZDDutor80qOIKXNnce4NBhJExipdgnxXrua3THK31by0-hTsaim6mg5G72YOAFQdCkKaDmXjBeZ0i-XZzj1YgNkwj7/s2349/bws1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1575" data-original-width="2349" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRqD9X5y6UN_AI_UOx8uuGpU8PAgqcZXd3lYmDTnLGwOGCusDu-TLxr79SFkLCNtynJIDSYKVYw4LnH7aulL6Loc0P6BTn0TZDDutor80qOIKXNnce4NBhJExipdgnxXrua3THK31by0-hTsaim6mg5G72YOAFQdCkKaDmXjBeZ0i-XZzj1YgNkwj7/w640-h430/bws1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><p> <br /></p>Karen Woolleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18433932165517479993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276339820228650895.post-47515602747399422132023-03-28T21:42:00.002+01:002023-04-07T21:21:58.958+01:00Jumping Spiders<p><span style="font-size: large;">I had a pretty successful effort at looking for spiders back in 2019, I'd always photographed any that I happened to spot on my travels that were very obvious but I had never made special effort to find them before. Most of these jumping spiders were found on the soft rock cliffs at Axmouth, Branscombe and Eype, mostly by carefully searching under tussocks of grass, but some can easily be found out in the open too. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">They are small and quite difficult to photograph without top of the range photographic equipment, but that didn't stop me trying. One of the larger species is<i><b> </b>Salticus scenicus,</i></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> the common and well known <b>Zebra Spider</b></span> which can reach up to a whopping 7mm! This one kept really still, allowing me to get these nice shots, which is more than can be said for most of the rest! <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7rrKk-lhXqBaQsxPX7oF06XNQfBEBbkEPw4LqILRZ-nL18rbpBvDRJn8QEi7xVlamg5QLgGKUryybHfTPtLLw4hwvnIXMNtm_Qab3Z0cbX8g19F7wOAIRHqByWyXPS7ezLLM9l19tRIneS6IqARM5BgOQKJSiztEkiJwkCqWyAXce5bSFjMrm2-L4/s1416/common%20zebra%20spider.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1092" data-original-width="1416" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7rrKk-lhXqBaQsxPX7oF06XNQfBEBbkEPw4LqILRZ-nL18rbpBvDRJn8QEi7xVlamg5QLgGKUryybHfTPtLLw4hwvnIXMNtm_Qab3Z0cbX8g19F7wOAIRHqByWyXPS7ezLLM9l19tRIneS6IqARM5BgOQKJSiztEkiJwkCqWyAXce5bSFjMrm2-L4/w640-h494/common%20zebra%20spider.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhexmMvM3_C4rrqvfp-ZZXqJ3sOJzdMeewa_7JVEH8ZphqMqMXY_J8W_Ux6on2ecmHyiNeg6nqiyvLoXayGxqXXRxV7QYNuXzxtsxMeJKob5Z6XvLtM46LKZzux69Xxi7CGEp5QzaymBD1Gy0iwTpzu9h6rm0XAxrJnz3JIxG61xjSb00Mj2YcdL_Q5/s1348/Salticus%20scenicus.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="838" data-original-width="1348" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhexmMvM3_C4rrqvfp-ZZXqJ3sOJzdMeewa_7JVEH8ZphqMqMXY_J8W_Ux6on2ecmHyiNeg6nqiyvLoXayGxqXXRxV7QYNuXzxtsxMeJKob5Z6XvLtM46LKZzux69Xxi7CGEp5QzaymBD1Gy0iwTpzu9h6rm0XAxrJnz3JIxG61xjSb00Mj2YcdL_Q5/w640-h398/Salticus%20scenicus.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Common Zebra Spider</b> - <i>Salticus scenicus</i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Another commonly seen jumping spider is the <b>Sun Jumper</b>, these are predominantly black with yellow/pale legs and can often be seen sitting on flowers in sunny weather. There are several species but they are very difficult to identify without microscopy.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjowOqe0Dg8f4JTFwLeGRNGUtHmadynWtg8xW107drkKttJYjIdOXNvdRsSjovjuGRgYQeswLFq2ITRANFvhmv6bUqzQtcC1r1S8NolfGMV9SMIFggH4ALrxz59FIf_f0tabNz159uWS2CZ0WlHi9x93u4rEt7UoQdyzmBJ7wg3PYYreniUaEVtORN-/s1364/%20sun%20jumper%20heliophanus%20sp.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="901" data-original-width="1364" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjowOqe0Dg8f4JTFwLeGRNGUtHmadynWtg8xW107drkKttJYjIdOXNvdRsSjovjuGRgYQeswLFq2ITRANFvhmv6bUqzQtcC1r1S8NolfGMV9SMIFggH4ALrxz59FIf_f0tabNz159uWS2CZ0WlHi9x93u4rEt7UoQdyzmBJ7wg3PYYreniUaEVtORN-/w640-h422/%20sun%20jumper%20heliophanus%20sp.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3BZf5por4jAHVI_mt8PE6CisGcMnMVL4H7_kxUIwkJ5u4wZ9jkf8JZ_U8VQjQjYn14QWxcyvoNuwVZDZ80brNE8MLXOykTQ1kGCyFlR-DZOIObvd3vzI2E6_WEwbclBEIZIZnVSEV36xgfdLdd1qYdfgQinzFiTyYfo2U1L9bsjNqvRMjZGsbDLNZ/s1428/heliophanus%20sp%20female.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1428" data-original-width="1183" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3BZf5por4jAHVI_mt8PE6CisGcMnMVL4H7_kxUIwkJ5u4wZ9jkf8JZ_U8VQjQjYn14QWxcyvoNuwVZDZ80brNE8MLXOykTQ1kGCyFlR-DZOIObvd3vzI2E6_WEwbclBEIZIZnVSEV36xgfdLdd1qYdfgQinzFiTyYfo2U1L9bsjNqvRMjZGsbDLNZ/w530-h640/heliophanus%20sp%20female.jpg" width="530" /></a></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Sun Jumper </b>- <i>Heliophanus sp.</i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiIy4wT_UDToPycLCLaIP25dnOgnls98nw30cy5JM5asosY6bPufrnfLkdjA1F1M4tppmnElrFEwGDBFi5oeP8KcqcjrDQhk7608Tg_sRrO7GNNTdBCYmPbWn628FXGJyqzse9kCUH60HZ77gcRiD3Esj89ZPEjV8OIz-hvZy-fdKC4Y16p-JdpdC7/s1454/%20downy%20jumper%20sitticus%20pubescens.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="927" data-original-width="1454" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiIy4wT_UDToPycLCLaIP25dnOgnls98nw30cy5JM5asosY6bPufrnfLkdjA1F1M4tppmnElrFEwGDBFi5oeP8KcqcjrDQhk7608Tg_sRrO7GNNTdBCYmPbWn628FXGJyqzse9kCUH60HZ77gcRiD3Esj89ZPEjV8OIz-hvZy-fdKC4Y16p-JdpdC7/w640-h408/%20downy%20jumper%20sitticus%20pubescens.jpg" width="640" /></a></i></span></div> <p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Downy Jumper</b><i> - Sitticus sp.</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Again there are several species of <i>Sitticus </i>which can only be identified with microscopy. <i>Sitticus pubescens</i> (Downy Jumper) is by far the most common.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i> </i></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;">This next species was a real challenge as the males are only 2-3mm long, but it's really worth persevering to get photos because they are very striking, with colours which aren't visible to the naked eye ( not mine anyway). The female is bigger but also plainer. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmNE5oybNLUEnvtGZR0E6Gh1k7uIevxx9EXHAtMb4H50aWVvKp1JadMEKbFxy5bkJT9M4v9Fxr9gvx2nGtrlgsr9E5660LQvhwBu3-gesXNfVHT7uU6plIHTlVr1NyBrw1P4U8cfm8CXuEiMhmg99tltoBS9H34AAZoaD_9C2SSGWBAFUEZnICJ2fh/s1224/Euophrys%20frontalis%20female.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="841" data-original-width="1224" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmNE5oybNLUEnvtGZR0E6Gh1k7uIevxx9EXHAtMb4H50aWVvKp1JadMEKbFxy5bkJT9M4v9Fxr9gvx2nGtrlgsr9E5660LQvhwBu3-gesXNfVHT7uU6plIHTlVr1NyBrw1P4U8cfm8CXuEiMhmg99tltoBS9H34AAZoaD_9C2SSGWBAFUEZnICJ2fh/w640-h440/Euophrys%20frontalis%20female.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div> <p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Female </b><i>Euophrys frontalis </i><i> </i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTb87Iu3kwfLiOsRSoDbO5WlQvGH0PhxIVaLn19BQLHXmh4IKPrhQa2M8kMc3wxcGZUJQN-5OjCieXDd1u9wuZLa5GhXuLl1lIBajij5h6g1EleUTxBXdQ5jsaZhXjrlmgm_hKg_W1Wn7fRcSFCCtHtMLRJGAGZKXZExocuUpR7w1n1MYBZ0TAorXQ/s1280/E%20frontalis%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="829" data-original-width="1280" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTb87Iu3kwfLiOsRSoDbO5WlQvGH0PhxIVaLn19BQLHXmh4IKPrhQa2M8kMc3wxcGZUJQN-5OjCieXDd1u9wuZLa5GhXuLl1lIBajij5h6g1EleUTxBXdQ5jsaZhXjrlmgm_hKg_W1Wn7fRcSFCCtHtMLRJGAGZKXZExocuUpR7w1n1MYBZ0TAorXQ/w640-h414/E%20frontalis%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKuZ96jaeLSshklKOssn81yUDAQI3zUKgGvLe58q2qGubTXfwm8fU5jZf8jTEOK75klHic8nWuQIPWUgwD9I9MlI_G1LF7qQXk-pS7kUdSp1jTPMLKloaT2gnuuMyWHlpyGxtCCBf0XpqyRiT3c6hMis7KdLNK3-A-MBP6g8d1zQOftf20Y-dng1QF/s900/E%20frontalis%20male%20%20..jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="693" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKuZ96jaeLSshklKOssn81yUDAQI3zUKgGvLe58q2qGubTXfwm8fU5jZf8jTEOK75klHic8nWuQIPWUgwD9I9MlI_G1LF7qQXk-pS7kUdSp1jTPMLKloaT2gnuuMyWHlpyGxtCCBf0XpqyRiT3c6hMis7KdLNK3-A-MBP6g8d1zQOftf20Y-dng1QF/w492-h640/E%20frontalis%20male%20%20..jpg" width="492" /></a></div></span></span> <p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;">Male </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Euophrys frontalis </i></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;">The next two species really took some finding.They are both almost exclusively found on sand dunes, but they do also occur in and around tussocks of grass on the soft rock cliffs at the sites I visited. Firstly, the<b> Dune Jumper</b> (<i>Marpissa nivoyi</i>).<br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFxZ3GiFPws6errEGoiidnltftZugr09e8frFylFrR4FO3ZkqCP_xL9ylglW05XnlI4ORD_3PXkKBtc6CZ0ZlSu53bwcC9N0N1Kldge5rzCjT5hWjHeX0_wVvxK927sa7N0047lVTIdd3fQQEqTCA9ELhPzbtAxmC4MRd_18mAk82OBBmgGZepWBuA/s1548/marpissa%20small.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1149" data-original-width="1548" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFxZ3GiFPws6errEGoiidnltftZugr09e8frFylFrR4FO3ZkqCP_xL9ylglW05XnlI4ORD_3PXkKBtc6CZ0ZlSu53bwcC9N0N1Kldge5rzCjT5hWjHeX0_wVvxK927sa7N0047lVTIdd3fQQEqTCA9ELhPzbtAxmC4MRd_18mAk82OBBmgGZepWBuA/w640-h476/marpissa%20small.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Here's a male, again only 5mm long and a very distinctive shape with a long body and thickened front legs, from a distance the outline looks a bit like a pseudoscorpion.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6QUX5nfHSqO2x1JWvAo9Kavv5apaA_6evJ0nIPGQXePmTnR_AgfxKGbYd9pc-YJ-HF4bmWSjTAzTjAZW5e8cT2bhVYsaTEAuZMsHAXhXuCtrI8vGXJYu_NoafyZcZHzBItje845IA9fln4peOZG7nykq2gTOoF18tzzCL70X1qzv7LQARzkHRK1hW/s1400/Marpissa%20nivoyi%20male%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="1400" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6QUX5nfHSqO2x1JWvAo9Kavv5apaA_6evJ0nIPGQXePmTnR_AgfxKGbYd9pc-YJ-HF4bmWSjTAzTjAZW5e8cT2bhVYsaTEAuZMsHAXhXuCtrI8vGXJYu_NoafyZcZHzBItje845IA9fln4peOZG7nykq2gTOoF18tzzCL70X1qzv7LQARzkHRK1hW/w640-h480/Marpissa%20nivoyi%20male%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Male <b>Dune Jumper</b> - <i>Marpissa nivoyi</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The following three photos are of the female <i><br /></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I found these (and <i>Marpissa nivoyi</i>) at both Axmouth and Eype but failed to find the second Ant-mimicking species<i> Myrmarachne formicaria</i> at either. Hopefully I'll be able to get out there and find it this year!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ckrWyfUo9Jvu-mY1nxKMQaeypFXS3QKt7f388lKdJmzKaSpc-vXbSWs7DT2KjSqvl77vvqjr2bpRW1-tUsmF7QRxL0JQIaOCTBPw55tR4OQXqpfFInxz6O2WGmRh52JrDWlB8_aItOIozOkoiu3I36VrTYdVQ1ut_iKwADkZP3F7ImUOvQS11bTE/s1340/s%20venator%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="882" data-original-width="1340" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ckrWyfUo9Jvu-mY1nxKMQaeypFXS3QKt7f388lKdJmzKaSpc-vXbSWs7DT2KjSqvl77vvqjr2bpRW1-tUsmF7QRxL0JQIaOCTBPw55tR4OQXqpfFInxz6O2WGmRh52JrDWlB8_aItOIozOkoiu3I36VrTYdVQ1ut_iKwADkZP3F7ImUOvQS11bTE/w640-h422/s%20venator%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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It's along the clifftops above Weston Mouth. I believe that it is specially managed as a traditional hay meadow. If only there were more like it! I visited a lot in the early summer of 2020 with all the restrictions on travelling that were in place at the time. In late June it was absolutely swarming with <b>Meadow Brown </b>butterflies, definitely the most I'd ever seen in one place. There were thousands! Plenty of other insects too...</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ_53Aah5tArsM6IH3W2RYhrNr2zFcmMDiUzco7ZhYFuZQGmn93mpOI6hYCZ2gtxlxTzAFZetMaM_a6FHWHXrz7ChM2CIKrB2_mzgSIZOuvcdCwlRXBh6mNASCoC70EtOZEoeetL5X6XECznHzoouHk09xiDuPp7VgXXbujPRu9VgC1zII2V6Vg_sV/s1484/weston%20cliff.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="834" data-original-width="1484" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ_53Aah5tArsM6IH3W2RYhrNr2zFcmMDiUzco7ZhYFuZQGmn93mpOI6hYCZ2gtxlxTzAFZetMaM_a6FHWHXrz7ChM2CIKrB2_mzgSIZOuvcdCwlRXBh6mNASCoC70EtOZEoeetL5X6XECznHzoouHk09xiDuPp7VgXXbujPRu9VgC1zII2V6Vg_sV/w640-h360/weston%20cliff.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">In early June the dominant flower is <b>Ox-eye Daisy</b>, later to be replaced by <b>Knapweed</b>...<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh47M8owlUaRhnylh5VgNZdw8nZPxbkjAQ_LDVziNKmrxeT4PXPljwiMXRvSIFgjKmNzaTWixbQ9lfIh805duJ2cuBn0hp4Tc2vZQPku1U-SX6LV34TcH-r-8WV8eF-bT-gW9VN9Xv2AAF9dlg7yTjTmOQi7f04IKG3OU3-9JWaOZJBYgyJt7wXnH1K/s1644/mb%20field.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1046" data-original-width="1644" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh47M8owlUaRhnylh5VgNZdw8nZPxbkjAQ_LDVziNKmrxeT4PXPljwiMXRvSIFgjKmNzaTWixbQ9lfIh805duJ2cuBn0hp4Tc2vZQPku1U-SX6LV34TcH-r-8WV8eF-bT-gW9VN9Xv2AAF9dlg7yTjTmOQi7f04IKG3OU3-9JWaOZJBYgyJt7wXnH1K/w640-h408/mb%20field.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">...very popular with the pollinators.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7KKF9OOMIyoPgFtTuAh2m_CYVNA3YgMI46d3Jhw3nFC4P_8SnbnqvKjybWTWfeKZ8OCb3tYO_jBji-JmRxwcq-TZjsy3wW7cSttQnVUN5DF1F2F4IsRShT4QGHq6Ecm_e-4uTZ3QbhFM6IJ9-gMob1Vns6Zjerip1aPRg1mdZ5Ms5OAVRXEK0V1bW/s1592/18%20mbrowns.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1592" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7KKF9OOMIyoPgFtTuAh2m_CYVNA3YgMI46d3Jhw3nFC4P_8SnbnqvKjybWTWfeKZ8OCb3tYO_jBji-JmRxwcq-TZjsy3wW7cSttQnVUN5DF1F2F4IsRShT4QGHq6Ecm_e-4uTZ3QbhFM6IJ9-gMob1Vns6Zjerip1aPRg1mdZ5Ms5OAVRXEK0V1bW/w640-h402/18%20mbrowns.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Eighteen <b>Meadow Browns</b><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7nSA-LS7NY4nj6Qvf9U9-Jf1ZQeGjPwcF_bXkDvLb78WkS9gMExEUImRfI-6O70AegLwd3k4JuesHQvzXZ-kOIV0q4Q-6Y-eBPsbaKAXtkRxwbZWFbqTbAHfT--UQhbMdsbvKkQqamhdYnMtD4mQE5V31-ARS4YFx_6i8XEUkRPekMwFSDo94Xgwz/s1335/ab%20mb.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1335" data-original-width="1029" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7nSA-LS7NY4nj6Qvf9U9-Jf1ZQeGjPwcF_bXkDvLb78WkS9gMExEUImRfI-6O70AegLwd3k4JuesHQvzXZ-kOIV0q4Q-6Y-eBPsbaKAXtkRxwbZWFbqTbAHfT--UQhbMdsbvKkQqamhdYnMtD4mQE5V31-ARS4YFx_6i8XEUkRPekMwFSDo94Xgwz/w494-h640/ab%20mb.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">An aberrant <b>Meadow Brown</b> with a partially white hindwing. <br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGeIliye80NN6eHYzdQraKBlcD7R0uabMgw_LtsMuQh1ugASZ4Of-Xsn0_RjziMDaIxMAWtz9JBWS5hLepiIVjogaZGzb8jqN1Rln4xdvgFOdtfJcFeNDy4m1FY24aFalpz82bc9dbFzNQaPmgOusuWZvbwRm1JjIS4fQAY_qvxf37ZTKpFIC6ZG7S/s1324/mb1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1324" data-original-width="1011" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGeIliye80NN6eHYzdQraKBlcD7R0uabMgw_LtsMuQh1ugASZ4Of-Xsn0_RjziMDaIxMAWtz9JBWS5hLepiIVjogaZGzb8jqN1Rln4xdvgFOdtfJcFeNDy4m1FY24aFalpz82bc9dbFzNQaPmgOusuWZvbwRm1JjIS4fQAY_qvxf37ZTKpFIC6ZG7S/w488-h640/mb1.jpg" width="488" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Standard version<br /></div><br /><div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr5GRp9w6AaBEkon5K-UucF_bwMwYEtdWAzQm4BSXuNTq7MJue2nflhidWP-MPxDy3yMQ0LS3sPg6eFcVWwRnwJYIR1CY-uQNU8E1a2afET-V9qeJ24JaGt7N8X41t45281jM-ZkYO3wR2YzUhb6Ge4a-8q5lVjtofhkzTi2mrugp71-mP2hp1S37V/s1380/mb3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="928" data-original-width="1380" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr5GRp9w6AaBEkon5K-UucF_bwMwYEtdWAzQm4BSXuNTq7MJue2nflhidWP-MPxDy3yMQ0LS3sPg6eFcVWwRnwJYIR1CY-uQNU8E1a2afET-V9qeJ24JaGt7N8X41t45281jM-ZkYO3wR2YzUhb6Ge4a-8q5lVjtofhkzTi2mrugp71-mP2hp1S37V/w640-h430/mb3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Meadow Brown</b> and <b>Five-spot Burnet Moths</b><br /></div><div> </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjJGCNq4NbsgFq8ZwpvIXYv_z_ZrwZrHcrKyYs8ATdsr2xvQoS66O9XcOzM7Qc73jjVb_RUCn21fB7_HxBs7EnqxRE_tKVLNwfo6QVVEL4uv9kW9ZIYi5fjUMvH3HJ7jeU20T7Nh0cJUBVO_16tbSCi1ERBSXa3C8sAaY4niYVN896Lp_Jko6SFyYP/s1412/mb4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="891" data-original-width="1325" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwBhaAp9x2cVDP1JfP7SXo431D9h5aJNw5G0QL57Oj6GMC1wR0vFwp86A4zbQ1n5mX-PqnzAbwbmcAZ_4gVpWjEYynBhifBfOiB48wA5WPJDMnUG-gbVBmOxV4aAvz785J0q6D3wwPumcRZbLBjub7QgF_458dplL_JLjdBgnmMCBQwtx0WI0bj1JC/w640-h430/sand%20tailed%20digger%20wasp.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><b>Sand-tailed Digger Wasp</b> - <i>Cerceris arenaria</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">Also known as the <b>Weevil Hunting Wasp</b>. You can see it in action hunting Weevils in one of my old posts <a href="https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2012/03/heath-potter-wasps-and-weevil-hunting.html">here</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivllmOfJlGfT6J6wKYYSRnd6reJihVYdH85ywe52ruMnR89hy2RJgRqcSQQ3IypU99gDsQ09N_hWcGaFjE4t5WQmHDKkX4GYSangalkfe5qvc-BlSpTigePOww8XVWWlb2VBytbkPt1VkQJ4UauBOpPyzjXynB1kInZErEBuy5tB1kfhZoVMvFYyy1/s5184/IMG_1038.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2912" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivllmOfJlGfT6J6wKYYSRnd6reJihVYdH85ywe52ruMnR89hy2RJgRqcSQQ3IypU99gDsQ09N_hWcGaFjE4t5WQmHDKkX4GYSangalkfe5qvc-BlSpTigePOww8XVWWlb2VBytbkPt1VkQJ4UauBOpPyzjXynB1kInZErEBuy5tB1kfhZoVMvFYyy1/w640-h360/IMG_1038.JPG" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">A very nice example of cumulonimbus.<br /><i><br /></i></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> </i></div><div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p><br /></p></div></div>Karen Woolleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18433932165517479993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276339820228650895.post-68180539359024556662023-03-12T20:20:00.429+00:002023-03-12T22:09:51.372+00:00Butterflies in Vietnam<div><p><span style="font-size: large;">Here's a selection of butterflies which I photographed in Vietnam, mostly back in 2019 but also some from this January. I'll list them via location. <br /></span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ha Tinh </span></b><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7RLicNEmwo4x2bacJHGAqN3At9QrtOrA3UAi5NnIOp5eDY9gvRgWi2du-0u-A4SUlbgeEPwsO2u3DjDGAsMS0pKOiqdK44zB5ugpNBnv4vV_9jvJI1HW0MN6e9r5iZmtPRAr-N-33EE4aFy7Iha6oJIKN9MfW6HMluy5oVivWBhera1p5ZKCXgrM2/s1200/Quynh%20Vien%20Beach.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="706" data-original-width="1200" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7RLicNEmwo4x2bacJHGAqN3At9QrtOrA3UAi5NnIOp5eDY9gvRgWi2du-0u-A4SUlbgeEPwsO2u3DjDGAsMS0pKOiqdK44zB5ugpNBnv4vV_9jvJI1HW0MN6e9r5iZmtPRAr-N-33EE4aFy7Iha6oJIKN9MfW6HMluy5oVivWBhera1p5ZKCXgrM2/w640-h376/Quynh%20Vien%20Beach.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is the resort of Quynh Vien, it's in Central Vietnam a few miles from the city of Ha Tinh. It's almost always deserted like this!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPvOUvrATmxtSFm9RLziXlDcsZJH3EpsiDgFlWOuda8BD8Oyr80HmuoYdkMubyMTZztYbNRNlgAgGc2TvovnCcBvZbGlDEQU6Xcarf3dHejj9cM12ra7IHGi2046G0Qc6lRTwoKZSeaOXWE4i8-qNZecwBKSq6-4XcyIbYVd7TPgJd_2rrwcY3KJpL/s1460/Angled%20Castor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1018" data-original-width="1460" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPvOUvrATmxtSFm9RLziXlDcsZJH3EpsiDgFlWOuda8BD8Oyr80HmuoYdkMubyMTZztYbNRNlgAgGc2TvovnCcBvZbGlDEQU6Xcarf3dHejj9cM12ra7IHGi2046G0Qc6lRTwoKZSeaOXWE4i8-qNZecwBKSq6-4XcyIbYVd7TPgJd_2rrwcY3KJpL/w640-h446/Angled%20Castor.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Angled Castor</b><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3NbQJb8yR5X4vG3ndJj2zhM0BISXvosXay3ujehPZmbxPpF_esNiOqI8Nee-zu0_8p_mDeDJ16Xwu5MlYlIsL-QYXnapXGRIRa8stuQwG4pvY6vuMSn_3iLbq3i-VoWyRTonLFJGb3OSPkoeMtKivEqPhWInutBx3hMRbgSMTiRX3aQuwHFcAJrzi/s1380/common%20crow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="876" data-original-width="1380" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3NbQJb8yR5X4vG3ndJj2zhM0BISXvosXay3ujehPZmbxPpF_esNiOqI8Nee-zu0_8p_mDeDJ16Xwu5MlYlIsL-QYXnapXGRIRa8stuQwG4pvY6vuMSn_3iLbq3i-VoWyRTonLFJGb3OSPkoeMtKivEqPhWInutBx3hMRbgSMTiRX3aQuwHFcAJrzi/w640-h406/common%20crow.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Common Crow </b><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ6_8n4J_XzABPrnEKw980WZM5CF9FCyOGYMd6pEmbhxgbneliq_awiVhZAoeZ9RBCQIxbcEPCGEwiyi7h0vlxmHg9q_BZoSMpMu92RThrqQprguCfxpHitH_RJpY5tsDAXhVIUYKqbiOgErWWULZ4jzwpRgE7RK1bTahdYK8IXEfLNqA1b2kzmpgm/s1200/common%20mime.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="799" data-original-width="1200" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ6_8n4J_XzABPrnEKw980WZM5CF9FCyOGYMd6pEmbhxgbneliq_awiVhZAoeZ9RBCQIxbcEPCGEwiyi7h0vlxmHg9q_BZoSMpMu92RThrqQprguCfxpHitH_RJpY5tsDAXhVIUYKqbiOgErWWULZ4jzwpRgE7RK1bTahdYK8IXEfLNqA1b2kzmpgm/w640-h426/common%20mime.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Common Mime </b><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8oDyqaKJ3j9oDIOUZzxLNr604Yj0JKIcRD8j2i8Ai-sVcIOi4MFHXKpngd4HhosJ5j0iU2ynd-Rk3FJiDUm3s-XsIP4AONgol2O7dF0xfUfuHwzaWZmCTaNBHamoBi4ZhD_zRk51BXZ-kSkOeiCo78Wp7m-o6Zjvu0TuPy9COrstOClFamOzm9Ava/s1346/common%20mormon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1346" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8oDyqaKJ3j9oDIOUZzxLNr604Yj0JKIcRD8j2i8Ai-sVcIOi4MFHXKpngd4HhosJ5j0iU2ynd-Rk3FJiDUm3s-XsIP4AONgol2O7dF0xfUfuHwzaWZmCTaNBHamoBi4ZhD_zRk51BXZ-kSkOeiCo78Wp7m-o6Zjvu0TuPy9COrstOClFamOzm9Ava/w640-h428/common%20mormon.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Common Mormon </b><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1409" data-original-width="1149" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZuMNnkd1PIa6wf9e1WUMT4tyefCvxCQvaG7yajKMhXa-eZB8c3qTV1AO-hJ50fNErZ24Wm1QKlm3WymWeuxF4c4usvjPjGiXcWYNwaBX6ahQ4bsMpBfpRH0hcmawFPcp4cmfUEi89pTMgGOeYDA645SeY-VDuXnUyX33z4p1wPMsPjcC2ScQJ6imx/w522-h640/Lime%20butterfly.jpg" width="522" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Lime Butterfly </b><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg85t3fd5u_jNjENEdVROV3jWE64YDAsoFCMVELzlanEOsnRF25iPZiNS6q6jgNYO4dM2G8hKVHRv5HUJX8c4n9beylVByphmUbU9qNuCCI3D-MI_R6k1NA41A3FPtePxUDM4CcufNtktlr5HKTer7Ks4t3roeuXYvZdXRQlnCQiQStfe5M-GRpTcwh/s1388/peacock%20pansy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="954" data-original-width="1388" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg85t3fd5u_jNjENEdVROV3jWE64YDAsoFCMVELzlanEOsnRF25iPZiNS6q6jgNYO4dM2G8hKVHRv5HUJX8c4n9beylVByphmUbU9qNuCCI3D-MI_R6k1NA41A3FPtePxUDM4CcufNtktlr5HKTer7Ks4t3roeuXYvZdXRQlnCQiQStfe5M-GRpTcwh/w640-h440/peacock%20pansy.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Peacock Pansy</b> <br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBue8PgYTIt2zNiCWGIc6DD-5EtD1G0XQunBKctSlwGQndjX0LlZetIANw6rgNuPAg4dzpsf59hI2vqLDkZzc_FUTxZR-rfaX7CKmSJXoX9izCxf4-JLfLFyOpLTn-l_DFoH9lEMy9S-ETVcZF24iUGM1qb2OtPqo0cRx-izVmDoDCC0b8pCZ1n-3R/s1200/dragonfly%20unknown.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="799" data-original-width="1200" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBue8PgYTIt2zNiCWGIc6DD-5EtD1G0XQunBKctSlwGQndjX0LlZetIANw6rgNuPAg4dzpsf59hI2vqLDkZzc_FUTxZR-rfaX7CKmSJXoX9izCxf4-JLfLFyOpLTn-l_DFoH9lEMy9S-ETVcZF24iUGM1qb2OtPqo0cRx-izVmDoDCC0b8pCZ1n-3R/w640-h426/dragonfly%20unknown.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Unknown Dragonfly </span><br /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><br /> <b><span style="font-size: large;">Hanoi</span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I only saw one butterfly in Hanoi which was in the tree right next to our balcony.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkQwNSfZzdOhr2BcTHqpYbMvh2Jixjb0BnYRdkbEQeMlEotkRd1ipvw5maM1n8YKdU7nJKov8AG6W58HvqL7uaKsa2ZADzx3F5OuqKSzmw27m0WEsExYwmUy02-Fwz2D14bUOgPDiE32Ocv6p_z-l6sdXWarnzIb7QorU4cGAv-CgLSLs90OzDLWuf/s1448/Plains%20Cupid.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1448" data-original-width="1155" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkQwNSfZzdOhr2BcTHqpYbMvh2Jixjb0BnYRdkbEQeMlEotkRd1ipvw5maM1n8YKdU7nJKov8AG6W58HvqL7uaKsa2ZADzx3F5OuqKSzmw27m0WEsExYwmUy02-Fwz2D14bUOgPDiE32Ocv6p_z-l6sdXWarnzIb7QorU4cGAv-CgLSLs90OzDLWuf/w510-h640/Plains%20Cupid.jpg" width="510" /></a></span></div><b> </b><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Plains Cupid</b><br /></p><p><br /> <b><span style="font-size: large;">Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park </span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b><span style="font-size: large;">We visited here on my Birthday, I have to say it was my best Birthday ever! </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI11eM25XTIllRhJ45PWrU6K0MQ5dyjc2hD6rz70gmYXKzSKTvnQ7dZpU-Xo-8x4th8-YemK0bAQBOn1BKVfWLAzkb-Ug4UM_APR8c4hh-Z2Z_x9GowJLpqKBFnKMS7yxMbqnIItS5fJ0wR8cMDV2MREDaiJuFApEndf-Ib3WX4QG9cwO80ZXhtbma/s1400/Phonh%20Nha%20Ke%20Bang.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="790" data-original-width="1400" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI11eM25XTIllRhJ45PWrU6K0MQ5dyjc2hD6rz70gmYXKzSKTvnQ7dZpU-Xo-8x4th8-YemK0bAQBOn1BKVfWLAzkb-Ug4UM_APR8c4hh-Z2Z_x9GowJLpqKBFnKMS7yxMbqnIItS5fJ0wR8cMDV2MREDaiJuFApEndf-Ib3WX4QG9cwO80ZXhtbma/w640-h362/Phonh%20Nha%20Ke%20Bang.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">View from our Homestay </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtroUUWd__GcGsShgBovUL0DahFmdsXERsHbXx8TmgqCxHInnggGTR7Fne-XkMgarSOAHUNahSnuzqWPjLPrMFxboCq_-1n8z-rjNC1pHVNpyV89ygRt8tEILyUQWzZuwacoQr0BzXwVyXpzy8EB64OIo9Yh962NxrXVMn1J49XQng-TObMcrCV_mP/s1400/dragontail%20site.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="790" data-original-width="1400" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtroUUWd__GcGsShgBovUL0DahFmdsXERsHbXx8TmgqCxHInnggGTR7Fne-XkMgarSOAHUNahSnuzqWPjLPrMFxboCq_-1n8z-rjNC1pHVNpyV89ygRt8tEILyUQWzZuwacoQr0BzXwVyXpzy8EB64OIo9Yh962NxrXVMn1J49XQng-TObMcrCV_mP/w640-h362/dragontail%20site.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;">We stopped at this random crossroads to check the map, and in the vegetation underneath the crash barrier I spotted my most wanted butterfly! I could only dream of seeing it on this trip, I knew it was possible but didn't think it would happen, even though they are meant to be common. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Best Birthday present ever!!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYXlunq-cZHvdwgI-mSNTtwaP82ccxgrYSEDeWFWUNUPpKBNWKGz9_VSiUXQmeNymGFgh6aB8hoDZWl7itIqFrp7SxXIESBHIPRp2kwR5NZaAIcS9cpqoWFv6YluPfDwXqRVBRw_HeDC6g7lFTP5lZMkcBr_3NenQ6QG-b8AFzhlyHw_zcgjN9Abwj/s1439/white%20dragontail%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="933" data-original-width="1439" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYXlunq-cZHvdwgI-mSNTtwaP82ccxgrYSEDeWFWUNUPpKBNWKGz9_VSiUXQmeNymGFgh6aB8hoDZWl7itIqFrp7SxXIESBHIPRp2kwR5NZaAIcS9cpqoWFv6YluPfDwXqRVBRw_HeDC6g7lFTP5lZMkcBr_3NenQ6QG-b8AFzhlyHw_zcgjN9Abwj/w640-h414/white%20dragontail%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh65PQG4uFts2WEnbiJeeA9lzvpggM--MgDr_EVsXSjgEf_71L51jdQaypf9HXqPmlJviKPm_lM8Y9kQNQxBLc6qxNcgyzcQDSveLcpA9HQ4dtceZoo_x9hro611C9OkSmh3X660NI1SiAhEb0C13U4tNhc2trm85FcfYwEa6bMyk1OjT7HPqgiQEn4/s1309/White%20Dragontail%20%203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="787" data-original-width="1309" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh65PQG4uFts2WEnbiJeeA9lzvpggM--MgDr_EVsXSjgEf_71L51jdQaypf9HXqPmlJviKPm_lM8Y9kQNQxBLc6qxNcgyzcQDSveLcpA9HQ4dtceZoo_x9hro611C9OkSmh3X660NI1SiAhEb0C13U4tNhc2trm85FcfYwEa6bMyk1OjT7HPqgiQEn4/w640-h384/White%20Dragontail%20%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ7fiFXiNeU92RYdOzNeI8cj2Yybx2bJsLCZ6wyAGIWD6yPCypdGU2T_IJuC5uYga-eh6v04_K_p1i4iyXG7sIKKV0vvLgiOinUeTkEr9WsF7fbnlNmBQ4-B1svsrA1AymDhxDDXC00KP2YvyHYlrJkzgR9upwDkf1kLbCsFOJ3RHjdRaTiLkH9SS1/s1356/White%20dragontail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="1021" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ7fiFXiNeU92RYdOzNeI8cj2Yybx2bJsLCZ6wyAGIWD6yPCypdGU2T_IJuC5uYga-eh6v04_K_p1i4iyXG7sIKKV0vvLgiOinUeTkEr9WsF7fbnlNmBQ4-B1svsrA1AymDhxDDXC00KP2YvyHYlrJkzgR9upwDkf1kLbCsFOJ3RHjdRaTiLkH9SS1/w482-h640/White%20dragontail.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>White Dragontail</b> </div><div style="text-align: center;">They are amazing to watch. Their tail streamers quiver as they fly.I took some slow motion video footage. </div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyC84AC3wb4MT88rd1yzx-UdQu3Gd07NWj4XSyVyrcop3ei5WjuSEf1EJNg4pUyCcgUT_pB6iZvS9fJSBiAsg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /> <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikaBe3LYVf5WuqrbdxlOCwr9RZ--yvYtLRI7r6EPeztGUzmVscZhwNB1AB21uDmIuaBRoIErph14dsbXFOj9G7cKjO8Y1G924D_Uf229HDucZfEKm3eoV-UfpkmvFEYWzXbiNQ3aahf2QtOx64SuIe1cji5F6GM4sahag0LqaVuXO2KA7mJniBmT08/s1231/Double%20branded%20crow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="860" data-original-width="1231" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikaBe3LYVf5WuqrbdxlOCwr9RZ--yvYtLRI7r6EPeztGUzmVscZhwNB1AB21uDmIuaBRoIErph14dsbXFOj9G7cKjO8Y1G924D_Uf229HDucZfEKm3eoV-UfpkmvFEYWzXbiNQ3aahf2QtOx64SuIe1cji5F6GM4sahag0LqaVuXO2KA7mJniBmT08/w640-h448/Double%20branded%20crow.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">The next butterfly I spotted was in the middle of the road. I had to stop and get a closer look. Quite a scarce species. Shame it was dead.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirknS0VH8aOm8hyzi8lt7VLQK4LURkgDBbHlk-uHl6J-uVDURyZXdNbUoVDnSKpE_83DsQ16alHwzneygZNOrcKo0AulLd1bz_g99DGJW7SpaLaaaIzonhfG-Rf_MFqNER0LZJPaVIOEVQkX_BgqNHv2wwNQdjQR7MmYLO6JTCON_Uob5wRcYxrWOr/s1012/Double-branded%20Crow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="757" data-original-width="1012" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirknS0VH8aOm8hyzi8lt7VLQK4LURkgDBbHlk-uHl6J-uVDURyZXdNbUoVDnSKpE_83DsQ16alHwzneygZNOrcKo0AulLd1bz_g99DGJW7SpaLaaaIzonhfG-Rf_MFqNER0LZJPaVIOEVQkX_BgqNHv2wwNQdjQR7MmYLO6JTCON_Uob5wRcYxrWOr/w640-h478/Double-branded%20Crow.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Double Branded Crow</b><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu9KSsCuAXkPQad0y4h6oiKQy9dW_SZssyM-i3FQza_ufMBi7bjxnjCb2ZHrwpcwWrKboM0DicbUKv5RC99SMLlWvwGEfJFOpwFqLs3OpRmT1IYzDgw_TormZnG1czFWWxSqtue4tfqHMuJcOzp_YlZRE6RCDZpRm8ACSsA3HKKuBGeadbflDQR-PI/s1432/Phong%20Nha%20Ke%20Bang%20butterflies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="1432" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu9KSsCuAXkPQad0y4h6oiKQy9dW_SZssyM-i3FQza_ufMBi7bjxnjCb2ZHrwpcwWrKboM0DicbUKv5RC99SMLlWvwGEfJFOpwFqLs3OpRmT1IYzDgw_TormZnG1czFWWxSqtue4tfqHMuJcOzp_YlZRE6RCDZpRm8ACSsA3HKKuBGeadbflDQR-PI/w640-h446/Phong%20Nha%20Ke%20Bang%20butterflies.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">These butterflies were congregating in a gutter on the side of the road, in a tiny bit of moisture, which I had a horrible feeling was urine! </p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmWDq8cpzgIjY5tjiSal2xy3GTaRmSEWx8wa6nkp0SWnSz21Un_MQAdDcFK_fawvY9sGHqasBqaK9UyOzyt-1e295hvdPRLV-PhaPEpSFSAziLGDWoWgDUsGH8G4dGR-X_dSGsHtOArmcS-anP3OsItbC1gmXowgXjUAmoSWE0RKNxcIVabb-VHRez/s1679/5%20barred%20swordtail%20and%20others.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="1679" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmWDq8cpzgIjY5tjiSal2xy3GTaRmSEWx8wa6nkp0SWnSz21Un_MQAdDcFK_fawvY9sGHqasBqaK9UyOzyt-1e295hvdPRLV-PhaPEpSFSAziLGDWoWgDUsGH8G4dGR-X_dSGsHtOArmcS-anP3OsItbC1gmXowgXjUAmoSWE0RKNxcIVabb-VHRez/w640-h466/5%20barred%20swordtail%20and%20others.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <b>Five-barred Swordtail</b> (green, black, white), <b>Common Bluebottle</b> (green stripe),<b>Common Jay</b> (blue spots and stripes), <b>Common Mormon</b> (far left), <b>Spangle Swallowtail </b>(centre).<b> Great Mormon </b>(top right).<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgych5L-Fd7iwdhPCl4WNPohITwuZeS7nkkk8WohKO9eYCYZXtaGi2yIeyJPpqDn6N1tNDC1RS7y8VEmjBRvwDJ6P1pjKGO2L19B1jo80Hiqli36L1lalMZXwjSPgSJaRFShHjzZ9hmNhfu_Kas7Rq2u1GNe1DsJSCxAshsrk-l7A90b-VGFrVrI3nm/s1388/great%20orange%20tip.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="930" data-original-width="1388" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgych5L-Fd7iwdhPCl4WNPohITwuZeS7nkkk8WohKO9eYCYZXtaGi2yIeyJPpqDn6N1tNDC1RS7y8VEmjBRvwDJ6P1pjKGO2L19B1jo80Hiqli36L1lalMZXwjSPgSJaRFShHjzZ9hmNhfu_Kas7Rq2u1GNe1DsJSCxAshsrk-l7A90b-VGFrVrI3nm/w640-h428/great%20orange%20tip.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Great Orange Tip </b><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9_BmgH1pgmX7FmCS4zP2D9PokXcrx6tZ3YfvOXhY4NjU64Lb79jerWFflUzRpyYCS2s9Sx2EVrC3XuKqjauoZ87wPUAfMloxuDskpXWgUE5EWu_7twT2m2mi8DTsLCur7_9BQ6ScIauxyrJ6rHaABf5xyYv_MirDB95AIFrlEUn_r8vB6g1R38bpf/s1513/Phong%20Nha%20Ke%20Bang%20great%20zebra.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="965" data-original-width="1513" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9_BmgH1pgmX7FmCS4zP2D9PokXcrx6tZ3YfvOXhY4NjU64Lb79jerWFflUzRpyYCS2s9Sx2EVrC3XuKqjauoZ87wPUAfMloxuDskpXWgUE5EWu_7twT2m2mi8DTsLCur7_9BQ6ScIauxyrJ6rHaABf5xyYv_MirDB95AIFrlEUn_r8vB6g1R38bpf/w640-h408/Phong%20Nha%20Ke%20Bang%20great%20zebra.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Great Zebra</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnUwl2HYjODpRIK2JGxmEuKC0Nok1IdpFuVhXS39xMvpQz6EaRCo8UWHAyeOrGsOfdkYDCNOgt07HwbrFCHZYRjB7KZfVVeJWdx5CjtoNMHQ7NcSYbmHOt20nidd72TDC22mMLGZI33JhE9wOZHeSMLzLuw_vr5clolwvRDhZ8xCPdpRYonZfwZc3k/s1060/spangle%20and%20common%20jay.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="760" data-original-width="1060" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnUwl2HYjODpRIK2JGxmEuKC0Nok1IdpFuVhXS39xMvpQz6EaRCo8UWHAyeOrGsOfdkYDCNOgt07HwbrFCHZYRjB7KZfVVeJWdx5CjtoNMHQ7NcSYbmHOt20nidd72TDC22mMLGZI33JhE9wOZHeSMLzLuw_vr5clolwvRDhZ8xCPdpRYonZfwZc3k/w640-h458/spangle%20and%20common%20jay.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Spangle Swallowtail and Common Jay<br /> </b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwfC8AFu2_FBCLRWbDNP1OZjHW3NV6oYIuSdLGQPoFnIBLiXokiVVU2Wm75qMouKJUaL6Msydfs9S6kLDLPjbDgoOv-eBtkADTGva6Q4bh4XaY1dCuWte__KGaOE15KgWG_oWsKBejdUUDgRjg2YxxgTs1B8luBizRWIL67Iumv798G69-iO1cbjqv/s1330/Spangle%20Swallowtail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="884" data-original-width="1330" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwfC8AFu2_FBCLRWbDNP1OZjHW3NV6oYIuSdLGQPoFnIBLiXokiVVU2Wm75qMouKJUaL6Msydfs9S6kLDLPjbDgoOv-eBtkADTGva6Q4bh4XaY1dCuWte__KGaOE15KgWG_oWsKBejdUUDgRjg2YxxgTs1B8luBizRWIL67Iumv798G69-iO1cbjqv/w640-h426/Spangle%20Swallowtail.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Spangle Swallowtail</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b> Saigon Botanical Gardens </b></span></div><p></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiC3W_71rvwguVFPcIRdcM3C2fdZRkNvjyy8ccDLEwQBSd4f8iFqHQcCN7qb23Tkuiq3IZTY2QzYhKjqWJfd0z-6C9PV-dUXwtR80DN5qRgzIfc7TvuFVER8aonIroPG0Vrp1-Q6EW-YJBF-REm2L9npmIFhsS0ua9fvm8ZTXccpDG9mi-tRcHOMlx/s1457/Saigon%20botanic%20garden.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="809" data-original-width="1457" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiC3W_71rvwguVFPcIRdcM3C2fdZRkNvjyy8ccDLEwQBSd4f8iFqHQcCN7qb23Tkuiq3IZTY2QzYhKjqWJfd0z-6C9PV-dUXwtR80DN5qRgzIfc7TvuFVER8aonIroPG0Vrp1-Q6EW-YJBF-REm2L9npmIFhsS0ua9fvm8ZTXccpDG9mi-tRcHOMlx/w640-h356/Saigon%20botanic%20garden.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">The botanical gardens and zoo are a green oasis in this immense city and an ideal refuge for butterflies.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXpo8HLETtpCx3-Gbr7CmyQa1ZqEC7QMcnSJbruMNqYm59AVuVPnxaPpTrEfo_7iiYoMaNojztU4pFvjZbZLlXTdzASDk-r9qoayVl8elzeY6eIPI57YX6X5yxJuMSKNWYwpIeRsVO5Go-BkdXWLeww0NSIyMaACRblzVQne2DjzTjogNbmBKWYvXm/s1256/common%20palmfly.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="882" data-original-width="1256" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXpo8HLETtpCx3-Gbr7CmyQa1ZqEC7QMcnSJbruMNqYm59AVuVPnxaPpTrEfo_7iiYoMaNojztU4pFvjZbZLlXTdzASDk-r9qoayVl8elzeY6eIPI57YX6X5yxJuMSKNWYwpIeRsVO5Go-BkdXWLeww0NSIyMaACRblzVQne2DjzTjogNbmBKWYvXm/w640-h450/common%20palmfly.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Common Palmfly</b><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I didn't see many butterflies on this year's visit, as it was the wrong time of year. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_yLQn2L4KWgRoAJrF4Um5Mao2WD-dr61sVToL5fs5u6xVus6NfxRrdWpYFwPyMkrgF44rOxbLT7te8-UO3EsJLaLShM46H16Q9m0fukvFNDWtCbELS5n1L-4cvDasrxTo7RZnkIuDpmT1Hjl8qg-nAfQaJsPfi79_9cChGIgDn_sMTKFtTPkutOiK/s1305/pea%20blue%20%20long%20tailed%20blue.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1305" data-original-width="988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_yLQn2L4KWgRoAJrF4Um5Mao2WD-dr61sVToL5fs5u6xVus6NfxRrdWpYFwPyMkrgF44rOxbLT7te8-UO3EsJLaLShM46H16Q9m0fukvFNDWtCbELS5n1L-4cvDasrxTo7RZnkIuDpmT1Hjl8qg-nAfQaJsPfi79_9cChGIgDn_sMTKFtTPkutOiK/w484-h640/pea%20blue%20%20long%20tailed%20blue.jpg" width="484" /> </a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: medium;">There were a lot of these though, they're called the <b>Pea Blue</b> locally</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> but known here in the UK as the <b>Long-tailed Blue<span style="font-size: large;">.</span></b></span><br /></div></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwCoVnC68SxshAruK1hfeYyFsKkoLAw2WHmbY2vlcz7ZaHebBn9vKsLG6Rii0waDlqWlp3JbrA7loxxyXkJwZDl3uKsYgMzHFbZ7N62aKu-nitDT5z-SkL_uuUTPt2UZkcM6Zpe4zzntYS1t6fUJfXcf1W7-Ps1oLqq2ORLhojOc5sJawLtPQamvtq/s1125/pea%20blue.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="823" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwCoVnC68SxshAruK1hfeYyFsKkoLAw2WHmbY2vlcz7ZaHebBn9vKsLG6Rii0waDlqWlp3JbrA7loxxyXkJwZDl3uKsYgMzHFbZ7N62aKu-nitDT5z-SkL_uuUTPt2UZkcM6Zpe4zzntYS1t6fUJfXcf1W7-Ps1oLqq2ORLhojOc5sJawLtPQamvtq/w468-h640/pea%20blue.jpg" width="468" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Long-tailed Blue</b></span></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzknsSX8rgXf9PL8uCYRx9-SmDuriM64QUb3kqJv2eaxB80rWpoOQipRDxUqaak1PbOnR7mv8Jtn0ym6R2b9YpKK37JOhzZNYl4p2fAdxJYYfdNBhOWcsioxLnF8Ax3x65_lgQ-Nq6ztvt6zXHVCHwPyUk6pnyFCuIVb-parcMyeQDa6jZdF86B7mi/s1495/blue%20pansey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1495" data-original-width="1321" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzknsSX8rgXf9PL8uCYRx9-SmDuriM64QUb3kqJv2eaxB80rWpoOQipRDxUqaak1PbOnR7mv8Jtn0ym6R2b9YpKK37JOhzZNYl4p2fAdxJYYfdNBhOWcsioxLnF8Ax3x65_lgQ-Nq6ztvt6zXHVCHwPyUk6pnyFCuIVb-parcMyeQDa6jZdF86B7mi/w566-h640/blue%20pansey.jpg" width="566" /></a></div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Blue Pansy</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip64QOcbzjAtLAzrkFDXcXFEOYekOUUzOGZm6b_drmphRuVboV688_sKCRi1BnrBnAbxwhVxLvjqFpnj7mZGhjkBBG1zwRmD5p4W5Zrqt0s2n0Gn5irQiyy3x-1TglaCMmdfJ3ndX8lb9ZdSn5cSpETBjcuGfKT8puCAdXMIqo0NifnN4dQVD2EjVn/s1970/red%20based%20jezabel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1970" data-original-width="1565" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip64QOcbzjAtLAzrkFDXcXFEOYekOUUzOGZm6b_drmphRuVboV688_sKCRi1BnrBnAbxwhVxLvjqFpnj7mZGhjkBBG1zwRmD5p4W5Zrqt0s2n0Gn5irQiyy3x-1TglaCMmdfJ3ndX8lb9ZdSn5cSpETBjcuGfKT8puCAdXMIqo0NifnN4dQVD2EjVn/w508-h640/red%20based%20jezabel.jpg" width="508" /></a></div></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Red-based Jezabel<br /> </b><br /></div><div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>Karen Woolleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18433932165517479993noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276339820228650895.post-35536007652935040342023-03-07T21:15:00.001+00:002023-03-07T21:15:45.191+00:00Early Spring Selection<p><span style="font-size: large;">Not this spring though. I haven't seen anything yet, mainly because I haven't really ventured out much, it's far too cold for me at the moment! These photos are all from April & early May a couple of years ago now, though it seems like yesterday! Roll on the better spring weather so I can get back out there and find some more.</span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Sidmouth Cemetery 4th April 2021</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHqNW1xTZ3nR0CGWF2rUyOa7vmmsL2UgipefRVyS3Si9wI_KEDHTTbolupJDAmmdSgAecwX3dVe8t9Ucrf_xL1lGcQitrOFowlWTzwpQdyTCD7tIUPYfAm80S6Af_UN2g3yS3pKl1QWYU4NYB6-HZIFQpNd10O27373wSO5J2906rYCjMzeCiTzUpI/s1995/femalw%20hairy%20footed%20flowe%20bee.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1438" data-original-width="1995" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHqNW1xTZ3nR0CGWF2rUyOa7vmmsL2UgipefRVyS3Si9wI_KEDHTTbolupJDAmmdSgAecwX3dVe8t9Ucrf_xL1lGcQitrOFowlWTzwpQdyTCD7tIUPYfAm80S6Af_UN2g3yS3pKl1QWYU4NYB6-HZIFQpNd10O27373wSO5J2906rYCjMzeCiTzUpI/w640-h462/femalw%20hairy%20footed%20flowe%20bee.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Female <b>Hairy-footed Flower Bee</b> - <i>Anthophora plumipes</i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinZ2I6pZHRzKjUs5DBOwy0ZQK2GQ45CLHYRz6V8bGcNLVhC9ZK0vLTdNHCQe8F2Em10zDEgPvCSN1XHViVAR4PkM0DrPg9TyDmYkFrEN4DnOden3E5eBpvaUsqh-FGiafa1aVkahH7CSAaoZABUhwf9mhUKyobCPv8dnCb3rfnijHFUROTMX0qG8VL/s1810/hairy%20footed%20flower%20male.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1234" data-original-width="1810" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinZ2I6pZHRzKjUs5DBOwy0ZQK2GQ45CLHYRz6V8bGcNLVhC9ZK0vLTdNHCQe8F2Em10zDEgPvCSN1XHViVAR4PkM0DrPg9TyDmYkFrEN4DnOden3E5eBpvaUsqh-FGiafa1aVkahH7CSAaoZABUhwf9mhUKyobCPv8dnCb3rfnijHFUROTMX0qG8VL/w640-h436/hairy%20footed%20flower%20male.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Male <b>Hairy-footed Flower Bee</b> - </span><i><span style="font-size: large;">Anthophora plumipes </span><br /></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfO9z-EOnu8azHLbLBV5npvU3buza3fBdHJwN5rgVXHj1uj0op4pT3ntSSJLwYdEUMfcjlRsV6odlYmgQB6K-_vVEixnyooNxkRAo3unrshgCaAekI-hHruRlqI-GXqELa-17p-H1oI0WHbQlXg2df_6DPMVtFX6pZWkwjLiDuRdZYFJoxi31BvBDa/s1595/male%20hffb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1030" data-original-width="1595" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfO9z-EOnu8azHLbLBV5npvU3buza3fBdHJwN5rgVXHj1uj0op4pT3ntSSJLwYdEUMfcjlRsV6odlYmgQB6K-_vVEixnyooNxkRAo3unrshgCaAekI-hHruRlqI-GXqELa-17p-H1oI0WHbQlXg2df_6DPMVtFX6pZWkwjLiDuRdZYFJoxi31BvBDa/w640-h414/male%20hffb.jpg" width="640" /></a></i></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Male <b>Hairy-footed Flower Bee</b><i> - <i>Anthophora plumipes </i></i>and friend</span>.</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1605" data-original-width="1128" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggmG3oN-PNsVbkmT1rnux7_R4Mb890suJI8PWxmCK5VIoPwS0Gj9emvSR2eNgFUmPxDB7fLuh0l2wHAfA_nP62Aet3cR3Klx2FtL3TdFK1IAq1IRh4F-zc0VP0zSuLjx319iVZbYdSW17B1_4QBEOYKvu-1tlPWqBxrmNdJEYNyIgWwA7GEtg-BW6R/w450-h640/orange%20tailed%20mining%20bee%20female.jpg" width="450" /></a></div> <p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Female<b> Orange-tailed Mining Bee</b> -<i> Andrena haemorrhoa</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJNSAlhl3pS7V2E9tHrEOr2xzq2hB_ZryVZAiMCPR05LMXjzA9l8T-MeJT6ez0gmz8IFUryF4GAumCHlxbm1icEASRw8zHHJ2u_KjXIP1uIYwTKtl6tScNJPPKCpTKWqWjZDPhZc-Ue-tZNtlV1v4Wp7t3xjJkgX8j56SgEwPeQL9TAw68KguFqLc/s2104/male%20o%20tailed%20m%20bee.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2104" data-original-width="1480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJNSAlhl3pS7V2E9tHrEOr2xzq2hB_ZryVZAiMCPR05LMXjzA9l8T-MeJT6ez0gmz8IFUryF4GAumCHlxbm1icEASRw8zHHJ2u_KjXIP1uIYwTKtl6tScNJPPKCpTKWqWjZDPhZc-Ue-tZNtlV1v4Wp7t3xjJkgX8j56SgEwPeQL9TAw68KguFqLc/w450-h640/male%20o%20tailed%20m%20bee.jpg" width="450" /></a></i></div><i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdhNh5XR9-L-lOfRAdOUxQ72XvtQ0raegLdY7CNd-a73KDu1XW6rgrZl_nbvXmAL3HwLAyEouBA1k8TJIIiraUw1IzvaG0jvftHv9xC9gCIJFFbnV9uy0f8LeLUQ7RL_V3wfIcB_tz7xWQQsHBRdXtWS7JO1xqqCoq5s25XptwQtPbQy-KHczMKQwC/s1400/male%20orange%20tail%20mining%20bee.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="942" data-original-width="1400" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdhNh5XR9-L-lOfRAdOUxQ72XvtQ0raegLdY7CNd-a73KDu1XW6rgrZl_nbvXmAL3HwLAyEouBA1k8TJIIiraUw1IzvaG0jvftHv9xC9gCIJFFbnV9uy0f8LeLUQ7RL_V3wfIcB_tz7xWQQsHBRdXtWS7JO1xqqCoq5s25XptwQtPbQy-KHczMKQwC/w640-h430/male%20orange%20tail%20mining%20bee.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></i> <p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Male<i> </i><b>Orange-tailed Mining Bee</b><i> -<i> Andrena haemorrhoa</i></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><i></i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxRN-E3xFbNPeogoJQbYbsHF4U8lB5bRPRd9gIg_XDRPrjJlXIV6gCKxeAAtVYy33rvFChhSuVsgjxiPK_c1OFlyIiTF9aOnVXGOrChOeb3v9R98XV6842xbXcMCgZe9TIQebQHvZofHabmzqyUHsD0vO_ltHkv4pgskepQ6qmsug1Yx8TyO43cRXk/s2060/ashy%20mining%20bee.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1249" data-original-width="2060" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxRN-E3xFbNPeogoJQbYbsHF4U8lB5bRPRd9gIg_XDRPrjJlXIV6gCKxeAAtVYy33rvFChhSuVsgjxiPK_c1OFlyIiTF9aOnVXGOrChOeb3v9R98XV6842xbXcMCgZe9TIQebQHvZofHabmzqyUHsD0vO_ltHkv4pgskepQ6qmsug1Yx8TyO43cRXk/w640-h388/ashy%20mining%20bee.jpg" width="640" /></a></i></i></div><b> </b><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b> Ashy Mining Bee </b><i><i>- </i>Andrena cineraria</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><i></i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM-ec58DIH_O-bLXLDyzsY4s5hp4kNx8xk6VVb5xU2meiVugk8KjzS9LUEE3eC5zzJtnmkwQzYnd0TSRLenNe9vFBbET29dOWJoxZHYZSFRmeWBef1BzY4HMiQpCMgXoNEfWiZgh4JzRtQwh4otP8_FiEf521JCDESZuih1NHL-O8Up5ewglCtQ0ii/s1890/bee%20sp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1345" data-original-width="1890" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM-ec58DIH_O-bLXLDyzsY4s5hp4kNx8xk6VVb5xU2meiVugk8KjzS9LUEE3eC5zzJtnmkwQzYnd0TSRLenNe9vFBbET29dOWJoxZHYZSFRmeWBef1BzY4HMiQpCMgXoNEfWiZgh4JzRtQwh4otP8_FiEf521JCDESZuih1NHL-O8Up5ewglCtQ0ii/w640-h456/bee%20sp.jpg" width="640" /></a></i></i></div> <p></p><p style="text-align: center;"> I can't identify this one from the photo but it's <span style="font-size: large;">Andrena sp</span><i><i>.<br /></i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgogF8nwM0b-1qPnthxu8O2DT8fJVA0ay63LDRM1vo_7rwvuTuCEQ-1bVcZ1mh68GesquNMk5r_qsa06eHK5KiRQe3No8LFmuWsxZoFuhsPmYHcZLgLTJ2JPrEBq8BTCvu_OcMHMGHyhYgXWqfqkl6xRxNPYxwbNqrT3SH1J4GeamOSMcMY-Ex42hUc/s1920/yelloe%20legged%20mining%20bee%20male.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1255" data-original-width="1920" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgogF8nwM0b-1qPnthxu8O2DT8fJVA0ay63LDRM1vo_7rwvuTuCEQ-1bVcZ1mh68GesquNMk5r_qsa06eHK5KiRQe3No8LFmuWsxZoFuhsPmYHcZLgLTJ2JPrEBq8BTCvu_OcMHMGHyhYgXWqfqkl6xRxNPYxwbNqrT3SH1J4GeamOSMcMY-Ex42hUc/w640-h418/yelloe%20legged%20mining%20bee%20male.jpg" width="640" /></a></i></i></div><b> </b><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Yellow-legged Mining Bee</b><i><i> - Andrena flavipes<br /> (I think)</i></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><i><span style="font-size: small;"></span></i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMICx0e1VJUk71RfGR88v_HUubQZcIXz-9qfwBR_ThULIDOMgfcIs3-TUtzTc6yppOxnNfizp4uwBBHuqme651JDourYtCtYsB_sOmTW_a8yxCq3n0RxDjrEp5hkEDIZ5aEiCFW0Fc9wNI_euDyhM4LKCOq0ubzI4uMhNlCjI6U2lbojrgy3Ymk2bJ/s1285/beefly.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1285" data-original-width="988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMICx0e1VJUk71RfGR88v_HUubQZcIXz-9qfwBR_ThULIDOMgfcIs3-TUtzTc6yppOxnNfizp4uwBBHuqme651JDourYtCtYsB_sOmTW_a8yxCq3n0RxDjrEp5hkEDIZ5aEiCFW0Fc9wNI_euDyhM4LKCOq0ubzI4uMhNlCjI6U2lbojrgy3Ymk2bJ/w492-h640/beefly.jpg" width="492" /></a></span></i></i></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Dark-edged Bee-fly</b><i><i> - </i>Bombylius major</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><i><span style="font-size: small;"></span></i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjkwsnAB0SyCeJFudkn6ibcHfZyzNwQQr6gSpREmiTn54oohto9ry896e310mSUlTMqr-DOhXHxC_w8jmS1EtMebOhZoIXB9gpuY6X5jDa7nhYA5YqY3_SbO0rJfhZOz04LZ-HfsWduEKkqvDTx9P4whgfnmoNG0iUiRw9vdl0GqU6m4ftdc-hPVLO/s1470/fabricius%20nomad%20bee.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1045" data-original-width="1470" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjkwsnAB0SyCeJFudkn6ibcHfZyzNwQQr6gSpREmiTn54oohto9ry896e310mSUlTMqr-DOhXHxC_w8jmS1EtMebOhZoIXB9gpuY6X5jDa7nhYA5YqY3_SbO0rJfhZOz04LZ-HfsWduEKkqvDTx9P4whgfnmoNG0iUiRw9vdl0GqU6m4ftdc-hPVLO/w640-h454/fabricius%20nomad%20bee.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></i></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Fabricius' Nomad Bee</b><i><i> - </i></i><i><i>Nomada fabriciana </i></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><i><span style="font-size: small;"></span></i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjdhc6zCpprg1nviIARG56jQFb1paeruUCLJsgasQ_jVIhSX2tQd4zaAcsDSwl-mnZbDM5dc8XyZmJkeXlkKpd6K-aGId6lWLJyiS12nyoKJzl3jZRtXshbqP3mrxY7coGKpkErSeU8gPySEtgEdAry88a4-3SxD7S04oapE5TS4LvSz-lxIoD6QAO/s1605/slender%20speedwell%20cemetery.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><i><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW8ZWS2L3-9PVug4RYwAW4Z4T_LntJY66vVEbhbp7boBbZixY900TJgnirAYYd_Fe03_mzRoWTrjY2rlhl1EC8W-93c1yJfghUVg2aPXbhBYItSTa4AFwU_sk5YB4eDjgfEGLBQ7Q2Ep2O8mjgAKPLgGmaTJ7ABXLBLfFdSqcEcoZEBCanisL386GD/s2165/undercliff.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1331" data-original-width="2165" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW8ZWS2L3-9PVug4RYwAW4Z4T_LntJY66vVEbhbp7boBbZixY900TJgnirAYYd_Fe03_mzRoWTrjY2rlhl1EC8W-93c1yJfghUVg2aPXbhBYItSTa4AFwU_sk5YB4eDjgfEGLBQ7Q2Ep2O8mjgAKPLgGmaTJ7ABXLBLfFdSqcEcoZEBCanisL386GD/w640-h394/undercliff.jpg" width="640" /></a></i></i></div><i><i><br /></i></i><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The base of an old cliff-fall, with few nectar plants in flower but I spotted three species of butterfly here. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><i></i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiySTP5PMRmaXsTVMlVhl9K6VzRkKa-W9inESXj17VsB2YuXnibV8L0dD8OOmmmlPHsgHQ4O8VVXRZKDJKfBYAXymv1XdygmFoOPiTnGE6aIgI6GGuQKLF0dWpBQcR6v5Huu1Fc2B2IrXeIHYA52NYtYFBhDv7k1EByLGBGLGKTdm1SqoCoCH5gZi4X/s984/clouded%20yellow%2018th%20april%20axmouth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="984" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiySTP5PMRmaXsTVMlVhl9K6VzRkKa-W9inESXj17VsB2YuXnibV8L0dD8OOmmmlPHsgHQ4O8VVXRZKDJKfBYAXymv1XdygmFoOPiTnGE6aIgI6GGuQKLF0dWpBQcR6v5Huu1Fc2B2IrXeIHYA52NYtYFBhDv7k1EByLGBGLGKTdm1SqoCoCH5gZi4X/w640-h480/clouded%20yellow%2018th%20april%20axmouth.jpg" width="640" /></a></i></i></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b> <span style="font-size: large;">Clouded Yellow</span></b><span style="font-size: large;"> <i><i>- </i></i><i><i>Colias croceus</i></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;">This butterfly was newly emerged and not able to fly strongly yet. This species has no hibernating stage so it's amazing that the larvae survived the whole winter in this location.<i><i> </i></i>Mild winters are very common down here though.<i><i></i></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNCZydjTiFPDH2WUn8DqNvd1e-Y68prAdi050RJ-x5YCIWwk-vwPVLSIxN29nRD9xk06QKrBWFAyMkGM3Nurz_G-xUUfVwaXxZse6aXdgv2p6Z6Oh8RbjHBS1hTWHl7Y_gp0ZhrML_RSonX1Pn0Dp2yyXr-2LDWH-GtePQKxp2eOzSLF2wDKgDvC7W/s988/dingy%2018th%20april.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="988" data-original-width="841" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNCZydjTiFPDH2WUn8DqNvd1e-Y68prAdi050RJ-x5YCIWwk-vwPVLSIxN29nRD9xk06QKrBWFAyMkGM3Nurz_G-xUUfVwaXxZse6aXdgv2p6Z6Oh8RbjHBS1hTWHl7Y_gp0ZhrML_RSonX1Pn0Dp2yyXr-2LDWH-GtePQKxp2eOzSLF2wDKgDvC7W/w544-h640/dingy%2018th%20april.jpg" width="544" /></a></i></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Dingy Skipper </b><i>- Erynnis tages</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqWvC2bM381e95AonV-PKHbH7u3LE33FM1UGlWphFk-_9-xfl2WphefsHwA9MkOJ-eJA9E_5khZQkbKtT8ZWByKPjFSDU4A9a2mznF53BrLBgsUtN_2svZa-qqSkDvJDEJe0bko4tHdaXKWe2JP0_34pluxmzQdRZeZCiNRVIQbl4_uOWeUYMkOKyd/s868/wood%20white%2018th%20axmouth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="609" data-original-width="868" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqWvC2bM381e95AonV-PKHbH7u3LE33FM1UGlWphFk-_9-xfl2WphefsHwA9MkOJ-eJA9E_5khZQkbKtT8ZWByKPjFSDU4A9a2mznF53BrLBgsUtN_2svZa-qqSkDvJDEJe0bko4tHdaXKWe2JP0_34pluxmzQdRZeZCiNRVIQbl4_uOWeUYMkOKyd/w640-h450/wood%20white%2018th%20axmouth.jpg" width="640" /></a></i></div><i><i></i></i><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Wood White</b><i><i> - </i>Leptidea sinapis</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;">The earliest ever one that I've seen. In fact this butterfly was officially recorded as the first one of the year in the UK!<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><i><span style="font-size: small;"></span></i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw-p64Bf_bd0fZBai1C8-aQHvC0KYfyYx1XMV_zUXHO_c8YR9v4-7NWdmjcQsB2pjjAnMySzMD5M7UpADWugU3ptmHXDWNmHKxPNiA5GB7BcOaLYgZ33FpUjzcUz_blo46shGpFMveDjETGTbsh0k7iG1gdmaIclLDTaBLEUZwI-pch4aazhr4f5u6/s1935/cream%20spot%20tiger.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1233" data-original-width="1935" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw-p64Bf_bd0fZBai1C8-aQHvC0KYfyYx1XMV_zUXHO_c8YR9v4-7NWdmjcQsB2pjjAnMySzMD5M7UpADWugU3ptmHXDWNmHKxPNiA5GB7BcOaLYgZ33FpUjzcUz_blo46shGpFMveDjETGTbsh0k7iG1gdmaIclLDTaBLEUZwI-pch4aazhr4f5u6/w640-h408/cream%20spot%20tiger.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></i></div><i><i><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1012" data-original-width="1450" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmWIaQsTJ5XoGhlyFurS6B8Gs6nAQZOb6aZ7xmvuUI1ZUT4CJg-33GIE2Few70bj5YrnIHvPFy_4iOknb3kI-RIqDiQv1E_HRrk_jPNRTWD74_4ij78_1KDhkGVIKGz126kkDlfIh4fOIjTy4vrbZIVxYjd1OFQEPv2LoxGUcxQn814dHO9_Uu7YtF/w640-h446/painted%20nomad%20%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></i><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"></span></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Painted Nomad Bee</b></span><i><span style="font-size: large;"> - </span><span style="font-size: large;">Nomada fucata </span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgObvvybsiu3hFGfX24n1Z9zKspfHW_5flTZVtwVaW2G9dZmpvRH18svfcPoHx0RVBT2TuwHtUY31hSqevSOJZrbajjIhjdXrmnPlyZRbP77xGOj6xqhuCANVOkQDPAaolXFTJXY3d4z9d6_UCUz35kyikPr_kspvvtZ4IYKmr4DzqK5zdPfIaeFMfs/s1626/marsham's%20nomad%20bee.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1626" data-original-width="1206" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgObvvybsiu3hFGfX24n1Z9zKspfHW_5flTZVtwVaW2G9dZmpvRH18svfcPoHx0RVBT2TuwHtUY31hSqevSOJZrbajjIhjdXrmnPlyZRbP77xGOj6xqhuCANVOkQDPAaolXFTJXY3d4z9d6_UCUz35kyikPr_kspvvtZ4IYKmr4DzqK5zdPfIaeFMfs/w474-h640/marsham's%20nomad%20bee.jpg" width="474" /></a></span></i></div><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> </i><span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Marsham's Nomad Bee</b> - <i>Nomada marshamella</i></span><br /> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><i></i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXiy5JGfEOG-ZpHAgQ8PJH0zge90xO_Xyd1tVB-UIOVwSsHlXIxfLuhoPQacxe9RDOfscdvSTKFW1-1XwGLEIPTNtg_IhiWqkuQHAeZre7n4xC9P5Bb5rGPIupfWP5_SHozYAWgR4Egy8OX7wt9VMjLTLj9zGcgdnn38qTYPJPgOyvY0xzAYg4m56E/s1820/eristalinus%20aeneus%20large%20spotty%20eyed%20dronefly.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1242" data-original-width="1820" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXiy5JGfEOG-ZpHAgQ8PJH0zge90xO_Xyd1tVB-UIOVwSsHlXIxfLuhoPQacxe9RDOfscdvSTKFW1-1XwGLEIPTNtg_IhiWqkuQHAeZre7n4xC9P5Bb5rGPIupfWP5_SHozYAWgR4Egy8OX7wt9VMjLTLj9zGcgdnn38qTYPJPgOyvY0xzAYg4m56E/w640-h436/eristalinus%20aeneus%20large%20spotty%20eyed%20dronefly.jpg" width="640" /></a></i></i></div><i><i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwPAzBi2B7Le1a2CvIvpgjJ-8Hy7eOfa5WKvCj2a9awvIt5qQ0EFsAq74U6y83rQwPmGW1xvHHgC741OjXgGsHuXAx0c8HLjagFk-DG6xyE5UEa9nkdltK6bQEd7h9RXYV2YSfcUXKwSWhl4Dmtp8Ydib5tsKtd7cAAEPeo-mZTHaW3qdd42Wcydbz/s1475/large%20spottyeye.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1475" data-original-width="1250" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwPAzBi2B7Le1a2CvIvpgjJ-8Hy7eOfa5WKvCj2a9awvIt5qQ0EFsAq74U6y83rQwPmGW1xvHHgC741OjXgGsHuXAx0c8HLjagFk-DG6xyE5UEa9nkdltK6bQEd7h9RXYV2YSfcUXKwSWhl4Dmtp8Ydib5tsKtd7cAAEPeo-mZTHaW3qdd42Wcydbz/w542-h640/large%20spottyeye.jpg" width="542" /></a></div><br /></i></i><span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Large spotty-eyed Dronefly -</b></span><i><i> </i></i><i><i><span style="font-size: large;">Eristalinus aeneus</span></i></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><i><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></i></i></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Hawkerland 6th May 2021 </span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQe2ieCDM15G8slo0OCRUvSLUDp0_QN7WHPQM1AvuNVDBF9m-VgD5iEboeldRRbIdgy9iND4RcV6OyRcWaeDrr66btMJFGSVhTE2enkwnmJqH_OazHLnPeRHTLNdVwkObR9QI4bS1yb5tzQNyFvBwi574X55Sw-R0_ulmynko5x5N8DsncVX9UN819/s1865/hybrid%20leopardsbane.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="1865" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQe2ieCDM15G8slo0OCRUvSLUDp0_QN7WHPQM1AvuNVDBF9m-VgD5iEboeldRRbIdgy9iND4RcV6OyRcWaeDrr66btMJFGSVhTE2enkwnmJqH_OazHLnPeRHTLNdVwkObR9QI4bS1yb5tzQNyFvBwi574X55Sw-R0_ulmynko5x5N8DsncVX9UN819/w640-h462/hybrid%20leopardsbane.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></b></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"></span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"></span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"></span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"></span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"></span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">This large flowered <b>Leopardsbane</b> is a hybrid between <b>Leopardsbane</b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> - </b><i>Doronicum pardalianches</i></span> and <b>Plantain-leaved Leopardsbane</b> - <i>Doronicum plantagineum</i>. Growing on a roadside bank near the village of Hawkerland, so probably originated in a garden. It was a welcome new species for me.</span><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLz76lCZnGgcy9Oq7Nz_d_AoPhgeFLi5shCuRf3UdaKOdPKAT-S7huCWaOXVLq43tIo6-vloJKNmNB4R-m5yPMJL075wT8XFzUL3kfwNqXrjO2B8QvKnE3L6zbIc_CHIKMupXpJkwCnF8KryPFi-4UHPfS3LXWCB0T6eK_-sfMhxqZYEZSh_JEz4io/s1695/leopardsbane%20hybrid.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1240" data-original-width="1695" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLz76lCZnGgcy9Oq7Nz_d_AoPhgeFLi5shCuRf3UdaKOdPKAT-S7huCWaOXVLq43tIo6-vloJKNmNB4R-m5yPMJL075wT8XFzUL3kfwNqXrjO2B8QvKnE3L6zbIc_CHIKMupXpJkwCnF8KryPFi-4UHPfS3LXWCB0T6eK_-sfMhxqZYEZSh_JEz4io/w640-h468/leopardsbane%20hybrid.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></b></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Hybrid Leopardsbane</b> - <i>Doronicum x willdenowii</i></span><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgajESqhJExPzbr8XY5V3wk0ctGIN2_6kut0rQZX0ztp2u9lqnVabSIdZ2F-KfjAdSTvwrpHm4jclms24l7_bpjMyP_pdmlHdr32585giw9FXbtZL5WO1fPG7MLh7hg5_Q-nG6-vri8cDWu71TMT3nBGNxomDoXokewz-poVT86953WwNf3vlMMt0l5/s2170/leopardsbane%20x.jpg"><br /><br /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /> </p>Karen Woolleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18433932165517479993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276339820228650895.post-1490212003991886032023-03-01T21:59:00.004+00:002023-03-02T09:13:21.047+00:00Birds in Vietnam<div><p><span style="font-size: large;">No I hadn't stopped blogging again. The brief interlude is because in January we went to Vietnam for a couple of weeks to see our daughter for the first time in 4 years. It's taken me weeks to recover! Because of having not seen her for so long we weren't planning on travelling around once there, just staying at her place and chilling. Since we last visited her she has moved to the city of Dalat, which I found out is a top birding destination. I wasn't expecting to see many birds though as we wouldn't even be going on any day excursions while there, the reason being it was the TET holiday, which is the major holiday in Vietnam. The few places we did venture to were jam packed with people, a bit like August bank holiday here! </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Because of Vietnamese bureaucracy we were not allowed to stay overnight at Martha's house as her landlord is not registered with the government to host foreigners. We were instead booked into a farm stay a mile away up an unmade road. This was in a forest clearing and on the edge of a river, so a great spot for birds. I didn't get much time for birding just an hour each morning before we set of to Martha's house. I also missed out somewhat by spending three days in bed with a stomach bug. Oh Joy!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">At the farm stay and to a lesser extent in Martha's garden I managed to photograph 29 species of bird. I'd taken my shorter lens expecting to be mainly photographing butterflies, which were actually very few and far between as it was winter. So expect to see some shocking record shots!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoJXw_-f9WwSfx25xh23VxYIVC6IK70TTYinT7EzK6uHP-itnL_onIWKcfMQ_8VMdKVDnVO_ODNIHQJVW8L6Rh5ZpChnPBaH2snuDewScfnNSAvSr1agYmSSw7mP21cKtIu3_gN7IFxKy41uOduRG4OGI3lp8vA9ohrIC8vixEV5TenkGtWINtJQzA/s2165/home.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1423" data-original-width="2165" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoJXw_-f9WwSfx25xh23VxYIVC6IK70TTYinT7EzK6uHP-itnL_onIWKcfMQ_8VMdKVDnVO_ODNIHQJVW8L6Rh5ZpChnPBaH2snuDewScfnNSAvSr1agYmSSw7mP21cKtIu3_gN7IFxKy41uOduRG4OGI3lp8vA9ohrIC8vixEV5TenkGtWINtJQzA/w640-h420/home.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-size: medium;">This is Martha's house (the small one) viewed from the road to the farm stay. As you can see the area is full of greenhouses, the climate here at 1500m above sea level is similar to our summer all year round, hot in the middle of the the day but cool at night. Dalat has been called the City of Eternal Spring.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOHhoA7nHsXolNBXN_UtPjwxnXQj2wQivFNh8D5JdfDw3pCmQ_7KDyRx1fSu2KJ-ljJI6HYQMSiZhSH4BCJKe1HJJkNyuoepoFJVVqpeIU_HcQ81ggGJgnzBaAt37Mo3hMwMj9XthTmWu8jheTxXC1NJFv8ytkUbdP1pU9F53SPv5nBgWt1Tbnq97S/s1472/libra%20valley%20bus.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="981" data-original-width="1472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOHhoA7nHsXolNBXN_UtPjwxnXQj2wQivFNh8D5JdfDw3pCmQ_7KDyRx1fSu2KJ-ljJI6HYQMSiZhSH4BCJKe1HJJkNyuoepoFJVVqpeIU_HcQ81ggGJgnzBaAt37Mo3hMwMj9XthTmWu8jheTxXC1NJFv8ytkUbdP1pU9F53SPv5nBgWt1Tbnq97S/w640-h426/libra%20valley%20bus.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> This is where we were staying. We were in the bus on the right and our son in the camper van on the left. The height of luxury!<br /> </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj45U19iALS8cX5Yx7PtPmzmv3ES7pHAXDZypvR2qzu87d6uMFST9oEP10TJmGEYwfJkLs2IcX0TRms6Wcc7yPUYWvksq0xiJUA8Er-IVsTNs5F8jydx-Khygxag8Q1cYxgswudtTyHXK1icuUoOUhtaUqmK6FObJN2AbzDJFIIV8zIZBtlCO6lMOgt/s2472/home2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1648" data-original-width="2472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj45U19iALS8cX5Yx7PtPmzmv3ES7pHAXDZypvR2qzu87d6uMFST9oEP10TJmGEYwfJkLs2IcX0TRms6Wcc7yPUYWvksq0xiJUA8Er-IVsTNs5F8jydx-Khygxag8Q1cYxgswudtTyHXK1icuUoOUhtaUqmK6FObJN2AbzDJFIIV8zIZBtlCO6lMOgt/w640-h426/home2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A closer view of our sleeping quarters for two weeks. It does have a full sized shower room attached to the back.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAkX5uygh6L3PUifG6iRb-HiZbB9OgyW_yzlaFfTxyoXLsL7xgn_G-wXdC5HGEfX_w7ClWa9wDw44bx9BNPqWkV6PpWe2gHkemQpktHgbQT_YnMI226L8chxFO7HT9vaMP5e8Vh6zLEu1opwTjhtIpyhyn3cwqvFK6b3rLLL-znW8T7zFDmZ6_IWjh/s2114/libra%20valley.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1441" data-original-width="2114" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAkX5uygh6L3PUifG6iRb-HiZbB9OgyW_yzlaFfTxyoXLsL7xgn_G-wXdC5HGEfX_w7ClWa9wDw44bx9BNPqWkV6PpWe2gHkemQpktHgbQT_YnMI226L8chxFO7HT9vaMP5e8Vh6zLEu1opwTjhtIpyhyn3cwqvFK6b3rLLL-znW8T7zFDmZ6_IWjh/w640-h436/libra%20valley.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;">View from the bus.</span></span><br /></div></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOb9RW_59brwiHW0ZfhixNlHFUAQS7wU9Yn2hTYVam3MoHC4u5nqXvD2Jwujw-kTFKEZNF78u7uFOu1KSUSujKlOFwK8ePBsxjWv5fQ34FY1LikG_G-dHMcQJMlRGYIcxjLN6yvWPYFUh_TY4Ey3-64gvEE6oClyXkjs25HaM0gyyaRHDtB4K-D4ot/s2184/view.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1227" data-original-width="2184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOb9RW_59brwiHW0ZfhixNlHFUAQS7wU9Yn2hTYVam3MoHC4u5nqXvD2Jwujw-kTFKEZNF78u7uFOu1KSUSujKlOFwK8ePBsxjWv5fQ34FY1LikG_G-dHMcQJMlRGYIcxjLN6yvWPYFUh_TY4Ey3-64gvEE6oClyXkjs25HaM0gyyaRHDtB4K-D4ot/w640-h360/view.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></span><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">View from the platform where I did my morning's birding.<br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">As I sat here I really wished had brought my best binoculars I'd have seen so much more.</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">I'm going to put my photos into groups, the first being endemic and near endemic species. These are what many birders come to the Dalat Plateau to see. I only saw one endemic and three near endemics thus.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW-MulS32kdTjL02m8JzftfoXLhcKV4-aSuyLzabZ9cCWA17AyPXzSPEUXoOQLouDculguWf1IjQ-3Au6oWIZIzhyPuxinMzqEmKYR0sXNxBT7QbJiIZUPKnAk2mRmaPB5ce0uZhLAoVx48cfDafY4LcO9W7LdbIwwem8_zJE_k8IbfUHVS_DrmDXD/s1350/vietnamese%20greenfinch%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1132" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW-MulS32kdTjL02m8JzftfoXLhcKV4-aSuyLzabZ9cCWA17AyPXzSPEUXoOQLouDculguWf1IjQ-3Au6oWIZIzhyPuxinMzqEmKYR0sXNxBT7QbJiIZUPKnAk2mRmaPB5ce0uZhLAoVx48cfDafY4LcO9W7LdbIwwem8_zJE_k8IbfUHVS_DrmDXD/w536-h640/vietnamese%20greenfinch%203.jpg" width="536" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Vietnamese Greenfinch</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I know, I don't see any green either!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I was lucky to see this male on my very first morning I didn't see another in the whole two weeks!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This bird is endemic not only to Vietnam but to the Dalat Plateau area.</span><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxE0ZJ4De_aRXh3dPtEVMeAp4ht30HGmGjpp8l2GjEPsoo-Z6Xv50CsCjkpIDgnpi7aQHj83YCFqc8IyOlRd4E71Nhz0rBQ8wuNpGgYJTOCFGcCYSh-h-6pjhNB__aJHxO_CgFff1Pt7p7O14c172GpreerP-fR-paoTEu_VnHVoIeZ0RzNkaJ9pPO/s1290/white%20cheecked%20laughing%20thrush.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="915" data-original-width="1290" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxE0ZJ4De_aRXh3dPtEVMeAp4ht30HGmGjpp8l2GjEPsoo-Z6Xv50CsCjkpIDgnpi7aQHj83YCFqc8IyOlRd4E71Nhz0rBQ8wuNpGgYJTOCFGcCYSh-h-6pjhNB__aJHxO_CgFff1Pt7p7O14c172GpreerP-fR-paoTEu_VnHVoIeZ0RzNkaJ9pPO/w640-h454/white%20cheecked%20laughing%20thrush.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>White-cheeked Laughing Thrush</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Near endemic. I saw quite a few of these but they don't stay still for a photo.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmHGInv-CsnGO7P_v84SJMvwMDR7EyZfKhk-cmee9EbUmG5JERrzrznOsuy1wZhFI8OhmqLVcnjbOkNb5_ATA4l_nUy3aTyd4c1B2bTEgloZ6O1TDGp9-oB5t-xtZBkgjFz-cGrtsrEOcEBbIr-UHWt4zDjRYpo8vBLe2Rbq4XnBVAPgzXz-wOv1vN/s1607/plain%20minla.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1607" data-original-width="1175" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmHGInv-CsnGO7P_v84SJMvwMDR7EyZfKhk-cmee9EbUmG5JERrzrznOsuy1wZhFI8OhmqLVcnjbOkNb5_ATA4l_nUy3aTyd4c1B2bTEgloZ6O1TDGp9-oB5t-xtZBkgjFz-cGrtsrEOcEBbIr-UHWt4zDjRYpo8vBLe2Rbq4XnBVAPgzXz-wOv1vN/w468-h640/plain%20minla.jpg" width="468" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Plain Minla</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is a near endemic subspecies of <b>Blue-winged Minla</b></span></span><br /></div><div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIQT-86uakbhp89AvklDa9aWa_q9xN0qInuoLC6bu8hVcRdcXkwdD8D3qDs756PCID9Rh9C2nOjOS80mo9KEaFhzmZYb-mlDrbk1kf6HgYl-OVlZEA1CALumWe9L5pTZmu3jNvaSyklxTBxPA9Jp5zA_grfq0eX39SotGp8JBtWenjS9E0CqSFJHAj/s1860/black%20bulbul3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1860" data-original-width="1441" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIQT-86uakbhp89AvklDa9aWa_q9xN0qInuoLC6bu8hVcRdcXkwdD8D3qDs756PCID9Rh9C2nOjOS80mo9KEaFhzmZYb-mlDrbk1kf6HgYl-OVlZEA1CALumWe9L5pTZmu3jNvaSyklxTBxPA9Jp5zA_grfq0eX39SotGp8JBtWenjS9E0CqSFJHAj/w496-h640/black%20bulbul3.jpg" width="496" /></a></b></span></div> <p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> <span style="font-size: large;">Black Bulbul</span></b><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;">These were the tamest birds I saw often coming up to a berry tree right by our bus and posing nicely for photos.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><b><br /></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj74exEPxJEr0qDdMXQ-iKab2uKbwsOMvb4xgu3e2i71uUb86xB9oBSs-QnYCUnXBWb_Ul3DFwD5PWYG0DZi95ExzjFTCnjaDKU7PW-VqdlMlAAgKFRh3ygCBmAf3vH9cWYLM4UxCpT2T2HfJPKfKxXPbyqemMedN3zTIa8rOnGuQ-jPHGE2bHTY2gK/s1375/flavescent%20bulbul%202%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1375" data-original-width="945" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj74exEPxJEr0qDdMXQ-iKab2uKbwsOMvb4xgu3e2i71uUb86xB9oBSs-QnYCUnXBWb_Ul3DFwD5PWYG0DZi95ExzjFTCnjaDKU7PW-VqdlMlAAgKFRh3ygCBmAf3vH9cWYLM4UxCpT2T2HfJPKfKxXPbyqemMedN3zTIa8rOnGuQ-jPHGE2bHTY2gK/w440-h640/flavescent%20bulbul%202%20.jpg" width="440" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Flavescent Bulbul</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br /></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2FQe2HsxGA-XUmCnEKCquaV3oHTUHlutcNQFR8REjIQ3TM3G64QLSTkpPP3WbZgQn7ze0O_eWLBpEv0p8yoJFSoDVxBCom9mCUkfWgA5YMbKYGU9HR_7pR4SDi5SfDB99JjfTH4-SyjggN6lOHzW7wUAnT2va2f4A-6iuccwaw3gwVVvSUHGRaG8x/s1480/streak%20eared%20bulbul.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1480" data-original-width="1144" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2FQe2HsxGA-XUmCnEKCquaV3oHTUHlutcNQFR8REjIQ3TM3G64QLSTkpPP3WbZgQn7ze0O_eWLBpEv0p8yoJFSoDVxBCom9mCUkfWgA5YMbKYGU9HR_7pR4SDi5SfDB99JjfTH4-SyjggN6lOHzW7wUAnT2va2f4A-6iuccwaw3gwVVvSUHGRaG8x/w494-h640/streak%20eared%20bulbul.jpg" width="494" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Streak-eared Bulbul</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br /></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXm1rrrDEuP3ylQzwz3XwVYmqH4m3uifmi33GyGsd9JWUXqHIpSCGD2RiRCs8mh-wwJZD811Ka5GGbYGNJOZm_fcmuM0ngaauuO3kKFfSqkvQD0EAC-IWWNQrHKo9eTG_E7sptwdxU7qX61NGYZ1QNEelo7o0v0c9P-4lqqqadBEUjZwDJ56wWaIlZ/s1716/yellow%20vented%20bulbul.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1158" data-original-width="1716" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXm1rrrDEuP3ylQzwz3XwVYmqH4m3uifmi33GyGsd9JWUXqHIpSCGD2RiRCs8mh-wwJZD811Ka5GGbYGNJOZm_fcmuM0ngaauuO3kKFfSqkvQD0EAC-IWWNQrHKo9eTG_E7sptwdxU7qX61NGYZ1QNEelo7o0v0c9P-4lqqqadBEUjZwDJ56wWaIlZ/w640-h432/yellow%20vented%20bulbul.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yellow-vented Bulbul</span><br /> </span></b><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Yellow-browed Warblers</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I saw quite a lot of leaf warblers but everyone I got a good look at or a photo of seemed to be a <b>Yellow-browed Warbler </b>(please correct me if they aren't) They are a common winter visitor in this area. Here's some of the better photos of them that I got. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMsqz5WbfcryPSmBG-4L3ODX37ZJ-OPe10gcn7bMrPQqq8on_DwpEEopgnZv34B4IhtQjG23oX4MnN-AmQBqwsfShuxJaccsYtoUSANSoo0XjLYWyceVYVifmi3IfymLS5ZEL45ao6-woupQ-KraX7nz4nE-Utd42vEGzTfph8c7QWTXo247MoGn3A/s1415/and%20another%20ybw.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1415" data-original-width="1075" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMsqz5WbfcryPSmBG-4L3ODX37ZJ-OPe10gcn7bMrPQqq8on_DwpEEopgnZv34B4IhtQjG23oX4MnN-AmQBqwsfShuxJaccsYtoUSANSoo0XjLYWyceVYVifmi3IfymLS5ZEL45ao6-woupQ-KraX7nz4nE-Utd42vEGzTfph8c7QWTXo247MoGn3A/w486-h640/and%20another%20ybw.jpg" width="486" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="1404" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM3H-gJmV4l5w9d-6J0xtEw3DAYFkBO3al3EkDOSpemyrW80tqjAosQo9zez_riFtg5eZ9y413lHfvk8Mc5P1dS7lf7QghSRMhVK_dVvMSJoQ5vFAZYTRQE4RTsy9t_TXT90WV4vMmDd8wleKzNtJpgn68nI8xERWNIMa7VNHraM4WahPaDIGrtAok/w640-h478/ybw6a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now the rest of the birds I photographed, some are really poor record shots I'm afraid but I'm going to include them anyway.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2inUjqzC6fv8LS67tEXbt9AlGFxqukUlIHF7t8HlvU6jh3aRc2ZBiPOKrYdzhDBSdELAs02uCeGD9nU7RkMsJWkWy4X4K8adsxYIDcRvr8pCb2TnhuDe-psmAgMYb48nwiYFanrp8eTEDA0GAQQr7nNEyXjvFD1xQhLp1ZBR77L_O72x66iyWB9_0/s1528/eastern%20spotted%20dove%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1105" data-original-width="1528" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2inUjqzC6fv8LS67tEXbt9AlGFxqukUlIHF7t8HlvU6jh3aRc2ZBiPOKrYdzhDBSdELAs02uCeGD9nU7RkMsJWkWy4X4K8adsxYIDcRvr8pCb2TnhuDe-psmAgMYb48nwiYFanrp8eTEDA0GAQQr7nNEyXjvFD1xQhLp1ZBR77L_O72x66iyWB9_0/w640-h462/eastern%20spotted%20dove%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Eastern Spotted Dove</span><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilfnWkql9zWK21HbzdnDJAeV5fq4ZHwKXNQA65yhYpfNPRPDDd8UXdxIzaDndrab0bSo-Eueb_TWU0CFKcw7WoqtXuQGquVL3hmeiufqfU8dCdDN2KaFnJ7DPZS_7g23gEmkFMNFm2hYe4H8VkbvQNCXZuGxVtu-kYJRIvO6Po_YrhI-Idgxo7fDQp/s1412/zebra%20doves.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1096" data-original-width="1412" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilfnWkql9zWK21HbzdnDJAeV5fq4ZHwKXNQA65yhYpfNPRPDDd8UXdxIzaDndrab0bSo-Eueb_TWU0CFKcw7WoqtXuQGquVL3hmeiufqfU8dCdDN2KaFnJ7DPZS_7g23gEmkFMNFm2hYe4H8VkbvQNCXZuGxVtu-kYJRIvO6Po_YrhI-Idgxo7fDQp/w640-h496/zebra%20doves.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Zebra Dove</span> </b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBpg9aKDUXcD6ftOv8LycnUYSHr7y5bdMeor3t54l07SJFOE5XnAO8tlldG3emtY0Eh9U_LSv8LYAJKlx5Cqwns17ww5tCOS6bek1640mGYXXpeWwTy1kXM_RPg3jG4sno_lBfNyBeWppGW1_wWpGDe8gxxFsZRS2Kie5j61ixBi123daOU5Q9_zvy/s1438/bar%20winged%20flycatcher%20shrike.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1438" data-original-width="1102" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBpg9aKDUXcD6ftOv8LycnUYSHr7y5bdMeor3t54l07SJFOE5XnAO8tlldG3emtY0Eh9U_LSv8LYAJKlx5Cqwns17ww5tCOS6bek1640mGYXXpeWwTy1kXM_RPg3jG4sno_lBfNyBeWppGW1_wWpGDe8gxxFsZRS2Kie5j61ixBi123daOU5Q9_zvy/w490-h640/bar%20winged%20flycatcher%20shrike.jpg" width="490" /></a></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Bar-winged Flycatcher Shrike</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxWhKpY9j6ci_ifV7kQO7c20yI4I4777ahmYxNfKNBDNAZ0LOYQ1HCyZ-84N-Ypcnf13BYpxhiX36VE_eXvSNhpG-e_PY8M2VhsufJAHu7QSKA9g-IjOOZufkubo6jHdh6SEZmcETDl0X6khvb__0VAz3RRtGB28Ormpyg9oEI-2WTMLA_w50CPdVP/s1605/black%20eagle.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1605" data-original-width="1285" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxWhKpY9j6ci_ifV7kQO7c20yI4I4777ahmYxNfKNBDNAZ0LOYQ1HCyZ-84N-Ypcnf13BYpxhiX36VE_eXvSNhpG-e_PY8M2VhsufJAHu7QSKA9g-IjOOZufkubo6jHdh6SEZmcETDl0X6khvb__0VAz3RRtGB28Ormpyg9oEI-2WTMLA_w50CPdVP/w512-h640/black%20eagle.jpg" width="512" /></a></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Black Eagle</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_wQ9fMWocRWOJf4TL_3oJjKVPxyYrIS8Y1bx24AztqOASP7LYE4hknl7ntGZDzKItBFSicVqT0IZlst_kpTn2cwn3Gb3xF41rZSDYf7uqFeiCGBxv1kTfqgPLv1ZPBMqGAHgh4wujzWXus8-8updqH07Gm2b3tGffpSXcJYt_TXKtXQ_Zw2LDK2XW/s2095/blacl%20collard%20starling.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1599" data-original-width="2095" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_wQ9fMWocRWOJf4TL_3oJjKVPxyYrIS8Y1bx24AztqOASP7LYE4hknl7ntGZDzKItBFSicVqT0IZlst_kpTn2cwn3Gb3xF41rZSDYf7uqFeiCGBxv1kTfqgPLv1ZPBMqGAHgh4wujzWXus8-8updqH07Gm2b3tGffpSXcJYt_TXKtXQ_Zw2LDK2XW/w640-h488/blacl%20collard%20starling.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Black-collard Starling</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz4C0dY0sb1p8a5gnClwOqppAa-LlNGgEXib6BV5i8m4BKt4JXKLU3YfFfzHO7_ZGTSt01zXQa0dbPTc18XGVPOqWGDvuXPn6uOJtjBUbS912IG8DEbM7kVmNfo1E5GYa9g7M-zEpg9pLoqrUkJXnNyU6co_4xPixSeWFP9XkwKZLF-CUBNhhj8Qb6/s1075/burmese%20shrike.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="704" data-original-width="1075" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz4C0dY0sb1p8a5gnClwOqppAa-LlNGgEXib6BV5i8m4BKt4JXKLU3YfFfzHO7_ZGTSt01zXQa0dbPTc18XGVPOqWGDvuXPn6uOJtjBUbS912IG8DEbM7kVmNfo1E5GYa9g7M-zEpg9pLoqrUkJXnNyU6co_4xPixSeWFP9XkwKZLF-CUBNhhj8Qb6/w640-h420/burmese%20shrike.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Burmese Shrike </b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This was one of the best birds I saw. I really like shrikes. I got really close views but totally messed up my attempts at a photo. <b><br /></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeYVHr2FYgSlB_qdPWT-c2hyIfeEES_cXYqcd4DxC9rjHhaufGxYkqhAsnipg9IkqGFPqFScnRInu9Yt2daTKI-KHjV5F6Z2nWOMf-n41WAvGdABtIONfMB7gEh6Ge104tf_HDoENMKjrXsxgCPWa_UAhTzPdtjbJIZLN9bLWegJ1h7FNc8hmp-qdB/s2055/chinese%20or%20japanese%20white%20eye.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2055" data-original-width="1535" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeYVHr2FYgSlB_qdPWT-c2hyIfeEES_cXYqcd4DxC9rjHhaufGxYkqhAsnipg9IkqGFPqFScnRInu9Yt2daTKI-KHjV5F6Z2nWOMf-n41WAvGdABtIONfMB7gEh6Ge104tf_HDoENMKjrXsxgCPWa_UAhTzPdtjbJIZLN9bLWegJ1h7FNc8hmp-qdB/w478-h640/chinese%20or%20japanese%20white%20eye.jpg" width="478" /></a></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Chinese White-eye</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiLHi-ayFLAFpdkYktxnqHLr5u1IpW6FsDPDiA8NDFE7MmG8aGaDjn9lysObeH8h9x-C0ErtvNxr5OSymxtUjbwznOL7Nvf-7yGndWN380STKebRlEmdrfCfNEUm90BH_y9ZHjFUfINUnTTeUwjF2tO8hsgz6PHk5UnE1Mba6F5qwsAsnSp2yNRule/s1574/commonj%20myna.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1025" data-original-width="1574" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiLHi-ayFLAFpdkYktxnqHLr5u1IpW6FsDPDiA8NDFE7MmG8aGaDjn9lysObeH8h9x-C0ErtvNxr5OSymxtUjbwznOL7Nvf-7yGndWN380STKebRlEmdrfCfNEUm90BH_y9ZHjFUfINUnTTeUwjF2tO8hsgz6PHk5UnE1Mba6F5qwsAsnSp2yNRule/w640-h416/commonj%20myna.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Common Myna</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGEIGnPy03Uf5r1FgyLJ5JSzRmkL-pLkbi3b2P7WzoRFb9OdnPU2_F0fc9myTyjdwVga-MtUkLFTUyOR-lgR6wOqUnTjg6zZWuLWsupYsqNzusEIYr-C0pHcN8cPpMFIcDM648H2CMxZkDHPZ5leNpy51LKhQnyCV2Nu3pe9AR949itMGxs71DByQ4/s1500/dark%20%20necked%20tailorbird%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1034" data-original-width="1500" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGEIGnPy03Uf5r1FgyLJ5JSzRmkL-pLkbi3b2P7WzoRFb9OdnPU2_F0fc9myTyjdwVga-MtUkLFTUyOR-lgR6wOqUnTjg6zZWuLWsupYsqNzusEIYr-C0pHcN8cPpMFIcDM648H2CMxZkDHPZ5leNpy51LKhQnyCV2Nu3pe9AR949itMGxs71DByQ4/w640-h442/dark%20%20necked%20tailorbird%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Dark-necked Tailorbird</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPVKf1_ebWtc6R4SLGbSDpywoJGSccrwIMa17rw_1BSdtRFHEH7_SrVAYjd9oZDLv1CblS7xe58sftruDFQXlm5sWUK5rHlMth9DwcLfcSlFRAxtqzSgpmw4DDWeWHJxLnzZkST2rX2ftTc3NztjLqE9p23huTWEDnY6ISyqOvcqXERld7JqbZYHbh/s1288/fire%20breasted%20flower%20pecker.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1288" data-original-width="849" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPVKf1_ebWtc6R4SLGbSDpywoJGSccrwIMa17rw_1BSdtRFHEH7_SrVAYjd9oZDLv1CblS7xe58sftruDFQXlm5sWUK5rHlMth9DwcLfcSlFRAxtqzSgpmw4DDWeWHJxLnzZkST2rX2ftTc3NztjLqE9p23huTWEDnY6ISyqOvcqXERld7JqbZYHbh/w422-h640/fire%20breasted%20flower%20pecker.jpg" width="422" /></a></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Fire-breasted Flowerpecker</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4NlChNIXeuvXf8idixhmYbLjto36bZf2JBTqGcierDcvVYW3Kr_Z9iLupLdRXL5VFksm-AFvEUV1sQr4va136riGMwvg6yo_WmRatv1jXuTQfcQ6f7meyEiUDoiibNcwWXM1Wf2_ynerFthDZv4wKMzL_vFqUYtfG2SInfsrWNNXSFoIdargZRg9p/s1468/great%20coucal.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1468" data-original-width="1178" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4NlChNIXeuvXf8idixhmYbLjto36bZf2JBTqGcierDcvVYW3Kr_Z9iLupLdRXL5VFksm-AFvEUV1sQr4va136riGMwvg6yo_WmRatv1jXuTQfcQ6f7meyEiUDoiibNcwWXM1Wf2_ynerFthDZv4wKMzL_vFqUYtfG2SInfsrWNNXSFoIdargZRg9p/w514-h640/great%20coucal.jpg" width="514" /></a></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Greater Coucal</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;">These were always very conspicuous calling nearby (sounds a bit like a monkey) but almost always invisible. They hide well for a big bird. This is the only one I saw as it broke cover briefly before flying off.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwQlvDgQI6jRNj3cG5LWFZuzYr5b2_wVyy3mNmy48nZOAdbb68-cce8E4KIArEG7U0ojTyGhv1peIFrdvNXFJCy9V4T7nSCHZedVTCHLimdhCZGMrWbLvdPeInnWgrciBSSx9mu3126EfQoJr1Jl0DsRLxW8URbYAoUWBCP6MWEXKpRC-lv7eGcpsa/s1826/hill%20prinia.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1274" data-original-width="1826" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwQlvDgQI6jRNj3cG5LWFZuzYr5b2_wVyy3mNmy48nZOAdbb68-cce8E4KIArEG7U0ojTyGhv1peIFrdvNXFJCy9V4T7nSCHZedVTCHLimdhCZGMrWbLvdPeInnWgrciBSSx9mu3126EfQoJr1Jl0DsRLxW8URbYAoUWBCP6MWEXKpRC-lv7eGcpsa/w640-h446/hill%20prinia.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Hill Prinia</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;">These were the most common bird I saw, likely because they are very noisy.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi59es2TFXPloYp6CDpsx6O7CFe5KayPnCDkZbq8oSdY8-HnQy6mTmWNp8R3BY5QwNqJO1eCMBXxpIs1cCrOs5O7xRQhVWsr6T9FEkrMYaSAogQn-pxE-Jk11N6_rF1O1DWVqUiTyAl64EovfzVg228J8MHHh-rnPmztf2Ffs1CVrJ8XNpSHa4f2RQF/s1206/PIN%20STRIPED%20TIT%20BABBLER.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1206" data-original-width="1038" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi59es2TFXPloYp6CDpsx6O7CFe5KayPnCDkZbq8oSdY8-HnQy6mTmWNp8R3BY5QwNqJO1eCMBXxpIs1cCrOs5O7xRQhVWsr6T9FEkrMYaSAogQn-pxE-Jk11N6_rF1O1DWVqUiTyAl64EovfzVg228J8MHHh-rnPmztf2Ffs1CVrJ8XNpSHa4f2RQF/w550-h640/PIN%20STRIPED%20TIT%20BABBLER.jpg" width="550" /></a></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Pin-striped Tit Babbler</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXzdSxXBfnC0tiL99imnG_azu3dFT6_86XOrxkk70yEQr2wuSHggxggemQQFzXfE8cY83EbdeRo_sW-Iu3DYm94PS2smTOpuH5DvfeY0meqPd96FTKMdk90rx4Ffx0q5Kl-yZQHuJRru516LHSRd9XxxFfRM3p3X6YBZa18viCObOqrDp388BTY0L7/s1642/scaley%20breasted%20munia.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1642" data-original-width="1220" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXzdSxXBfnC0tiL99imnG_azu3dFT6_86XOrxkk70yEQr2wuSHggxggemQQFzXfE8cY83EbdeRo_sW-Iu3DYm94PS2smTOpuH5DvfeY0meqPd96FTKMdk90rx4Ffx0q5Kl-yZQHuJRru516LHSRd9XxxFfRM3p3X6YBZa18viCObOqrDp388BTY0L7/w476-h640/scaley%20breasted%20munia.jpg" width="476" /></a></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Scaley-breasted Munia</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I think the solid brown ones are juveniles? <b><br /></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZxrK_UswbTLt3u5EaGZ6CG25fiFOIlguTkDwYSdZ6MfosakYooOa52HUIy1Q1F_rGi2XZDmAweOkj2hnj4GWDRfvaHPLSlXF7Q_UDluEoHC6Bywya7mPHVR01hs1wJSWD-vk-AJ26_cnwu76gfjsdGDgm6dlITzUGsufOn2ojiJbCPhY8p5JuWfHL/s1210/sooty%20drongo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1210" data-original-width="869" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZxrK_UswbTLt3u5EaGZ6CG25fiFOIlguTkDwYSdZ6MfosakYooOa52HUIy1Q1F_rGi2XZDmAweOkj2hnj4GWDRfvaHPLSlXF7Q_UDluEoHC6Bywya7mPHVR01hs1wJSWD-vk-AJ26_cnwu76gfjsdGDgm6dlITzUGsufOn2ojiJbCPhY8p5JuWfHL/w460-h640/sooty%20drongo.jpg" width="460" /></a></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Sooty Drongo</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhclcLWKK9-Xm-JpSMZolIyU0cN9mBgJdx57AjlXrmXRL8fzHs3JJbIVL8pt3pPsQ3RgwFouxbViIGzOujOoSgMy02z04JDMmEDPJOKpO9A3sZogaZqyT9-4EVuyNjwxRzlMPUBf4KsfotBRJNNTncfZqWxm7gD5yyX7dN_aPETqPqmgyeYI9dGPhqj/s1500/streaked%20spiderhunter.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1180" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhclcLWKK9-Xm-JpSMZolIyU0cN9mBgJdx57AjlXrmXRL8fzHs3JJbIVL8pt3pPsQ3RgwFouxbViIGzOujOoSgMy02z04JDMmEDPJOKpO9A3sZogaZqyT9-4EVuyNjwxRzlMPUBf4KsfotBRJNNTncfZqWxm7gD5yyX7dN_aPETqPqmgyeYI9dGPhqj/w504-h640/streaked%20spiderhunter.jpg" width="504" /></a></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Streaked Spiderhunter</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_5EtevES2-saVPeNjjSCmwNLhAgt4b0Gka_Aj487zPhlssSEY7piqhMnKAjN4D6XWnInpYljn3Cp6wYet2w37x7nviWDinkMV8omOGjzOfUk_pWhaX2voS5Qa_xIXjZpMxAcfpIWtqoEClhHUDuaJa8LPaW17i3AcCpTdpm7yuE_anZft4mV91SeN/s1210/yvfp.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1210" data-original-width="930" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_5EtevES2-saVPeNjjSCmwNLhAgt4b0Gka_Aj487zPhlssSEY7piqhMnKAjN4D6XWnInpYljn3Cp6wYet2w37x7nviWDinkMV8omOGjzOfUk_pWhaX2voS5Qa_xIXjZpMxAcfpIWtqoEClhHUDuaJa8LPaW17i3AcCpTdpm7yuE_anZft4mV91SeN/w492-h640/yvfp.jpg" width="492" /></a></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Yellow-vented Flowerpecker</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b></b><span style="font-size: large;">Apart from these I also saw but didn't photograph, <b>House Sparrow, Tree Sparrow, Little Egret, Eastern Cattle Egret, Eastern Yellow Wagtail, Chinese Pond Heron, Rufus Capped Babbler, Shikra and White-throated Fantail</b>. I also saw several swift species but without my best binoculars had no chance of identifying them. </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;">So all in all not bad for a holiday where I wasn't expecting to see many birds at all. I only photographed three species of butterfly but I'll add them to the many I saw in 2019 and put them in another blog post.</span><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /></p></div><br />Karen Woolleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18433932165517479993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276339820228650895.post-19684095191499462912023-02-28T21:30:00.014+00:002023-02-28T21:39:35.845+00:00Lower Dunscombe Cliffs<div><p><span style="font-size: large;">Lower Dunscombe Cliff is one of my favourite local spots, we often go there for a short walk and sometimes a picnic. There's some great habitat and always plenty to see. Here are some photos from a couple of visits last year, once in May and again in late June.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1k4fxtlH3y65TTRzpjOujxvP4yXvlttxoIWojI50fYsmzfMYCSLzu5WjnQe1W-lDWvSdww1rObpS0jYOGBJD7EsceD8-2RJjaqyRuqrK9z3TD3rcjoLtir8snwN9R3dDV-qIpKn09QWqFZqc1Y2TVsJUv6b9tjfRhLKtymP4SGUk8M7IcYqQUbmMu/s2008/picnic.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1244" data-original-width="2008" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1k4fxtlH3y65TTRzpjOujxvP4yXvlttxoIWojI50fYsmzfMYCSLzu5WjnQe1W-lDWvSdww1rObpS0jYOGBJD7EsceD8-2RJjaqyRuqrK9z3TD3rcjoLtir8snwN9R3dDV-qIpKn09QWqFZqc1Y2TVsJUv6b9tjfRhLKtymP4SGUk8M7IcYqQUbmMu/w640-h396/picnic.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">My favourite spot to sit for an hour or so and have a cuppa. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2MDWyGSO4zFtm9LtOnnqKVnYmXaPoMVTHKfQlSjGr8FSvdj5XFymX1uMdRjcDZY6ZlxF5_Kc1PaWg_bwcLzrMKjQgLLaOkJEkRxB5CR14ANB_mt-iGwUzxYOF-6on9tzqL15Nbhmb7xQZ6sxTXfp33S7yrRHdkExl1_XYh2TjXpodbl7Wb_u1_QXY/s1020/cuppa%20tea.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="915" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2MDWyGSO4zFtm9LtOnnqKVnYmXaPoMVTHKfQlSjGr8FSvdj5XFymX1uMdRjcDZY6ZlxF5_Kc1PaWg_bwcLzrMKjQgLLaOkJEkRxB5CR14ANB_mt-iGwUzxYOF-6on9tzqL15Nbhmb7xQZ6sxTXfp33S7yrRHdkExl1_XYh2TjXpodbl7Wb_u1_QXY/w574-h640/cuppa%20tea.jpg" width="574" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's especially nice to boil the water on site, much better than a flask!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">(Note our carbon fibre mat to protect the ground)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuIN2VCSuyIqkXRogvjmGgBm-T0yAsIFvVB4E5KkdwrI8A5yxvD1RyudWl7GJ9ZVXK99RJ81xdv7sinJrhYoslDp5nIKqAcAG0rZP2RWx9SjFe40oGcDomerAwOECW0h6zkCpsAe9Suf5vWveDEHj9XqJxZAarx66Exo-emd3jKkzeyvKx6uhAKD3Y/s2160/fulmar.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1288" data-original-width="2160" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuIN2VCSuyIqkXRogvjmGgBm-T0yAsIFvVB4E5KkdwrI8A5yxvD1RyudWl7GJ9ZVXK99RJ81xdv7sinJrhYoslDp5nIKqAcAG0rZP2RWx9SjFe40oGcDomerAwOECW0h6zkCpsAe9Suf5vWveDEHj9XqJxZAarx66Exo-emd3jKkzeyvKx6uhAKD3Y/w640-h382/fulmar.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fulmars were checking out the cliffs for nesting sites.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjNDssYj0LQv6Lt6A-WX3VONpUEu4cRzJLZaKEpjNOoKMCIr4YtmsgKJnmfSlYS9S_oeGey0m3sLcMYeN3TDNbq3YaqJSspuqPdmz1jEVY6u5bf5-V0MlqnT2XiQLvFq5nN2CfeVniV9HXBbk-j-O1KycfwYT6aarre1nsMtXA93svwWO3UXET-kLM/s1325/nottingham%20catchfly.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="1325" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjNDssYj0LQv6Lt6A-WX3VONpUEu4cRzJLZaKEpjNOoKMCIr4YtmsgKJnmfSlYS9S_oeGey0m3sLcMYeN3TDNbq3YaqJSspuqPdmz1jEVY6u5bf5-V0MlqnT2XiQLvFq5nN2CfeVniV9HXBbk-j-O1KycfwYT6aarre1nsMtXA93svwWO3UXET-kLM/w640-h430/nottingham%20catchfly.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's a good spot to see the scarce wildflower </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Nottingham Catchfly - </b><i>Silene nutans</i></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcULTZMDVWR0TIRR-XJmEKmU1aCAjccEqI7XmW-GWxL30MQLJE11CU02XLefwDl5pq93SXosKVEZKK1KUosE3B_eXMXLTJMlOsoCa6iKJzT5OR2bab8D6SUxz3QIYlHeQ4pe4rry-1znSybJTGnhc2tD3fWllHFCxgxqILsKb3rHueixy5ff4t6Dbh/s1828/female%20orange%20tip.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1828" data-original-width="1388" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcULTZMDVWR0TIRR-XJmEKmU1aCAjccEqI7XmW-GWxL30MQLJE11CU02XLefwDl5pq93SXosKVEZKK1KUosE3B_eXMXLTJMlOsoCa6iKJzT5OR2bab8D6SUxz3QIYlHeQ4pe4rry-1znSybJTGnhc2tD3fWllHFCxgxqILsKb3rHueixy5ff4t6Dbh/w486-h640/female%20orange%20tip.jpg" width="486" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Female <b>Orange Tip</b></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRjMoQIBHQ7FrMwSi0-ft-5h2jW_rRGL3lFDFvphZOBIU5ErtFvSVaq6aLv6vujl5AiAsRhoLcBeJXqKDRUlEbNZ4RuxIplAb0BH9VVuQOTZS9xeiemjqpwv8goQmz09EaDm2PPypg7IVXdsQlGbxVVUf6odfv-r0v1-ERJUkO5jXW3ZgHT9FVuhrF/s1472/small%20eggar.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="981" data-original-width="1472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRjMoQIBHQ7FrMwSi0-ft-5h2jW_rRGL3lFDFvphZOBIU5ErtFvSVaq6aLv6vujl5AiAsRhoLcBeJXqKDRUlEbNZ4RuxIplAb0BH9VVuQOTZS9xeiemjqpwv8goQmz09EaDm2PPypg7IVXdsQlGbxVVUf6odfv-r0v1-ERJUkO5jXW3ZgHT9FVuhrF/w640-h426/small%20eggar.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Laval web of the <b>Small Eggar </b>moth </span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS6r3svx-T7Nqp6oNsHKE0k68iD06sGJjn3BVGPh8G3PuC4WEjiJmMgFX3m2Rhgd14uLCbarOa9TskroKCzL6VrlyRuJfkZPNXGaR7rFH-asJQUuxj5wUvxLKXJpqDoeeBEzN3qGy_kx2PnET9qxM8_gCU-vET2wad2a0V6L62vt4JcTrlH8vgMKQt/s1575/small%20yellow%20underwing.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1575" data-original-width="1278" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS6r3svx-T7Nqp6oNsHKE0k68iD06sGJjn3BVGPh8G3PuC4WEjiJmMgFX3m2Rhgd14uLCbarOa9TskroKCzL6VrlyRuJfkZPNXGaR7rFH-asJQUuxj5wUvxLKXJpqDoeeBEzN3qGy_kx2PnET9qxM8_gCU-vET2wad2a0V6L62vt4JcTrlH8vgMKQt/w520-h640/small%20yellow%20underwing.jpg" width="520" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Small Yellow Underwing</b> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A pretty day-flying moth that's quite common. However I think this was my first ever sighting of one.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA8wwoIZZbbeyhPd0CYEEiHM-_Fil6_2wpWVt9fSKBIhXle0oRABIl4RscPBiinGgTrgxvyuN68x6rRQZruy-9MS7FQY61yEjbs5eDeqvORXc4ZuTVwaQ6lgJIdUUPks9Tr0c_5E6mNgaLbFXsPKhTa1FvHfP_26Rcy8fIxlQzaafpo4kmgoYx8M6m/s1225/marshams%20nomad%20bee%20female.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1225" data-original-width="917" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA8wwoIZZbbeyhPd0CYEEiHM-_Fil6_2wpWVt9fSKBIhXle0oRABIl4RscPBiinGgTrgxvyuN68x6rRQZruy-9MS7FQY61yEjbs5eDeqvORXc4ZuTVwaQ6lgJIdUUPks9Tr0c_5E6mNgaLbFXsPKhTa1FvHfP_26Rcy8fIxlQzaafpo4kmgoYx8M6m/w480-h640/marshams%20nomad%20bee%20female.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Marsham's Nomad Bee </b><i>- <i>Nomada marshamella </i></i></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpDI73r2W_0gl9t_jb73S2ZxMgiQGvs48VTqCHssLg9WZ_NdPJiEbjkLTIiASlR-zAy4sy4lgQZRSSQVx3cs7AjZHj8RErr0QINPT63P7kc1B_SCIsxJbtjPGdZ_lNq5HL5psOaN6vl0A_jO6ZzWA30iuGRND13jc3tdPa7OFNIo2Zzi3ffbSohLaV/s1465/ichneumon%20wasp.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1055" data-original-width="1465" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpDI73r2W_0gl9t_jb73S2ZxMgiQGvs48VTqCHssLg9WZ_NdPJiEbjkLTIiASlR-zAy4sy4lgQZRSSQVx3cs7AjZHj8RErr0QINPT63P7kc1B_SCIsxJbtjPGdZ_lNq5HL5psOaN6vl0A_jO6ZzWA30iuGRND13jc3tdPa7OFNIo2Zzi3ffbSohLaV/w640-h460/ichneumon%20wasp.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I spent ages trying to get a photo of this<b> Ichneumon Wasp</b>, don't know why there's absolutely no chance of identifying it! <br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">On another visit in late June the grass on the clifftop was parched to a crisp and there were very few flowers to be seen. Any that were surviving the dry conditions were very stunted, like this <b>Pyramidal Orchid</b>.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy_YJSHdFPagG9jvnIWVlIdwU0-vdX9P5aqjG4E5kHJR3nbBC6s2qTUmYadZKfRfbqJfv1T6dFv0Tslwf85cNAQz-NbHxtW-MJBgDugX0CS_khHfbriDD8Xb33MkMFsQbQ9pV3EKPDVgwFDj9H157BsDzjnSONK9WzWvmUSdd5RWV4cwKvoVhnPXFF/s1265/pyramidal%20dunscombe%20june.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="923" data-original-width="1265" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy_YJSHdFPagG9jvnIWVlIdwU0-vdX9P5aqjG4E5kHJR3nbBC6s2qTUmYadZKfRfbqJfv1T6dFv0Tslwf85cNAQz-NbHxtW-MJBgDugX0CS_khHfbriDD8Xb33MkMFsQbQ9pV3EKPDVgwFDj9H157BsDzjnSONK9WzWvmUSdd5RWV4cwKvoVhnPXFF/w640-h466/pyramidal%20dunscombe%20june.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Pyramidal Orchid</b> - </span><i><span style="font-size: large;">Anacamptis pyramidalis </span><br /></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinxzlCAMuCB3lW1J6RN-2nW8z4Dnmh9QTevScMvrDx2tGqnyXr75Fa4QF-BTITRoOYZp3E-chda1oElldXsVYashOCphIhXEN4zbe-1TjfdpM97cJOjvGRUZj9VgRxLm5Wm4g39MphtGfV0wFjzJeI3W5mvEr2AKNdVFX3DYwtRVM-ovrvbC6YMWE4/s1990/volucella%20bombylans%20june.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1990" data-original-width="1458" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinxzlCAMuCB3lW1J6RN-2nW8z4Dnmh9QTevScMvrDx2tGqnyXr75Fa4QF-BTITRoOYZp3E-chda1oElldXsVYashOCphIhXEN4zbe-1TjfdpM97cJOjvGRUZj9VgRxLm5Wm4g39MphtGfV0wFjzJeI3W5mvEr2AKNdVFX3DYwtRVM-ovrvbC6YMWE4/w468-h640/volucella%20bombylans%20june.jpg" width="468" /></a></i></div><i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPGmdfUukYBxeKWNzhomHDYtxsK6lVToCtLqJ_YVxMpQKpdKa4eYlILoAKMq4hCp3shB87Xiyq_M2AkGQ9CQ8to4ktkkogKUu8Kq-nGJtb_fSPj0jL4Qt0kYfSPMXVRPN2fevTL8txx9EY_4msROFjUyTBhMuJlqVxN0jl5LjsHM_8qtIQBpc2YID5/s2145/volucella%20bombylans%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2145" data-original-width="1675" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPGmdfUukYBxeKWNzhomHDYtxsK6lVToCtLqJ_YVxMpQKpdKa4eYlILoAKMq4hCp3shB87Xiyq_M2AkGQ9CQ8to4ktkkogKUu8Kq-nGJtb_fSPj0jL4Qt0kYfSPMXVRPN2fevTL8txx9EY_4msROFjUyTBhMuJlqVxN0jl5LjsHM_8qtIQBpc2YID5/w500-h640/volucella%20bombylans%202.jpg" width="500" /></a></div></i><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Bumblebee Hoverfly</b><i> - Volucella bombylans<br /></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i> <br /></i></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Karen Woolleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18433932165517479993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276339820228650895.post-10019869165323250032023-01-10T21:37:00.003+00:002023-03-12T23:20:56.646+00:00Salcombe Beach <p>On May 14th last year we went for a day on Salcombe Beach which is to the immediate east of Sidmouth. I usually visit here earlier in the year to look for early <b>Wood White</b> butterflies. They were bound to be on the wing by May and hopefully plenty of other insects too! I had a lovely surprise, finding and photographing <b>Long-horned Bee.</b> I'd only seen them once before at Eype Mouth in Dorset. </p><p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO0UyDXqmrsNnzo6C-LNqC86tZexiAVclbFQSnW5wla0inPYD5Q1sOeYDaF8ANbJ4HZTZstjbOpBjdMgZTkBnUi4uaPm1L8X6ZqCaEZX3Lt3m7rstxoCyqKMi-KV8_ClRZKTycemvbeJBO4z9_pbVx-xgJ_JuDNGPiFbcPZ0m6S6gDWvZOvD-vbHj4/s3184/the%20beach%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1789" data-original-width="3184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO0UyDXqmrsNnzo6C-LNqC86tZexiAVclbFQSnW5wla0inPYD5Q1sOeYDaF8ANbJ4HZTZstjbOpBjdMgZTkBnUi4uaPm1L8X6ZqCaEZX3Lt3m7rstxoCyqKMi-KV8_ClRZKTycemvbeJBO4z9_pbVx-xgJ_JuDNGPiFbcPZ0m6S6gDWvZOvD-vbHj4/w640-h360/the%20beach%20.jpg" width="640" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">The beach looking west towards Sidmouth<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLc6nBsn6k-DV-S-cmhfybYLijOPjyDiNdkJYuS_TAk5c_6q7AfA5eP8lJKK_9aKB3y7t-LT_TumNEfXZqVNGMvpWDp4d7G5CvttRolfiIadHYWgJTbgTdpqupIZzN4kEAaGTiQ44B6LLNYnNOs_WoS3bPtja8ZnKDpR1Ph9IVO8RllfeBAJSxQVvg/s1410/dingy%20skipper%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1018" data-original-width="1410" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLc6nBsn6k-DV-S-cmhfybYLijOPjyDiNdkJYuS_TAk5c_6q7AfA5eP8lJKK_9aKB3y7t-LT_TumNEfXZqVNGMvpWDp4d7G5CvttRolfiIadHYWgJTbgTdpqupIZzN4kEAaGTiQ44B6LLNYnNOs_WoS3bPtja8ZnKDpR1Ph9IVO8RllfeBAJSxQVvg/w640-h462/dingy%20skipper%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Dingy Skipper</b> - <i>Erynnis tages </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKKb7x7l0g4xNvTKiXDpC_yqF9mbQBflC18xz2ja_zCi-wUFj6fbivEmR0m0wvoZEt7ZpJnZRWgjXqEDPTXsKij3P80jDjP0AcqvQ3jramOJoD0NURPopYylMKLTDCsIV6sznnUkHPMwVUASDEBv-QItx7G7goNktMW3wVyYpRFWO8wUiWzozzPBg2/s1424/wood%20white%20salcombe%20beach.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1424" data-original-width="1166" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKKb7x7l0g4xNvTKiXDpC_yqF9mbQBflC18xz2ja_zCi-wUFj6fbivEmR0m0wvoZEt7ZpJnZRWgjXqEDPTXsKij3P80jDjP0AcqvQ3jramOJoD0NURPopYylMKLTDCsIV6sznnUkHPMwVUASDEBv-QItx7G7goNktMW3wVyYpRFWO8wUiWzozzPBg2/w524-h640/wood%20white%20salcombe%20beach.jpg" width="524" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Wood White</b> - <i>Leptidea sinapis</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-0m-0hTEHB3LikPpAIyLGrYam_Ph5gxeMrgGzWwsUmR_6-eZelAYWZ99JZqkv8bPjznTnBkUU6Hp58mSePp-F3DCgM4sqHcJ36w4y-Yj26tGh-4Qfrusg9g7AOsuupKvEt_CHDgAg89DCneK3LJ04ptbHG2HKxHPYLjtfCA5fRdt5Kc6_wGZ0Oa3x/s2370/bee%20fly%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2370" data-original-width="1895" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-0m-0hTEHB3LikPpAIyLGrYam_Ph5gxeMrgGzWwsUmR_6-eZelAYWZ99JZqkv8bPjznTnBkUU6Hp58mSePp-F3DCgM4sqHcJ36w4y-Yj26tGh-4Qfrusg9g7AOsuupKvEt_CHDgAg89DCneK3LJ04ptbHG2HKxHPYLjtfCA5fRdt5Kc6_wGZ0Oa3x/w512-h640/bee%20fly%202.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWVNl3BEfeEfq2FjqyIYhx4H2zwELuB98siS50rBnKS9ahh1QKsZ61HJWpEmHdqeSHOlcLYdMH9bq8eXhnMSOFLE93J6TEMfc3n15Fv0_DIVeOnuuiQyQG8x-lqjcRQfB0OWHmTQsSFmEjNIOP7L5oqpZMx10AmCcvscuin6ceEVnH9FMs8RxvA-qO/s1455/bee%20fly%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1002" data-original-width="1455" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWVNl3BEfeEfq2FjqyIYhx4H2zwELuB98siS50rBnKS9ahh1QKsZ61HJWpEmHdqeSHOlcLYdMH9bq8eXhnMSOFLE93J6TEMfc3n15Fv0_DIVeOnuuiQyQG8x-lqjcRQfB0OWHmTQsSFmEjNIOP7L5oqpZMx10AmCcvscuin6ceEVnH9FMs8RxvA-qO/w640-h440/bee%20fly%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Dark-edged Bee-fly</b> -<i>Bombylius major</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> </i></div><div style="text-align: center;">There was a lot of <b>Red Valarian</b> growing on the cliffs which proved extremely popular with bees and flies and whilst I was photographing this <b>Bee-fly </b>I spotted the<b> Long-horned Bees</b>. I then spent ages trying to get a photo, something I'd failed at on my previous sighting in Dorset (they're very quick!). Determination paid off though<i>.<br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBR347oly9lE-BduQkzuZ3MKKBPaYyNMne784MgJ7lzLvRjUiV6sDx5NCP479BjAvQWVHT_YLo_7hxdupkFh-e8drBISq8DoTkapr8Bq0yQriaOxb7r-XZSOnRiwcMtsy1Vs77DndQMwkS-rnWfYgoWOMdKhfn5IdYcP3ROJwVZltXleL2ehnXoC7m/s1688/long%20horned%20bee%20number%20one.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1263" data-original-width="1688" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBR347oly9lE-BduQkzuZ3MKKBPaYyNMne784MgJ7lzLvRjUiV6sDx5NCP479BjAvQWVHT_YLo_7hxdupkFh-e8drBISq8DoTkapr8Bq0yQriaOxb7r-XZSOnRiwcMtsy1Vs77DndQMwkS-rnWfYgoWOMdKhfn5IdYcP3ROJwVZltXleL2ehnXoC7m/w640-h478/long%20horned%20bee%20number%20one.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWRs38DcjFUc3bHtl-3i-b6bX7awTSyrzb-kUGGZjZLKFgvFstNHUYrgJ0aFSyrQ9MpOHTu42kQLP74hT2yLSWmFIZU2uyKXTwWw6WodW6JwEsGk_IZ8koN7gNLv7l_9Zn-GxVji5zdq2Mr5S6YjINonBTGetQqV6vKZz2A7AZNfSN9RXHMQ1Ascw9/s1758/long%20horned%20bee%20salcombe%20beach2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVx0ehGUo9Zu_0er_NQEOlYMUtR_LmVlJOlWigtctMj2QplZ-gx4A59V6shAqkh8iCaxzpm9Rzou0KzUbxS7znEVWh4gi5M3lbuHCuDXCdqPPKCIFWSyDactBvlBZj_7_z_9aI4HLIRjDOiyg4I6Aho2TbYMgOreY8kmU46r_8bVkl1NrGcwxP-4sO/s1816/long%20horned%20bee%20sr.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1816" data-original-width="1388" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVx0ehGUo9Zu_0er_NQEOlYMUtR_LmVlJOlWigtctMj2QplZ-gx4A59V6shAqkh8iCaxzpm9Rzou0KzUbxS7znEVWh4gi5M3lbuHCuDXCdqPPKCIFWSyDactBvlBZj_7_z_9aI4HLIRjDOiyg4I6Aho2TbYMgOreY8kmU46r_8bVkl1NrGcwxP-4sO/w490-h640/long%20horned%20bee%20sr.jpg" width="490" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Long-horned Bee</b> - <i>Eucera longicornis</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaJ1anfhggeUYybpe7Zax8R4VjwXsF_jAjkrll-UWYu9aUH3iPvNhF4uc-EiGFFLfPAGH1cxUPEQ2LZNCCSzV3QuFyJWzzLqmh0nHh5iAyPuEmygsEfuJLdxnOIQOCYPQa7iVsvAgjxmikZAYRFPY1Ngc0Ij9hYYSx1zBdOHR9v3GkLeJ_IvxF4grc/s1880/spiny%20mason%20wasp%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1252" data-original-width="1880" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaJ1anfhggeUYybpe7Zax8R4VjwXsF_jAjkrll-UWYu9aUH3iPvNhF4uc-EiGFFLfPAGH1cxUPEQ2LZNCCSzV3QuFyJWzzLqmh0nHh5iAyPuEmygsEfuJLdxnOIQOCYPQa7iVsvAgjxmikZAYRFPY1Ngc0Ij9hYYSx1zBdOHR9v3GkLeJ_IvxF4grc/w640-h426/spiny%20mason%20wasp%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></i>This is a male <b>Spiny Mason Wasp</b><i>.</i> </div><div style="text-align: center;">I've only ever seen this species on the Axmouth undercliffs<i> </i>and only ever females. </div><div style="text-align: center;">The males are distinctive in that the ends of their antennae are curled in as can been seen here.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigg8oi8XxkY9JQHEproiyfHdcTxPkwDsAdwKx3looaPcRZbyW7ABn7weKmQa_IUV-eSTjvpDqVVCG-EoEuvvt-Oh_pSLxciXtrPWmebhKDXNinhobSY4YSDC3p7thHUdGGweATN1LhD1A0_pbgC8HPDjK47bNPH4HR0dC-bmFG1ryAYFBc2tOVz8Xo/s1234/spiny%20mason%20wasp%20male.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1234" data-original-width="1018" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigg8oi8XxkY9JQHEproiyfHdcTxPkwDsAdwKx3looaPcRZbyW7ABn7weKmQa_IUV-eSTjvpDqVVCG-EoEuvvt-Oh_pSLxciXtrPWmebhKDXNinhobSY4YSDC3p7thHUdGGweATN1LhD1A0_pbgC8HPDjK47bNPH4HR0dC-bmFG1ryAYFBc2tOVz8Xo/w528-h640/spiny%20mason%20wasp%20male.jpg" width="528" /></a></div></i><b>Spiny Mason Wasp</b><i> -</i><i> Odynerus spinipes</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ZRsgnqV0XtrB6gmx2AFcF17HPe-OcC9VFJ45weLV_DZjQ21fcfwtp0tXzVzMO4-FTQcPt_j4m2Z-pjeobOh9kAPfEv7-7uKJVvuqyxhabSm1tY4JCbPJXDk-XIxs-r2dqirg0J4oMJU-CU-iCpxDdjDY-CgG2Ek5InePjJppOYQ5ydrHTEImyZl2/s1468/mason%20wasp%20ancistrocerus%20sp.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="954" data-original-width="1468" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ZRsgnqV0XtrB6gmx2AFcF17HPe-OcC9VFJ45weLV_DZjQ21fcfwtp0tXzVzMO4-FTQcPt_j4m2Z-pjeobOh9kAPfEv7-7uKJVvuqyxhabSm1tY4JCbPJXDk-XIxs-r2dqirg0J4oMJU-CU-iCpxDdjDY-CgG2Ek5InePjJppOYQ5ydrHTEImyZl2/w640-h416/mason%20wasp%20ancistrocerus%20sp.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></i></div><div style="text-align: center;">A <b>Mason Wasp </b>- <i>Ancistrocerus sp.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <br /><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwBeJr64f3Bisue0qHnsYG_v_rT5mW5aGt7JmTo1OgWSvoLBwNQfp-QNC8Q9y2J2qVjKqMqeWSvdFjIMr0nvSu3JvxHIzyu-jcu9qu5Z7T9JTQlkoloOfKvV3ev66JN-X8WczeH6G4d-kFq5-OXjkYsYP3rvQRJc_0nmiyEFdM2rCLi75osUzAwMYO/s1812/unknown%20wasp.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1812" data-original-width="1240" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwBeJr64f3Bisue0qHnsYG_v_rT5mW5aGt7JmTo1OgWSvoLBwNQfp-QNC8Q9y2J2qVjKqMqeWSvdFjIMr0nvSu3JvxHIzyu-jcu9qu5Z7T9JTQlkoloOfKvV3ev66JN-X8WczeH6G4d-kFq5-OXjkYsYP3rvQRJc_0nmiyEFdM2rCLi75osUzAwMYO/w438-h640/unknown%20wasp.jpg" width="438" /></a></div><br /></i><b>Five-spotted Club-horned Wasp</b> - <i>Sapyga quinquepunctata</i></div><p><br /></p>Karen Woolleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18433932165517479993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276339820228650895.post-25528800648610450622023-01-08T19:58:00.000+00:002023-01-08T19:58:07.994+00:00Jacob's Laddder, Lathkill Dale, Derbyshire<p>Surprisingly only one new plant for me last year which was the stunning <b>Jacob's Ladder</b>, a very scarce native plant, but very often seen in gardens. It's certainly not difficult to see how it became a popular garden flower. I've been wanting to get to this location to see it growing in the wild for many years, it's such a scenic place. Seeing as we were on a family visit to our former home town of Burton upon Trent and hence only about a fifty minute drive away and it was also the optimum time of year to see it in flower, it was too good an opportunity to miss!</p><p>We went early in the morning and pleasingly had the place to ourselves, it really was quite idyllic with the plants putting on a stunning show. Even better than I'd imagined!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ_L8rkCqLXOisp3wjtigCgfaoqa5U8lTiS2Hb0fjO6PfhuPSOR6qTePp8oZO_Vv1apbs_erZ8aivmuMpxD9tQk-WOcjCfG61GZXh4ML7IED88bJeMkCTci1ja6unFQGPnx3e8V3DeekFj7cU9xXD5qiEKzVOQqM-inb7VuubSgMxTNhLbB0eytmn4/s2184/lathkilldale.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1227" data-original-width="2184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ_L8rkCqLXOisp3wjtigCgfaoqa5U8lTiS2Hb0fjO6PfhuPSOR6qTePp8oZO_Vv1apbs_erZ8aivmuMpxD9tQk-WOcjCfG61GZXh4ML7IED88bJeMkCTci1ja6unFQGPnx3e8V3DeekFj7cU9xXD5qiEKzVOQqM-inb7VuubSgMxTNhLbB0eytmn4/w640-h360/lathkilldale.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Lovely Upper Lathkill Dale.<b> Jacob's Ladder</b> plants centre right.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQIu-iQgT655vT76uNNSQ78lulfTBJNdlpozUe_WYCgmTwZl2xdfP6-w1LZ5LUpiGzGyuwRiVPJTYQv5mSO2aHJD3bFwrx8wZ-dksjnqEhFdBhvBuPhaIDYe4gN-tUqZzw-9Mz9RSSGX0adyMxIHFdsqy5-DXtLsIIGq4I-cZNjyIll1F-f881zEPu/s2005/chimney%20sweeper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1289" data-original-width="2005" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQIu-iQgT655vT76uNNSQ78lulfTBJNdlpozUe_WYCgmTwZl2xdfP6-w1LZ5LUpiGzGyuwRiVPJTYQv5mSO2aHJD3bFwrx8wZ-dksjnqEhFdBhvBuPhaIDYe4gN-tUqZzw-9Mz9RSSGX0adyMxIHFdsqy5-DXtLsIIGq4I-cZNjyIll1F-f881zEPu/w640-h412/chimney%20sweeper.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And a nice bonus <b>Chimney Sweeper Moth</b> - <i>Odezia atrata </i></div><p><br /></p>Karen Woolleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18433932165517479993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276339820228650895.post-6743873921314638462022-12-31T18:07:00.000+00:002022-12-31T18:07:31.623+00:00New Year's Resolution<p>I'm back both birding and blogging. Let's see if I mean it this time! Actually, I really did mean it nearly two years ago but something came up, like it does and life got in the way. I don't think I'll get that much time in the field as I'm still suffering from a chronic illness so I have to try and pace myself. </p><p>Anyway enough of that, don't want to sound like a moaning minnie.</p><p>Early on Boxing Day morning I dusted off the old bins and headed over to Colyford Common to see the <b>Isabelline Wheatear</b>, I was a few days late getting the news as I rely on seeing it posted on Twitter, which I haven't been looking at that much these days. I was hopeful it would still be around and I'm happy to say it was. I was just in the nick of time too because Boxing Day was to be be its last day! I'm so glad I went when I did!<br /></p><p><b>Isabelline Wheatear </b>was a lifer for me (not sure what number I'm up to, I need to find my list, I still have it somewhere). I'm pretty sure my last lifer was <b>Great Spotted Cuckoo </b>on Portland in May 2016!</p><p>Here's my photos.... it looked a bit cold! <br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivbw0OuXnH7vBO6hx9AucktbQpcl2zhMLUO-89Xolu-UyP_cqoZHxjIwh7SC55FZCKo-pKsaOiqFAE0nTcDf2OctE48a-xndrYE16AysXO3eo52QrupU0d9MXRoCTyTDrbrY-vuunriyjtx-zKyDQqux-KNhSccfWXwHcOmknNaLcpvwrbGo1SzT-5/s1792/issy%20wheatear%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1792" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivbw0OuXnH7vBO6hx9AucktbQpcl2zhMLUO-89Xolu-UyP_cqoZHxjIwh7SC55FZCKo-pKsaOiqFAE0nTcDf2OctE48a-xndrYE16AysXO3eo52QrupU0d9MXRoCTyTDrbrY-vuunriyjtx-zKyDQqux-KNhSccfWXwHcOmknNaLcpvwrbGo1SzT-5/w640-h458/issy%20wheatear%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixq0bWqqPcJX1aT1uMcrOMuC3UvkVpCDGvrE9AHufT9JPviUHoPPUvIjVX57TMtBqF7X3RIYkF3AcPJdL_heQxP4FNAppAjROk9jUaLNBgPtMwVR04E2PksW0Q0NeXdaUWYoCdAs83s6Z3Qx2UgDl057qPTIZ1Fk0miRxHc-D1az0de0oDTyaCrFKW/s1600/i%20wheatear2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1163" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixq0bWqqPcJX1aT1uMcrOMuC3UvkVpCDGvrE9AHufT9JPviUHoPPUvIjVX57TMtBqF7X3RIYkF3AcPJdL_heQxP4FNAppAjROk9jUaLNBgPtMwVR04E2PksW0Q0NeXdaUWYoCdAs83s6Z3Qx2UgDl057qPTIZ1Fk0miRxHc-D1az0de0oDTyaCrFKW/w466-h640/i%20wheatear2.jpg" width="466" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicE9cDhVERURLI3sRLrEwd7XGX3KJytUIF9XaoBK_RAFeS7DCWuErJSctlsTiH-zGo6gMafDlqnFOBtQcH4_0lWhMgGAqeOig-JN0Ph_QN4uj8pc2EdLCZ6iYgyBBiIDgV6rkIZhDFqgpt99E10DteML6HFWzWQzdPKbkCTsf0ISr5pJhr-DyNs1d4/s1504/isabelline%20wheatear.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1504" data-original-width="1194" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicE9cDhVERURLI3sRLrEwd7XGX3KJytUIF9XaoBK_RAFeS7DCWuErJSctlsTiH-zGo6gMafDlqnFOBtQcH4_0lWhMgGAqeOig-JN0Ph_QN4uj8pc2EdLCZ6iYgyBBiIDgV6rkIZhDFqgpt99E10DteML6HFWzWQzdPKbkCTsf0ISr5pJhr-DyNs1d4/w508-h640/isabelline%20wheatear.jpg" width="508" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-esPWjx5l5yFd-UFQ_brBYhnnAz9XBqfgHnpwwStMIM1TjVnR3DviC8x7-FHKx7s5runM4oomjyeg_8lC33h3e94G1ilXxcQtJ2iwmdfOJvzTtNXbJTWn8tb1HgZCZxtBmwjyTecZKGfmaim9Vw6m90HEiojIvRjZ7i4zspZrchppRVvxIp0N1cAN/s1200/i%20wheatear.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="897" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-esPWjx5l5yFd-UFQ_brBYhnnAz9XBqfgHnpwwStMIM1TjVnR3DviC8x7-FHKx7s5runM4oomjyeg_8lC33h3e94G1ilXxcQtJ2iwmdfOJvzTtNXbJTWn8tb1HgZCZxtBmwjyTecZKGfmaim9Vw6m90HEiojIvRjZ7i4zspZrchppRVvxIp0N1cAN/w478-h640/i%20wheatear.jpg" width="478" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><br /></p>Karen Woolleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18433932165517479993noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276339820228650895.post-62373555841660670762021-03-16T19:48:00.000+00:002021-03-16T19:48:12.834+00:00August 2020: Dune Villa, Long-tailed Blue (I wish!) and Berry Catchfly.<p>Didn't get out much in August but three outings were memorable:</p><p><b>Dune Villa in Exmouth.</b></p><p><b>Dune Villa</b> is a scarce Bee fly which is only found in large coastal dune systems. I knew that there were records from The Maer in Exmouth so drove over there for a look on 8th August, a very sunny but rather windy day. At first I thought it was just too windy and after about half an hour of searching I was about to give up. Then just as I turned to head back to the car I spotted one! All I needed to do now was get close enough to get some photos, easier said than done! Got it the end though.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmz6seqjvoXmmfG4yE9kFRDZTmabOgejjp2XlUxzgbCgXoFS6ryjrPJKu7UBvjP9OZzq6Ial8n3rMIxph-pbNopMc8RK9jik9krr_ajOAU9fr7pCswz-dAA13G29PDNCODv0e6gDdUPPU/s1584/dune+villa+the+maer+exmouth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1079" data-original-width="1584" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmz6seqjvoXmmfG4yE9kFRDZTmabOgejjp2XlUxzgbCgXoFS6ryjrPJKu7UBvjP9OZzq6Ial8n3rMIxph-pbNopMc8RK9jik9krr_ajOAU9fr7pCswz-dAA13G29PDNCODv0e6gDdUPPU/w640-h436/dune+villa+the+maer+exmouth.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">First I took one from a distance just in case I couldn't get closer. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgouEOaW3kU5R109nXVaRalM1YJSxAv0KNBN5LUZwmPON2MgsA8Ia9lfszQRMyTnyskQWfHpsMVkw6J4ClagDEkFvJl2UxlM4cdL1ztTeDA5B9DTrWZDaMxgy-VnDVvPrsr_1Q_TMI9LDM/s1236/dune+villa+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="835" data-original-width="1236" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgouEOaW3kU5R109nXVaRalM1YJSxAv0KNBN5LUZwmPON2MgsA8Ia9lfszQRMyTnyskQWfHpsMVkw6J4ClagDEkFvJl2UxlM4cdL1ztTeDA5B9DTrWZDaMxgy-VnDVvPrsr_1Q_TMI9LDM/w640-h432/dune+villa+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVazrUuX2f-0_HX7gHj7V0ZWrvU3dlKei8Wcj67drzlS-ZnCnSbvD-Ew51k4tY-EryUnv6vsgHBLsFeURkqhfsVV87B2KCDKvKBOWsxgJRBb_Lu-vqwsrcx4-wpIA4UUVt-Wj3fE7CR0I/s1256/dune+villa+exmouth+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="1256" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVazrUuX2f-0_HX7gHj7V0ZWrvU3dlKei8Wcj67drzlS-ZnCnSbvD-Ew51k4tY-EryUnv6vsgHBLsFeURkqhfsVV87B2KCDKvKBOWsxgJRBb_Lu-vqwsrcx4-wpIA4UUVt-Wj3fE7CR0I/w640-h418/dune+villa+exmouth+1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">This is a female and she is collecting sand on the tip her abdomen where she carries an egg. The egg is covered with the sand and then carried away and flicked onto the ground. I don't think a lot is known about what species they parasitize, it's thought to be species of moth.</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZbMxu9n5-nkYSUmwdAhd8tyg8reT63sR4zELDkiB9NUXtyUp4SVKzAJLYsKhQZ_RHR3lhL3GJjmJq5voFpwAxplvqfWLS-Zih8GGVj-TPx2APTOCY_hTov_bu0Vwnj3LJeSuFeVMOeQ0/s1372/dune+villa+exmouth+flight.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="965" data-original-width="1372" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZbMxu9n5-nkYSUmwdAhd8tyg8reT63sR4zELDkiB9NUXtyUp4SVKzAJLYsKhQZ_RHR3lhL3GJjmJq5voFpwAxplvqfWLS-Zih8GGVj-TPx2APTOCY_hTov_bu0Vwnj3LJeSuFeVMOeQ0/w640-h450/dune+villa+exmouth+flight.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl7vgMez9RWBOpXOAWiV21n59aEZBHcsrbtJaAaSwujCm0PpZavS4lcx7LrJd2-rv10VCj2jtwU6kcHAY0jl2HNsYb0hMF_95ISTOOcaTHQYpYYRy5cdGSsEXV4a-TeubSOLU0YfG8W0Q/s1392/dune+villa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1392" data-original-width="1123" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl7vgMez9RWBOpXOAWiV21n59aEZBHcsrbtJaAaSwujCm0PpZavS4lcx7LrJd2-rv10VCj2jtwU6kcHAY0jl2HNsYb0hMF_95ISTOOcaTHQYpYYRy5cdGSsEXV4a-TeubSOLU0YfG8W0Q/w516-h640/dune+villa.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">I watched this one flicking eggs into some low vegetation.</p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKCglYHQ2Km7kVSWodlJnS6q1axQKDp1q3kXD9GhOeCyJTxnNl1OAQup2d2uNcgFDAXoy4bGIvaYbvCSTcIZhOEFnCrhPOqKY0IckR7bGHfppkPrl6KZmrDNoqkrP-kJFMDBjL6yraeqY/s1548/dune+villa+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1157" data-original-width="1548" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKCglYHQ2Km7kVSWodlJnS6q1axQKDp1q3kXD9GhOeCyJTxnNl1OAQup2d2uNcgFDAXoy4bGIvaYbvCSTcIZhOEFnCrhPOqKY0IckR7bGHfppkPrl6KZmrDNoqkrP-kJFMDBjL6yraeqY/w640-h478/dune+villa+3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Dune Villa</b> - <i>Villa modesta</i></p><p><b>Long-tailed Blue Search:</b></p><p><b>Long-tailed Blue</b> has become my bogie butterfly. In 2019 there were several seen at Axmouth and they were there for a couple of weeks, the only problem for me was that I was in Vietnam! The very first time the sun came out after my return I was down at Axmouth, but I was too late. Then last year one was spotted in the same place but I didn't find out until I saw a photo on Twitter. That was on the 16th, but the sighting was from the 12th and it had been seen a few days before that too. The next day I was back at Axmouth and very hopeful. It was warm, sunny and there were a few butterflies about. I saw:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmji5yRzNyEHKFfKZIv0DyIyVWcf5nyQRGsT7bj57dWYpCVo3S9DsrgkcTai-h_4PX02TE7O9q_Yp1H7gZ439mD9PRB2bOcpUo-F7j2e_3adUe3IpdSZ7c-3S0JYUu8Z8p3CU3NPZ21Hk/s1228/holly+blue.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1228" data-original-width="890" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmji5yRzNyEHKFfKZIv0DyIyVWcf5nyQRGsT7bj57dWYpCVo3S9DsrgkcTai-h_4PX02TE7O9q_Yp1H7gZ439mD9PRB2bOcpUo-F7j2e_3adUe3IpdSZ7c-3S0JYUu8Z8p3CU3NPZ21Hk/w464-h640/holly+blue.jpg" width="464" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Holly Blue</b>. </div><div style="text-align: center;">The right colour at least.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgziR2ZuUxDxrWJ0MZDqGnbcNEob6KqRdKMI9hlVc9QRrP5giQOP0j6BDXJHTpeSeIsR-L9v7DSeguYqxzgfEBhPk5TrQ5WDY6VErlISVgHxLWx1QzbQjKEhMLYFRdtvGFOIac4-jpQkXU/s1248/silver+y.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1248" data-original-width="1074" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgziR2ZuUxDxrWJ0MZDqGnbcNEob6KqRdKMI9hlVc9QRrP5giQOP0j6BDXJHTpeSeIsR-L9v7DSeguYqxzgfEBhPk5TrQ5WDY6VErlISVgHxLWx1QzbQjKEhMLYFRdtvGFOIac4-jpQkXU/w550-h640/silver+y.jpg" width="550" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Silver-y Moth</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b> </b><br /></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgN8CopEt9sQkl7_8rTkJLJTNcEoldIL1TUOpJ_nplYHHtKa0ajA1iURCEjuSg_P6Z_X0FGSmnJE49lrUe5knv3CpHPqKevi5NXiYukiVhhenRNxY_1TvBQjeOsBK4rBCxZ6tKwtjRyOg/s1252/wood+white+on+pea.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="843" data-original-width="1252" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgN8CopEt9sQkl7_8rTkJLJTNcEoldIL1TUOpJ_nplYHHtKa0ajA1iURCEjuSg_P6Z_X0FGSmnJE49lrUe5knv3CpHPqKevi5NXiYukiVhhenRNxY_1TvBQjeOsBK4rBCxZ6tKwtjRyOg/w640-h430/wood+white+on+pea.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Wood White. </b><br /></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPnf76wL-89817wiCC7UASfFueU1oMcJRhbiIwk35wlcYDfUJ63WnGPflC5xtndaKZVVwHARCaCPzbCYoSJDB6WZuqh_C6aOmjNx5Syzq8uqjTtC-3fyeqWEncrYDj1d-fiI_W7nuycZQ/s1234/patchwork+leaf+cutter+bee+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1234" data-original-width="984" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPnf76wL-89817wiCC7UASfFueU1oMcJRhbiIwk35wlcYDfUJ63WnGPflC5xtndaKZVVwHARCaCPzbCYoSJDB6WZuqh_C6aOmjNx5Syzq8uqjTtC-3fyeqWEncrYDj1d-fiI_W7nuycZQ/w510-h640/patchwork+leaf+cutter+bee+.jpg" width="510" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">It was worth the trip though because I had my first sighting of another species of <b>Leaf-cutter Bee</b><br /></div></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTUfzsJw4DlNkLNssrcn5Vxdemw151_KLf9jwAPJC4IjieupmCG7f_IyMiazeUa4MI0EXZE-jty0X4IoZF51HCqTdO2U0uY4WjQGwfQ_TDANkzr_4h2ODWvyp9asDAMFqXBC_ZTOixyQA/s1268/plcb+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="843" data-original-width="1268" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTUfzsJw4DlNkLNssrcn5Vxdemw151_KLf9jwAPJC4IjieupmCG7f_IyMiazeUa4MI0EXZE-jty0X4IoZF51HCqTdO2U0uY4WjQGwfQ_TDANkzr_4h2ODWvyp9asDAMFqXBC_ZTOixyQA/w640-h426/plcb+.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Patchwork Leaf-cutter Bee</b> - <i>Megachile centuncularis</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSwlAvTiTiLXvW7eRkhaCp2JsBWKRnX2aMRa3uGmdWlcVoHMM8ZiAX9r7vYtQC3eKRcSr8wQT0AxDm-692s6vkRkpxNQB3yqU6n0YEl9tBgo-X63jmi4IE632-s2dpRmDtKCzjsjx9DQU/s1270/long+tail+blue+egg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="965" data-original-width="1270" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSwlAvTiTiLXvW7eRkhaCp2JsBWKRnX2aMRa3uGmdWlcVoHMM8ZiAX9r7vYtQC3eKRcSr8wQT0AxDm-692s6vkRkpxNQB3yqU6n0YEl9tBgo-X63jmi4IE632-s2dpRmDtKCzjsjx9DQU/w640-h486/long+tail+blue+egg.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is the nearest I got to seeing a <b>Long-tailed Blue</b>. It's an empty egg case and the newly emerged larvae which you may just be able to spot between the two sepals to the left of the egg. The adult female that had been seen had most likely died because she wasn't there. I was too late again!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3cY34Agt8O7rSzmpqA8sdrc3np4hGSNf9u4ZAmBlLD737OCaiPMbe9J0clZM8VLfAjBzGxbMj9zVc3OlbQlq9tb-QyFUqO-qMd0gS4spixvIRUXfOyA4Jvdyt6G_HfJHwWk8BuD80jGU/s1546/peas+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="974" data-original-width="1546" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3cY34Agt8O7rSzmpqA8sdrc3np4hGSNf9u4ZAmBlLD737OCaiPMbe9J0clZM8VLfAjBzGxbMj9zVc3OlbQlq9tb-QyFUqO-qMd0gS4spixvIRUXfOyA4Jvdyt6G_HfJHwWk8BuD80jGU/w640-h404/peas+.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I do still love this patch of <b>Everlasting Pea</b>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Even though it's always minus a <b>Long-tailed blue</b>.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Maybe one day...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Later in the month I drove over to Somerset to look for<b> Berry Catchfly.</b> Not a native plant but one which is naturalized in a few places in the UK. It's main stronghold was in Norfolk but it appears to have died out there. So this population in Somerset may be the last in the UK. It was a new species for me too!</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVSZ8qxkT0Dux3zIHsHwETxWDlAppNrrWMwCVJreAXhIYXPnUT3ImCaUpB28sEXRIwME30_1zq0PvuhDFXvRJffGpz09X9Z-fpCAwgmXEPrlarV6kybJL_CaiP58wJfRQk7iQq8yrnPi0/s1345/berry+catchfly+somerset.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="873" data-original-width="1345" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVSZ8qxkT0Dux3zIHsHwETxWDlAppNrrWMwCVJreAXhIYXPnUT3ImCaUpB28sEXRIwME30_1zq0PvuhDFXvRJffGpz09X9Z-fpCAwgmXEPrlarV6kybJL_CaiP58wJfRQk7iQq8yrnPi0/w640-h416/berry+catchfly+somerset.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFJ78ZqQ84BwDuh_Z4N48D_SiKkyD7aS_qQ8QSC2CScDKLscyMLDmPcV7TXci8kopSfroDF25RU6exvwyHjP0YIGZPXZ1_HG9TY1OpOxq_QA3c25i62QKO3mVbcreL8KUPwLpBTnOxdno/s1130/berry+catchfly+berry.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="871" data-original-width="1130" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFJ78ZqQ84BwDuh_Z4N48D_SiKkyD7aS_qQ8QSC2CScDKLscyMLDmPcV7TXci8kopSfroDF25RU6exvwyHjP0YIGZPXZ1_HG9TY1OpOxq_QA3c25i62QKO3mVbcreL8KUPwLpBTnOxdno/w640-h494/berry+catchfly+berry.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxpRARysOc6sPGfKK78cfp1Qe6EW9mcK9-qHetctk1MRvWg47XxFvF3-mTcps1TnDTeCWh8OHPp9BAgwQKZ6A-ZO175m9Oe-_dAdHX7_E473xchx9p6ylx4fsN-rESgrRl1BToCd9jj8g/s1278/berry+catchfly+flower.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="922" data-original-width="1278" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxpRARysOc6sPGfKK78cfp1Qe6EW9mcK9-qHetctk1MRvWg47XxFvF3-mTcps1TnDTeCWh8OHPp9BAgwQKZ6A-ZO175m9Oe-_dAdHX7_E473xchx9p6ylx4fsN-rESgrRl1BToCd9jj8g/w640-h462/berry+catchfly+flower.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Berry Catchfly</b> - <i>Cucubalus baccifer</i><br /></div></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div><div><p><br /></p></div></div>Karen Woolleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18433932165517479993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276339820228650895.post-20329082925362725552021-03-13T19:26:00.000+00:002021-03-13T19:26:17.211+00:00July 2020: Perennial Centaury at Gwennap Head, Cornwall<p>On 11th July we took a drive down to the far west of Cornwall, to Gwennap Head to look for the rare plant, <b>Perennial Centaury</b>, one I'd never seen before. In the UK it only grows in two sites as a native species, one in Pembrokeshire and this one in Cornwall. It was only discovered at this Cornish site in 2010. Numbers fluctuate from year to year depending on grazing pressure and weather conditions and with the warm dry spring we'd had there was a chance I wouldn't find any.</p><p>We arrived very early as it was going to be a hot day and we expected it to become crowded later. We were rewarded for this early start by bumping into a family group of<b> Coughs</b> on the coast path. My best ever and closest views of these awesome birds. Unfortunately I didn't have my best birding camera but they were so close I got some nice shots non the less.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXcPcxzFcPsZN9At6TvcihIXFBIoLozNQvwJHNxiCdOKW8tesWyPPFRy_3qp95kOCHHMu-VG-PUYCOeSSYpYDhNSY3Wc7GDNMdZ9cz0xvuB71d0DjcMYhUf1vSNoOZ9SxCrShQF2Vp2eo/s1200/a+chough.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="852" data-original-width="1200" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXcPcxzFcPsZN9At6TvcihIXFBIoLozNQvwJHNxiCdOKW8tesWyPPFRy_3qp95kOCHHMu-VG-PUYCOeSSYpYDhNSY3Wc7GDNMdZ9cz0xvuB71d0DjcMYhUf1vSNoOZ9SxCrShQF2Vp2eo/w640-h454/a+chough.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnniEdRByOuNq4rjg8i-HeMjo8ckYieiynit6Cyk_je73H5frKb_Xj2Wk6-v8gYLCcZ0lV9dtntvGVB70Cq8LvyKEgLVYasRBi2Y7EWXTsgo7bQtcxc-LQD6n4tZlPeHeLLkTZbybG0jk/s1308/chough.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="908" data-original-width="1308" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnniEdRByOuNq4rjg8i-HeMjo8ckYieiynit6Cyk_je73H5frKb_Xj2Wk6-v8gYLCcZ0lV9dtntvGVB70Cq8LvyKEgLVYasRBi2Y7EWXTsgo7bQtcxc-LQD6n4tZlPeHeLLkTZbybG0jk/w640-h444/chough.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDqdvFkQXSnsm2Tn5EV_5i-XoKwtSF8o6HVECy9vCZnHQzxwjZhYH5G4w5iNEUCLIEbgeQT-7L3CD2Ota7r0funJZB4Jxri0DYMD9rtn_rl3tW_nN2NgVWOyDMWvv6NwaWtjYDNhbGpjw/s1448/coughs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1109" data-original-width="1448" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDqdvFkQXSnsm2Tn5EV_5i-XoKwtSF8o6HVECy9vCZnHQzxwjZhYH5G4w5iNEUCLIEbgeQT-7L3CD2Ota7r0funJZB4Jxri0DYMD9rtn_rl3tW_nN2NgVWOyDMWvv6NwaWtjYDNhbGpjw/w640-h490/coughs.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>The grass did look very parched and the only wildflower which appeared to be doing well was <b>Wild Carrot</b> (on account of its tap root) there were swathes of it everywhere!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBWFl0tVe-L_uHHLnBRz5fjMP19Czk81nDdnnMmJMYeYdaGo0K1xjKC_QuMCLCEMzDA2-W4WpbsW6RS-Xp_t7edAvOtf8ab4u-GUIjCmOT8-EEWOluBAYbeq-GJ5ZdZfUdhLY_o5Kt82g/s1270/cornwall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1270" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBWFl0tVe-L_uHHLnBRz5fjMP19Czk81nDdnnMmJMYeYdaGo0K1xjKC_QuMCLCEMzDA2-W4WpbsW6RS-Xp_t7edAvOtf8ab4u-GUIjCmOT8-EEWOluBAYbeq-GJ5ZdZfUdhLY_o5Kt82g/w640-h418/cornwall.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">A profusion of <b>Wild Carrot </b><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimbB1_0A7RjRbNVqxdavUTGKXrgEITbSyVhBrdMUh_-1FNbgwGJKBA3bKcjrKY9sDD4uYgHJSI2hYVM6lPJNOKVuRi-UV8TLNjrfd-oe8moZ2P0-ELj_plzftAmcBpob-3iTGVqILPub0/s1304/gwnapp+head.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="786" data-original-width="1304" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimbB1_0A7RjRbNVqxdavUTGKXrgEITbSyVhBrdMUh_-1FNbgwGJKBA3bKcjrKY9sDD4uYgHJSI2hYVM6lPJNOKVuRi-UV8TLNjrfd-oe8moZ2P0-ELj_plzftAmcBpob-3iTGVqILPub0/w640-h386/gwnapp+head.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgacq5KMAFB6z21U2Ut6F7vBFZJpP0hzQvHiOoJrbVRFEzy8TrLd9S1dcOLNwnYS5-nmo-yfQJkOQilNB_L6QWVVzwyCdtCv8LhTpIWUEed3_9978FTihK0KADTiceCTZnJjXXxuMANelk/s1475/parched.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="979" data-original-width="1475" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgacq5KMAFB6z21U2Ut6F7vBFZJpP0hzQvHiOoJrbVRFEzy8TrLd9S1dcOLNwnYS5-nmo-yfQJkOQilNB_L6QWVVzwyCdtCv8LhTpIWUEed3_9978FTihK0KADTiceCTZnJjXXxuMANelk/w640-h424/parched.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The plant I was looking for was somewhere on this parched slope.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXmN4mY1NIOpb91KncQ5MHXcHGFw3Bg0k1MINiWRmxj6o8wvK3va5o2QLjSt8PDkeSCTZuvb-MGwmqt4TP8Sz2pW_TCl5oXA0rVR958J3iRa8RR1FW-oIBLbZrj25lDK-WHHbog3Pm2xs/s1455/centaury+cornwall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1455" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXmN4mY1NIOpb91KncQ5MHXcHGFw3Bg0k1MINiWRmxj6o8wvK3va5o2QLjSt8PDkeSCTZuvb-MGwmqt4TP8Sz2pW_TCl5oXA0rVR958J3iRa8RR1FW-oIBLbZrj25lDK-WHHbog3Pm2xs/w640-h472/centaury+cornwall.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> And here it is! It's the bright pink flower in the foreground. Back in 2010 when the plant was discovered there were hundreds, I only counted two. Hopefully it was just a result of the dry spring.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB8-2KsNcqPCAQzBKPs2V17MyS9fYx7YWFQtbyru0u1K2jvVB5ULfySn7CSP0Uxx1-azJ6wf6fjhZe_boxAEmB1sDkxiP5IXNGpI_KN3_HPgj2xB0U1YGMtZH0Pq2xEQRVqiCo6goy2Fk/s1315/perennial+centaury+cornwall2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1315" data-original-width="956" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB8-2KsNcqPCAQzBKPs2V17MyS9fYx7YWFQtbyru0u1K2jvVB5ULfySn7CSP0Uxx1-azJ6wf6fjhZe_boxAEmB1sDkxiP5IXNGpI_KN3_HPgj2xB0U1YGMtZH0Pq2xEQRVqiCo6goy2Fk/w466-h640/perennial+centaury+cornwall2.jpg" width="466" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFpcBVcRgUf6e0baR-x-jnSSX3K9kpp3PJTAQdeMQ5yQOGcWRttn5pr64-yLhiJPY0XnVLJ_7UmFr48Qz9laLdc7_OIWZQP-OYdawHMWlCW0fcW3HA8A6cEVBCvvHtr8bMFk4lalKGJbY/s1315/perennial+centaury+cornwall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="968" data-original-width="1315" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFpcBVcRgUf6e0baR-x-jnSSX3K9kpp3PJTAQdeMQ5yQOGcWRttn5pr64-yLhiJPY0XnVLJ_7UmFr48Qz9laLdc7_OIWZQP-OYdawHMWlCW0fcW3HA8A6cEVBCvvHtr8bMFk4lalKGJbY/w640-h472/perennial+centaury+cornwall.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Perennial Centaury</b> - <i>Centaurium scilloides</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> </i></div><div style="text-align: left;">On the way home we dropped in at Penzance where I looked for <b>Green Field Speedwell</b>, totally in vain as usual. It is the commonest plant that I have never knowingly seen, however it is scarce and declining in the west of Britain. I did see my first 'wild' <b>Maidenhair Fern</b> though.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmUrCV2Gpq-5Lbkvdbm6NOMYsUGG_j-q-u-j2UEEMaJ41o8FakN8nu_UYuEGsZA30sHNU7x9VEcSCzq2yRXm7Suz4LwTmBY5XvWD7P5-M0GzfusbanKE2wjkvZJqOTHSOXfnFx0RA1i5s/s1305/maidenhair+fern+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="925" data-original-width="1305" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmUrCV2Gpq-5Lbkvdbm6NOMYsUGG_j-q-u-j2UEEMaJ41o8FakN8nu_UYuEGsZA30sHNU7x9VEcSCzq2yRXm7Suz4LwTmBY5XvWD7P5-M0GzfusbanKE2wjkvZJqOTHSOXfnFx0RA1i5s/w640-h454/maidenhair+fern+.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Maidenhair Fern</b> - <i>Adiantum capillus-veneris <br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> </i></div><div style="text-align: left;">Another new plant was<b> Perennial Flax </b>which I spotted at the side of a country lane locally. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSEiUNFR3CWsS1f9l8D3-ji5GBCBejYfjdK33QIme39Hcu6uX__nXtkZ2hdXJZwxRHOqAzEjf73Gl7kvk9OFsFl4R9y7wVtnOlGk_v8zEfPDhlJgp5Dw1dijznaqFPf2137SKJf0f092o/s1245/flax.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1245" data-original-width="1022" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSEiUNFR3CWsS1f9l8D3-ji5GBCBejYfjdK33QIme39Hcu6uX__nXtkZ2hdXJZwxRHOqAzEjf73Gl7kvk9OFsFl4R9y7wVtnOlGk_v8zEfPDhlJgp5Dw1dijznaqFPf2137SKJf0f092o/w526-h640/flax.jpg" width="526" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFk-zx9RpFgal0z-n8zZB86vkJyR8UcItAkOAZPe9XG083VT1g9_yiFYG0lbBpDYZcsCJ7qznjoR_6KEQVmFDuHj3GtR7ss7YU99PhNQrUWP532akaAbDdB3VBdsOqKp4hd9wzuixzbQM/s1245/perennial+flax.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1245" data-original-width="902" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFk-zx9RpFgal0z-n8zZB86vkJyR8UcItAkOAZPe9XG083VT1g9_yiFYG0lbBpDYZcsCJ7qznjoR_6KEQVmFDuHj3GtR7ss7YU99PhNQrUWP532akaAbDdB3VBdsOqKp4hd9wzuixzbQM/w464-h640/perennial+flax.jpg" width="464" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Perennial Flax</b> - <i>Linum perenne</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Karen Woolleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18433932165517479993noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276339820228650895.post-1703561131264692702021-03-12T16:56:00.001+00:002021-03-12T16:56:32.670+00:00June 2020: Botany and Bees<p>I ventured out a bit more in June and saw two new plants and several new species of bee. Firstly in early June I visited one of my favourite reserves Fivehead Arable Fields. I saw some wonderful rare arable plants but nothing new. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj-zMV4hBdWPKT1-4bhGK1EcMMVJmN0zSBbqpJFcXm17BmSKNcYni1vrKZ31bbRKwuOhq-GixZ4IBzK3V8awQ7n6Q7b8SDtT4LC3M8LLbqF3eCJZjwAAyiTj00CS42CxhujGolO5wNomA/s1192/corn+buttercup5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1192" data-original-width="950" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj-zMV4hBdWPKT1-4bhGK1EcMMVJmN0zSBbqpJFcXm17BmSKNcYni1vrKZ31bbRKwuOhq-GixZ4IBzK3V8awQ7n6Q7b8SDtT4LC3M8LLbqF3eCJZjwAAyiTj00CS42CxhujGolO5wNomA/w510-h640/corn+buttercup5.jpg" width="510" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Corn Buttercup</b> - <i>Ranunculus arvensis</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxZfqDpiVsQz73cqOHaT_xzp84aGu9WBC4JUR8hxDIX1dFcicFX76Zm3heY8KFRqTUEtZEoT1Gr7K0jEtCNMX37oKN3xCjUVf4aioyiw-Dkdfk5XNh545nt9J1BHhelZIq_nyZm37wXmQ/s1239/dwarf+spurge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1239" data-original-width="915" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxZfqDpiVsQz73cqOHaT_xzp84aGu9WBC4JUR8hxDIX1dFcicFX76Zm3heY8KFRqTUEtZEoT1Gr7K0jEtCNMX37oKN3xCjUVf4aioyiw-Dkdfk5XNh545nt9J1BHhelZIq_nyZm37wXmQ/w472-h640/dwarf+spurge.jpg" width="472" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Dwarf Spurge </b>- <i><span class="js-about-item-abstr">Euphorbia exigua</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="js-about-item-abstr"> </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYRo-J8RvdelU3ZJ20FbIsfcQRk5HBDI25KNvLp3lP1PWGdHybIz66oUus5FxWzQ4qyQG2MA3rZMznCvwMT5gruP6faPxK2wFYijQuH0wqvUKYwvDu3PZOSdy0hGnnO1XgmXz031nVi0E/s1322/shepherds+needle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1322" data-original-width="990" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYRo-J8RvdelU3ZJ20FbIsfcQRk5HBDI25KNvLp3lP1PWGdHybIz66oUus5FxWzQ4qyQG2MA3rZMznCvwMT5gruP6faPxK2wFYijQuH0wqvUKYwvDu3PZOSdy0hGnnO1XgmXz031nVi0E/w480-h640/shepherds+needle.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Sheherd's Needle</b> - <i><span class="js-about-item-abstr">Scandix pecten-veneris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="js-about-item-abstr"> </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvDEkQYPr9T0HjZ5T5AbQXc8qHYUBvGBjJghyphenhyphenzJkHSs7jP8Xba_pBvbh-YS-qEzux1QDtUttfWzN8PSrpVkbKXCY-NH7yxr2NkK2ZooDgvITVNY4IhLHvHQ4N9sMrfj3UlVCw8Q7Sndvg/s1110/slender+tare.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1110" data-original-width="818" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvDEkQYPr9T0HjZ5T5AbQXc8qHYUBvGBjJghyphenhyphenzJkHSs7jP8Xba_pBvbh-YS-qEzux1QDtUttfWzN8PSrpVkbKXCY-NH7yxr2NkK2ZooDgvITVNY4IhLHvHQ4N9sMrfj3UlVCw8Q7Sndvg/w472-h640/slender+tare.jpg" width="472" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Slender Tare</b> - <i>Vicia parviflora</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmPJNVFrUiJgcXzmhwer-g_sIEeDlAclOsFZTKtURCiItFhigevdB-eoEi2hTFi-2k9XkNeJrnWoKj_w1BsuRslqIVe4h7LGXrTZk7VxQn-9VMhrBot6ybOfYesWQ7GMTmgpeWqvW6Pl0/s1150/stinking+chamomile+and+black+grass.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="774" data-original-width="1150" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmPJNVFrUiJgcXzmhwer-g_sIEeDlAclOsFZTKtURCiItFhigevdB-eoEi2hTFi-2k9XkNeJrnWoKj_w1BsuRslqIVe4h7LGXrTZk7VxQn-9VMhrBot6ybOfYesWQ7GMTmgpeWqvW6Pl0/w640-h430/stinking+chamomile+and+black+grass.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Stinking Chamomile</b> - <i><span class="js-about-item-abstr">Anthemis cotula</span></i></div><p><br /></p><p>Nearer to home I found some superb arable strips around a couple of fields near Weston. These were originally sown I believe and contained some nice arable plants including...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ4CXdbK_t4OOXhLRgJi0tpzcj4aeExxA3hkySUkYbszj2blK1Xw8l40Q5TqZxuT9yEWDnlAk17cL6I2z4CwYUYwd-xqpeSXTrpsCdyFCze5e2m7o5u1LV54VdgOtj21DsLhwZIORNffQ/s1376/corn+spurrey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1376" data-original-width="1097" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ4CXdbK_t4OOXhLRgJi0tpzcj4aeExxA3hkySUkYbszj2blK1Xw8l40Q5TqZxuT9yEWDnlAk17cL6I2z4CwYUYwd-xqpeSXTrpsCdyFCze5e2m7o5u1LV54VdgOtj21DsLhwZIORNffQ/w510-h640/corn+spurrey.jpg" width="510" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Corn Spurrey</b> - <i>Spergula arvensis</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWZp9msQDXYFJNbvaBaHsSjCixtoIsmoPwLI5vJHReqk0zsZPeV4G79VeRxMch9ToScyEPK9vpzoy20-26vFo3McwDulP_9F1-YjhrTLxx5ipL4EVxMyaaWOOiVm-3B-_OKEFfmaXBKzk/s1360/corncockle+storm+clouds.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="858" data-original-width="1360" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWZp9msQDXYFJNbvaBaHsSjCixtoIsmoPwLI5vJHReqk0zsZPeV4G79VeRxMch9ToScyEPK9vpzoy20-26vFo3McwDulP_9F1-YjhrTLxx5ipL4EVxMyaaWOOiVm-3B-_OKEFfmaXBKzk/w640-h404/corncockle+storm+clouds.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><b>Corn-cockle </b>with some dramatic storm clouds in the distance. All the<b> Corn-cockle</b> plants I've ever seen have been sown ones like these. The plant has been almost totally eradicated from the wild in the UK. One I'm probably never going to see growing wild.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0rLw-Zvku30TwLT6Bn_34yIjLXy-em5_CN4DBr1dZHeUDpHrQ-103V6TNZvU2rDjw4RMp6SnvK6NIaae7FxUN0CxNcCs215u0DaUol3OhJnlxi5LY53ItJUphIQBuLV6TQ4Be6m4Iwj4/s1212/corncockle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="865" data-original-width="1212" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0rLw-Zvku30TwLT6Bn_34yIjLXy-em5_CN4DBr1dZHeUDpHrQ-103V6TNZvU2rDjw4RMp6SnvK6NIaae7FxUN0CxNcCs215u0DaUol3OhJnlxi5LY53ItJUphIQBuLV6TQ4Be6m4Iwj4/w640-h456/corncockle.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Corn-cockle</b> - <span class="js-about-item-abstr">Agrostemma githago</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="js-about-item-abstr"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="js-about-item-abstr">My first new plant of the year involved a trip to Dorset to see. It was growing on a bank/verge of a small country lane near Batcombe. I had seen it in profusion up in the highlands of Scotland but it wasn't in flower so that doesn't really count. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk9xzkVVxAqXAfDOOdv8MVxIySH9dL8DeuX4mo5SCPSMlez3Ic-siSjUSiaLA09FAcBVcXvOjLIyfNio-VLSjJ0_83WojN6R8WJf6mCD2Fn4DcTjFdRzlE0WdBn6lG5wA7WZkTTYZQ4B4/s1425/wood+vetch+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1077" data-original-width="1425" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk9xzkVVxAqXAfDOOdv8MVxIySH9dL8DeuX4mo5SCPSMlez3Ic-siSjUSiaLA09FAcBVcXvOjLIyfNio-VLSjJ0_83WojN6R8WJf6mCD2Fn4DcTjFdRzlE0WdBn6lG5wA7WZkTTYZQ4B4/w640-h484/wood+vetch+3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">The plant is <b>Wood Vetch</b> and in my opinion it's the most beautiful of the pea family and definitely worth the drive to see. I've looked for this at a couple of sites in Devon in the past with no luck, so when I got the gen on this site I just had to go!</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCnGWNdtZ_3Kzqd_SR2lIFFL8qcjFSXEgITzoKc63eGjoUawOOYnM2U62rocmny4IAHjEsrUMIyK1kCpa_qqXBoN8NM_mfDjFdOQs0caiWq5-LJfPzN67X4Hw3U9Ykje4oRLInrtGncJI/s1108/wood+vetch+Dorset+7+june+2020+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="781" data-original-width="1108" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCnGWNdtZ_3Kzqd_SR2lIFFL8qcjFSXEgITzoKc63eGjoUawOOYnM2U62rocmny4IAHjEsrUMIyK1kCpa_qqXBoN8NM_mfDjFdOQs0caiWq5-LJfPzN67X4Hw3U9Ykje4oRLInrtGncJI/w640-h452/wood+vetch+Dorset+7+june+2020+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Wood Vetch</b> - <i>Vicia sylvatica</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>My next new plant was also a vetch and also on a road verge this time in Devon, near Staverton. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"> </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHMbfSGt4Nz5haAokFHDJeZ-5NXRixl1s5FMAw_X9KGj1l3zZpT3URfA7mfV5wMSWdJVsslvGpmd4Y_-B480UFrryXR2dwx6NGqkA8A2OQ4y3Oz_RP9vChkU47vXghn7oM06Ce-BnAhJY/s1285/fodder+vetch+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="937" data-original-width="1285" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHMbfSGt4Nz5haAokFHDJeZ-5NXRixl1s5FMAw_X9KGj1l3zZpT3URfA7mfV5wMSWdJVsslvGpmd4Y_-B480UFrryXR2dwx6NGqkA8A2OQ4y3Oz_RP9vChkU47vXghn7oM06Ce-BnAhJY/w640-h466/fodder+vetch+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> This is<b> Fodder Vetch</b>. It looks very much like <b>Tufted Vetch</b> but is a much deeper shade of purple. It has other more subtle differences so needs to be looked at very closely. Unlike <b>Tufted Vetch</b>, <b>Fodder Vetch</b> isn't a native and is rare in Devon but much more common in the South East and London area I believe.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz_DL3fYgKg6SwBkgkkVMxKRKabXfPypCIV-OhTCnLWbXwsGSjCUufYFsKuA5qC3CcBJjB-rOCubSHceZeKWu5M_ra515Ck1pU79QmOcbVElsuUFL0Hl5-dA2T6w23RlADDWLTyv-0LPI/s1275/fodder+vetch+devon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1275" data-original-width="951" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz_DL3fYgKg6SwBkgkkVMxKRKabXfPypCIV-OhTCnLWbXwsGSjCUufYFsKuA5qC3CcBJjB-rOCubSHceZeKWu5M_ra515Ck1pU79QmOcbVElsuUFL0Hl5-dA2T6w23RlADDWLTyv-0LPI/w478-h640/fodder+vetch+devon.jpg" width="478" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi695eelhl4EFyPZVNQcUyA1vHbRRubJshCWjpbdkDE5aVzlIZm-mPitYqx9CXbEq6fmEBD3VY_-PtrIpZfi5dkgfa9fPqZe34ILl9o983iV73ZvWVM_5dXfcvof3mb5fMLVRpnq8nqxZs/s1295/fodder.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1295" data-original-width="947" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi695eelhl4EFyPZVNQcUyA1vHbRRubJshCWjpbdkDE5aVzlIZm-mPitYqx9CXbEq6fmEBD3VY_-PtrIpZfi5dkgfa9fPqZe34ILl9o983iV73ZvWVM_5dXfcvof3mb5fMLVRpnq8nqxZs/w468-h640/fodder.jpg" width="468" /></a></div><b>Fodder Vetch</b> - <i><span class="js-about-item-abstr">Vicia villosa</span></i><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCnGWNdtZ_3Kzqd_SR2lIFFL8qcjFSXEgITzoKc63eGjoUawOOYnM2U62rocmny4IAHjEsrUMIyK1kCpa_qqXBoN8NM_mfDjFdOQs0caiWq5-LJfPzN67X4Hw3U9Ykje4oRLInrtGncJI/s1108/wood+vetch+Dorset+7+june+2020+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div>On Monday the 15th of June I had an absolutely amazing afternoon on Beer Head. I went in search of the rare plant <b>White Horehound </b>which I have seen once before in Purbeck. That was before I knew that it also grows, almost right on my doorstep, on Beer Head. I found the plant with relative ease because at the time the grassland there was being absolutely grazed into oblivion by hundreds of sheep! It's such a shame because the chalk grassland flora here would be amazing given half a chance. Fortunately for <b>White Horehound</b> it is totally unpalatable, even to sheep! Therefore the only flowering plants to be seen were thistles and the <b>White Horehound</b>. Because these were the only flowers in the area, they were also covered with insects and I found three new species of bee too! 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This is the <b>Coast Leaf-cutter Bee</b> a new species for me. </span><i><span class="js-about-item-abstr"></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="js-about-item-abstr"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijkOEutXyHBbx0lnswep9DiPsR2h7qfFR1BXpQ1g9XDEzWt52IftC7y7nP5o3ESPmwLGEkOP68fG0fMK5y-8ap2ASw5QYhIDvg2k6aZ14lj9PEcs8bLsNMLA1ufD92pf4qIA1eDulL4Cc/s1330/coast+leafcutter+bee.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1330" data-original-width="1100" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijkOEutXyHBbx0lnswep9DiPsR2h7qfFR1BXpQ1g9XDEzWt52IftC7y7nP5o3ESPmwLGEkOP68fG0fMK5y-8ap2ASw5QYhIDvg2k6aZ14lj9PEcs8bLsNMLA1ufD92pf4qIA1eDulL4Cc/w530-h640/coast+leafcutter+bee.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLvk3qaQNVTot2rkhe3a4TInOqMeX4RZRQdRRKhhYcf47zb03n3WcdrMVrDLGvJ5QWE1C_6u6XoEF4zcrIipgGZtH8TPrDUP91DqOkrhEVC4ZPYCXzdLNFr8JXzCu6cMZ3_75U7fMI_-A/s1245/coast+leafcutter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1245" data-original-width="992" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLvk3qaQNVTot2rkhe3a4TInOqMeX4RZRQdRRKhhYcf47zb03n3WcdrMVrDLGvJ5QWE1C_6u6XoEF4zcrIipgGZtH8TPrDUP91DqOkrhEVC4ZPYCXzdLNFr8JXzCu6cMZ3_75U7fMI_-A/w510-h640/coast+leafcutter.jpg" width="510" /></a></div></span></i><b><span class="js-about-item-abstr">Coast Leaf-cutter Bee</span></b><i><span class="js-about-item-abstr"> - </span></i><i><span class="js-about-item-abstr"><span class="js-about-item-abstr">Megachile maritima</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="js-about-item-abstr"><span class="js-about-item-abstr"> </span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="js-about-item-abstr"><span class="js-about-item-abstr"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis2FmXzHLrBYmqjvabtwB53UvJ12xqBiNqFeUwQmqO0RB-rTUDPOPPNgzkzON3HZla3ZodMcK_9aGaA1lICDKVACqkl5g9cefRgbsBK2NBpewfk-TXjdf0UkKX2gqO4MSVXfptP-v8unc/s1335/spined+mason.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1335" data-original-width="1050" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis2FmXzHLrBYmqjvabtwB53UvJ12xqBiNqFeUwQmqO0RB-rTUDPOPPNgzkzON3HZla3ZodMcK_9aGaA1lICDKVACqkl5g9cefRgbsBK2NBpewfk-TXjdf0UkKX2gqO4MSVXfptP-v8unc/w504-h640/spined+mason.jpg" width="504" /></a></div></span></span></i><span class="js-about-item-abstr"><span class="js-about-item-abstr"><b>Spined Mason Bee</b></span></span><i><span class="js-about-item-abstr"><span class="js-about-item-abstr"> - Osmia spinulosa</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="js-about-item-abstr"><span class="js-about-item-abstr"> New species number two.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="js-about-item-abstr"><span class="js-about-item-abstr"> </span></span><i><span class="js-about-item-abstr"><span class="js-about-item-abstr"></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="js-about-item-abstr"><span class="js-about-item-abstr"></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="js-about-item-abstr"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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It also has bright green eyes!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="js-about-item-abstr"><span class="js-about-item-abstr"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="js-about-item-abstr"><span class="js-about-item-abstr"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="js-about-item-abstr"><span class="js-about-item-abstr"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="js-about-item-abstr"><span class="js-about-item-abstr"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="js-about-item-abstr"><span class="js-about-item-abstr"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="js-about-item-abstr"><span class="js-about-item-abstr"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwztPUq_sP6PNUX8gv9nfPjHMyCq6eRs3MQydFQZyfSdFpNjTvhwfE8P8yih1W7DniBiKFqNZ3DZ53kfDtmjhyphenhyphennH8RyR85SJUNyvyY2Zk8BE4nACzaIsDi7Z_lRkyBa3XP0ebpwe34oZE/s1240/green+eyed+flower+bee+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="892" data-original-width="1240" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwztPUq_sP6PNUX8gv9nfPjHMyCq6eRs3MQydFQZyfSdFpNjTvhwfE8P8yih1W7DniBiKFqNZ3DZ53kfDtmjhyphenhyphennH8RyR85SJUNyvyY2Zk8BE4nACzaIsDi7Z_lRkyBa3XP0ebpwe34oZE/w640-h460/green+eyed+flower+bee+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXxvK3SZ_sgh0Ghnagj-NOEfzHpBDTUetDfWpt3960vw2MfmbIV2V8IFNWVQuk2sd2k835psefqzyFiYLCTT4Febjk3IScyXyMHwZn4MXV5w1By3JneIqHZ5m5agjuh4TJeceKY4_r998/s1325/green+eyed+flower+bee.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="927" data-original-width="1325" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXxvK3SZ_sgh0Ghnagj-NOEfzHpBDTUetDfWpt3960vw2MfmbIV2V8IFNWVQuk2sd2k835psefqzyFiYLCTT4Febjk3IScyXyMHwZn4MXV5w1By3JneIqHZ5m5agjuh4TJeceKY4_r998/w640-h448/green+eyed+flower+bee.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><b>Green-eyed Flower Bee </b><i>-</i></span></span><i><span class="js-about-item-abstr"> Anthophora bimaculata </span></i></div><div> <br /><br /><br /></div>Karen Woolleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18433932165517479993noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276339820228650895.post-53840247778747923772021-03-11T16:19:00.000+00:002021-03-11T16:19:20.828+00:00I'm Back! .... Again<div><div><p>Well, what can I say? On Sunday it will be a year since my last blog post. I remember that I promised I'd catch up, but that was before all the.... well you know, kicked off. Also back then my illness appeared to be on the mend but during last summer I again got worse and had to give up work altogether. I'm still none the wiser what is wrong but due to a process of elimination the verdict appears to be ME/CFS and some unknown autoimmune disease. It appears that I was in some kind of remission for a few months. I can get out every now and then to do the things I enjoy, but I really have to pace myself. </p><p>Anyway I'm going to do a few posts to cover what I was up to last year. Not a lot by my standards but then again it's been the same for everyone. </p><p><b>March:</b> </p><p>I made my annual pilgrimage to Lower Dunscombe cliff to look for <b>Early Forget-me-not. </b><span class="field--item">It's just such a great photogenic location for them!</span></p><p><span class="field--item"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizNujjriVgsoKqGMFaBPFvjDQZAUC-IeUATBLvEt0wO76HMEQ6aNpN6d7L0wMbqFoyRRVxGbzRJ8B1tFaHFJX9UtsVAacdU-4Ho1BFuxPbORGcZVW0mHFvmgsfpFV98DEK7uz9yn2s73Q/s1541/early+forget+me+not++close.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1541" data-original-width="1164" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizNujjriVgsoKqGMFaBPFvjDQZAUC-IeUATBLvEt0wO76HMEQ6aNpN6d7L0wMbqFoyRRVxGbzRJ8B1tFaHFJX9UtsVAacdU-4Ho1BFuxPbORGcZVW0mHFvmgsfpFV98DEK7uz9yn2s73Q/w484-h640/early+forget+me+not++close.jpg" width="484" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivCo_4bYZRErd7vqQe2WaZIoAdTJCfGOsvmRyXLCuid77PdLWAJ8Y2BaixvTnXAz31eWl5YGMICdpep2qbqlrf41A_jmATyYmJnXNcU2bFVhF9K7KNS_eF7R5YkChUe_IgclxtMUpP5x8/s1304/early+forget+me+not.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="836" data-original-width="1304" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivCo_4bYZRErd7vqQe2WaZIoAdTJCfGOsvmRyXLCuid77PdLWAJ8Y2BaixvTnXAz31eWl5YGMICdpep2qbqlrf41A_jmATyYmJnXNcU2bFVhF9K7KNS_eF7R5YkChUe_IgclxtMUpP5x8/w640-h410/early+forget+me+not.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><span class="field--item"><b><span class="field--item">April:</span></b></span></p><p><span class="field--item"><span class="field--item">Some lovely weather in April but with having to stay local, walked down to Salcombe Beach a few times, although close to home I'd never really been there much. It proved a great place for early butterflies just like the other places along the coast that I usually visit.</span></span><span class="field--item"><span class="field--item"> I saw a very early </span></span><b><span class="field--item"><span class="field--item">Wood Whit</span></span><span class="field--item"><span class="field--item">e</span></span></b><span class="field--item"><span class="field--item"></span></span><span class="field--item"><span class="field--item"> on April 20th.</span></span><span class="field--item"><span class="field--item"> </span></span><span class="field--item"><span class="field--item"><span class="field--item"><span class="field--item">Then later in April one of my favourites, the cheeky little <b>Green Hairstreak. </b>A few of these were holding territories on the base of the cliffs along the beach and also a few<b> Dingy Skippers.</b> </span></span></span></span></p><p><span class="field--item"><span class="field--item"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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It isn't easy in the hot weather as they never keep still. The chimneys they construct from mud at the entrance to their nesting burrow are really amazing.</p><p><b> </b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQFY3KOu1RpDErZOAyJR3sAhyphenhyphenLRNzJNdj5C9FPwZ1iJqSlzyZ4fR5afRLc1CExnBc8smf3UlcOwMK-XQFt37fMFZrWqFkNesJB6fCDXM2MKLThCughM-pe_P_WX3YNZE-arj2qnAPX3Sg/s1356/spiny+mason+wasp+axmouth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="840" data-original-width="1356" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQFY3KOu1RpDErZOAyJR3sAhyphenhyphenLRNzJNdj5C9FPwZ1iJqSlzyZ4fR5afRLc1CExnBc8smf3UlcOwMK-XQFt37fMFZrWqFkNesJB6fCDXM2MKLThCughM-pe_P_WX3YNZE-arj2qnAPX3Sg/w640-h396/spiny+mason+wasp+axmouth.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><br /><p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4mSAc6ZeNRN6qWN2wdPo4iOQeP8nPvDDMcxWcW3lUvy0SKp325T_5DARuRpRu0a3rrtsB7-nSJTu7q08JLMyW8Uloh7r49yY7hUNwoXeSZKzJRSCcqjAlnu0XqL3O7XAQA1aeTAzxF44/s1268/spiny+mason+wasp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Stay tuned for highlights of the rest of 2020. <b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b> </b><br /></div><div><div><b> </b><br /></div></div>Karen Woolleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18433932165517479993noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276339820228650895.post-18082446094101438442020-03-14T21:10:00.000+00:002020-03-14T21:10:01.432+00:00Beetles, Flies and BugsMore from last year, mainly just photos as I'm having to rush to get them all on here. Would be a shame not to though as it's a bit of a waste to take them and then leave them forgotten on the hard drive. Well that's my excuse!<br />
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<b>Two-banded Longhorn Beetle</b> - <span class="st"><i>Rhagium bifasciatum</i><wbr></wbr><wbr></wbr></span></div>
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<b>A Tortoise Beetle</b> - <i>Casida ribiginosa </i></div>
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<b> </b>A<b> Willow Leaf Beetle</b> -<i> Lochmaea caprea</i></div>
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<b> Malachite beetle</b> - <i>Malachius bipustulatus</i></div>
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First one of these I've ever seen.</div>
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Not that common in the southwest apparently, this one was at Ramshorn Down, Devon. Also there were..</div>
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... a very splendid<b> Wasp Beetle</b> - <i><span class="st">Clytus arietis</span></i></div>
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and a <b>Soldier Beetle</b> - <i>Malthodes marginatus</i></div>
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<b>Four-spotted Leaf Beetle </b>- Clytra quadripunctata</div>
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Another first for me this time at Bystock Ponds, East Devon.</div>
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<b>Red Poplar Leaf Beetle </b><i>- <span class="st">Chrysomela populi</span></i></div>
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<span class="st">Always great to see this stunning beetle. This one was on Hawkerland Common. East Devon. </span><i><span class="st"></span></i></div>
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<b>Garden Chafer </b>- <i><span class="st">Phyllopertha horticola</span></i></div>
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<b><span class="st">Welsh Chafer</span></b><i><span class="st"> - </span></i><i><span class="st"><span class="st">Hoplia philanthus</span></span></i></div>
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A<b><span class="st"><span class="st"> Darkling Beetle</span></span></b><i><span class="st"><span class="st"> - </span></span><span class="st"><span class="st">Opatrum sabulosum</span></span></i></div>
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<span class="st"><span class="st">An uncommon beetle that was new to me. </span></span></div>
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<span class="st"><span class="st">A </span></span><b><span class="st"><span class="st">Carpet Beetle</span></span></b><i><span class="st"><span class="st"> - Dermestes undulatus </span></span></i></div>
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<span class="st"><span class="st">This is I believe a very rare beetle in Devon. We found this one on a rock on Branscombe Beach.</span></span><i><span class="st"><span class="st"></span></span></i></div>
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A tiny less than 4mm
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<b>Black and White Marbled Weevil</b> <i>-
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An even smaller weevil less than 3mm, found on
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<span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st">Like most people I've seen a lot of <b>Ladybirds</b>, but I don't often look closely enough to identify which species they are. I found a few last year but didn't get very good photos of any of them. I did manage to identify them though. I'm going to make a better effort to get some good shots of some this year. Perhaps see how many species I can find too. </span></span></span></div>
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<span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><b>18 Spot Ladybird</b><i> - </i></span></span></span><i><span class="st">Myrrha octodecimguttata</span></i></div>
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<b><span class="st">Cream Spot Ladybird</span></b><i><span class="st"> - </span></i><i><span class="st"><span class="st">Calvia quatuordecimguttata, </span></span></i><span class="st"><span class="st">on left.</span></span></div>
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<span class="st"><span class="st"><b>Orange Ladybird</b> </span></span><i><span class="st"><span class="st">- </span></span></i><i><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st">Halyzia sedecimguttata </span></span></span></i><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st">on right.</span></span></span></div>
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<b><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st">Kidney Spot Ladybird </span></span></span></b><i><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st">- </span></span></span></i><i><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="ILfuVd">Chilocorus renipustulatus, </span></span></span></span></i><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="ILfuVd">on left.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<b><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="ILfuVd">24 Spot Ladybird </span></span></span></span></b><i><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="ILfuVd">- </span></span></span></span></i><i><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="st">Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata, </span></span></span></span></span></i><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="st">on right.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<b><span class="st">Pale-shouldered Brachyopa</span> <span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><i>- </i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><i>Brachyopa scutellaris</i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><b><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></div>
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<span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st">A <b>Bumblebee</b> mimic, often found on <b>Hogweed</b> flowers as seen here, above.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><b><span class="st">White-footed Hoverfly</span> </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><i><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><b>-</b>Platycheirus albimanus</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></div>
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<b><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st">Furry Dronefly</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b><i><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"> - Eristalis intricarius </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></div>
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<b><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st">Large Spotty-eyed Dronefly</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b><i><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st">- Eristalinus aeneus</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></div>
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<b> Hairy Shieldbug </b>-<i><span class="st"> </span><span class="st">Dolycoris baccarum</span></i> </div>
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<b><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st">Ant Damsel Bug </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b><i><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st">- </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="st">Himacerus mirmicoides</span></i></div>
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<b><span class="st">Boat Bug </span></b><i><span class="st">- </span></i><i><span class="st"><span class="st">Enoplops scapha</span></span></i></div>
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<b><span class="st"><span class="st">Dalman's Leatherbug </span></span></b><i><span class="st"><span class="st">-</span></span></i><i><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"> Spathocera dalmanii </span></span></span></i></div>
Karen Woolleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18433932165517479993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276339820228650895.post-48242264049561420912020-03-13T20:23:00.003+00:002022-05-13T14:11:33.471+01:00Bees, Wasps and AntsA selection of bees, wasps and ants from last year. Well the ones I've tentatively identified that is! Totally new to trying to identify bees so I could easily have them all wrong!<br />
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<b>Bees</b></div>
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<b>Big-headed Mining Bee </b>- <i>Andrena bucephala</i></div>
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Male resting on <b>Butterbur</b> leaves alongside River Sid, Sidford. </div>
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<b>Black Mining Bee </b>- <i>Andrena pilipes</i></div>
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Struggled to get a stationary one for a photo so had to resort to potting one. </div>
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This is a female, found on the cliffs at Branscombe beach.</div>
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<b>Blood Bee</b> - <i>Sphecodes sp.</i> </div>
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No chance of identifying to species level, one of 17 species in British Isles which all look the same! This one was at Bystock Ponds reserve, Devon.</div>
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<b>Hairy-footed Flower Bee</b> - <i>Anthophora plumipes</i></div>
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Male on patch of<b> Bulbous Comfrey</b> by the River Sid, Sidford. Devon. </div>
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<b>Gold-fringed Mason Bee</b> - <i>Osmia aurulenta</i></div>
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This female was found on the beach at Soar Mill Cove, Devon. </div>
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I think this is a male of the same species? This one seen on the cliffs at Eype Mouth, Dorset. </div>
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<b>Clover Melitta</b> - Melitta leporina</div>
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I think this is a male, seen at Dungy Head, Dorset. </div>
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(Although I may have this totally wrong!) </div>
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<b>Smeathman's Furrow Bee</b> - <i>Lassioglossum smeathmanellum</i></div>
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Female on cliffs at Eype Mouth, Dorset. </div>
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<b>A Base-banded Furrow Bee</b><i> - Lassioglossum sp. </i></div>
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<b>Early Nomad Bee </b>- <i>Nomada leucophthalma</i> (male)</div>
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<b>Flavous Nomad Bee</b> - <i>Nomada flava </i>(female)</div>
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<b>Marsham's Nomad Bee </b><i>- Nomada marshamella </i>(female)<i></i></div>
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All three of these were seen on Branscombe undercliffs in early May.</div>
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<b>Early Nomad Bee </b>- <i>Nomada leucophthalma</i> (male)</div>
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<b>Long-horned Nomad Bee</b> - <i>Nomada hirtipes</i> (male)</div>
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These two species were seen at Haven Cliffs, Axmouth in mid-May.</div>
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<b>Fabricius' Nomad Bee</b> - <i>Nomada fariciana </i>(female) </div>
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<b>Lathbury's Nomad Bee</b> - <i>Nomada lathburiana </i>(female)</div>
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<b>Jet Ants - </b><i><span class="st">Lasius fuliginosus</span></i></div>
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<span class="st">Very shiny jet black ants with distinctive heart shaped head, seen at Ramshorn Down, Devon in early May. </span><i><span class="st"></span></i></div>
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February 23rd. <b>Brimstone</b>, seen from my window in Sidmouth. <b>Peacock, Small tortoiseshell </b>and <b>Red Admiral</b> all seen in Colyton.<br />
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February 26th. <b>Large Tortoishell</b>, at Tout Quarry Portland.<br />
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February 27th <b>Comma</b>, at North Curry Churchyard, Somerset.<br />
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At tout Quarry on Portland we saw two different<b> Large Tortoiseshells</b>. In the following weeks more were seen and I think at least five different individuals were seen in total. Apparently they were from an 'unaurthorised release' in the previous September, but it's all very 'cloak and dagger' and hard to find anything out really. Takes a bit of the shine off them I suppose but they were great to see anyway. Fortunately the one I saw in July 2018 had much better credentials, arriving with a fall of <b>Painted Ladies</b> and <b>Hummingbird Hawk-moths</b>, and with others seen the same week at other sites along the south coast. </div>
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Another six species were seen during March, so twelve in total before the end of March is quite unusual to say the least! I saw eight in that time in 2017 which I thought was good then. In stark contrast in 2018 I didn't see any at all until April 11th. The six species were: </div>
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March 25th. <b>Speckled Wood</b>, Ramshorn Down, Devon. </div>
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March 27th. <b>Orange Tip</b>, Newton Poppleford, Devon.</div>
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March 28th. <b>Small White</b>, and <b>Holly Blue</b>, Church Ope Cove, Portland, Dorset and <b>Small Copper</b>, Ballard Down, Dorset.<br />
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March 30th. <b>Green Hairstreak</b>, Branscombe Undercliff, Devon.<br />
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This is the earliest <b>Green Hairstreak</b> I've ever seen. I thought it might be the earliest ever seen in Devon and sent the record in. They said it would have been only another one was seen just a few days before mine. Also on the Branscombe Undercliffs was this fully grown <b>Cream-spot Tiger Moth </b>caterpillar.</div>
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A very early <b>Brown Argus</b> on April 20th </div>
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We watched a<b> Small Tortoiseshell</b> lay these eggs on April 7th and kept revisiting them to check on their progress until they hatched and dispersed.</div>
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Here they are 3 weeks later on April 28th.</div>
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An aberrant <b>Pearl-bordered Fritillary</b>.</div>
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<b>Giant Hill, Cerne Abbas, Dorset</b> </div>
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My first ever Dorset <b>Duke of Burgundy</b></div>
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Instead of a day by day diary I've decided to separate last years sightings into categories, firstly plants, then butterflies & moths, other inverts and finally spiders, which I rather got into last year. I'll also be getting a couple of fungi based blog post on, you know, the ones I've been promising for a couple of years now! Oh, and one featuring the butterflies I saw on a trip to Vietnam. Hopefully I'll have all of those on here before the end of this month ready to get out and about as the new season gets underway.<br />
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The weather in February was unseasonably warm and we had a few nice days out in Somerset, where we saw both <b>Blue Anemone</b> and <b>Balkan Anemone</b>.These two plants are virtually identical and you need to look very closely to separate them.<br />
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Firstly <b>Balkan Anemone </b>which is naturalised in a Langport churchyard<br />
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The hairs seen here are confined to the pedicel. </div>
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Another couple of new plants were seen in April namely <b>Water Hawthorn</b> <b> </b>(Cape Pondweed) and <b>Wall Whitlowgrass</b>,<b> </b>both on a trip to Dartmoor on the 21st. The<b> Water Hawthorn</b> is well naturalised in a pond by Newbridge. It's called <b>Water Hawthorn</b> due to its pungent aroma which is very similar to that of surprise, surprise <b>Hawthorn</b>. Much stronger though, I could smell it from some distance away! Unfortunately it can be an invasive species but seems well confined in this small pond.</div>
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The <b>Wall Whitlowgrass</b> was at Leusdon Church near to Poundsgate. In the <i>New Flora of Devon</i> it is listed as introduced because it was brought here with chippings lain around the parking area. It was assumed the chippings came in from outside of Devon, but whilst there we met the church warden and he told us that he and his father spread the chippings there in 1995. When we asked where they came from he said Ashburton Quarry, so it appears that the plant is therefore, in fact, native to Devon!<br />
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<b>Wall Whitlowgrass</b> -<i> Draba muralis</i></div>
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<span class="st"><b>Hidcote Blue Comfrey</b></span><i><span class="st"> - </span></i><br />
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Only one new plant was seen in May and again a naturalised alien. It took me quite a while to identify it but it turned out to be <b>Australian Hollyhock</b>. It flowers very early in the year and had been in flower for over a month before I photographed it. In fact a few sprigs of it are in flower this year already!</div>
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<b>Burnt-tip Orchid</b> - <i><span class="st">Orchis ustulata</span></i></div>
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<span class="st"><span class="st">A couple of good days botanising in June, one with three new plants and one with an impressive five! Including my favourite find of the year.</span></span><i><span class="st"><span class="st"></span></span></i></div>
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<span class="st"><span class="st">On June 1st we visited Dartmoor to look for the two species of <b>Filmy Fern</b>. On the way we stopped at a woodland to look for a couple of naturalised species, originally introduced as cover for game birds.</span></span></div>
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<span class="st"> </span><b><span class="st">Shallon</span></b><i><span class="st"> - </span>Gaultheria shallon</i></div>
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<b>Prickly Heath</b><i> - </i><i><span class="st">Gaultheria mucronata</span></i></div>
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<span class="st">On Dartmoor we only found<b> Tunbridge Filmy Fern. </b>Although <b>Wilson's Filmy Fern </b>grows at the same site we couldn't spot any. Good excuse for a return visit though.<b> </b></span></div>
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<span class="st"><b>Tunbridge Filmy Fern - </b></span><i><span class="st">Hymenophyllum tunbrigense</span></i></div>
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<span class="st">We started at Topsham Quay where we saw several plants of <b>Smaller Tree Mallow. </b></span></div>
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<i> </i>Karen Woolleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18433932165517479993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276339820228650895.post-41713428899118757652019-12-18T16:56:00.000+00:002019-12-19T14:55:20.325+00:00Highlights of 2018: AugustNot quite so much to post from August, as for most of the time we were out looking for fungi. It was a great year for fungi, Boletes in particular and we saw some really good stuff. I'll do a separate post about them later. We had a couple of butterflies yet to see for the year list and the first of these was <b>Brown Hairstreak</b>.<br />
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<b>August 1st:</b> <b>Alners Gorse, Dorset.</b><br />
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<b>Hairy Shieldbug </b>nymph - <i><span class="st">Dolycoris baccarum</span></i></div>
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A male <b>Wasp Spider</b><i>, </i>the first one we'd ever seen. </div>
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I believe that he is waiting for her to complete her final moult so that he can approach to mate while her fangs are soft.<br />
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On the way home we stopped off at Holt Heath In Dorset and in an Oak Tree next to where we parked the car we saw..</div>
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Off to Smardale for<b> Scotch Argus</b><b> </b>to complete our butterfly year-list, only problem was the weather wasn't looking too good.<b> </b>The forecast had said that the sun would break through in the late morning, so first thing we drove up to Knock Fell to have a look for the rare and beautiful <b>Marsh Saxifrage</b>.<b></b></div>
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Fortunately it was warm, despite the cloud and we did see plenty of <b>Scotch Argus.</b><b> </b>And lots more too!<b><br /></b></div>
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<b>Scotch Argus (No.59) </b></div>
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This thistle head held four <b>Scotch Argus</b>, two <b>Antler Moths</b> and a<b> <i>Pyrausta purpuralis</i><i> </i></b><i>. </i></div>
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<b>Scotch Argus, Antler Moth and </b><b>Pyrausta purpuralis </b></div>
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Hitching a ride on an <b>Antler Moth </b>- <i>Cerapteryx graminis</i><b> </b></div>
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Female <b><span class="st"><span class="st">Pale-saddled Leucozona</span></span></b><i><span class="st"> - Leucozona glaucia</span></i></div>
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<b>July 2nd: Portland and Stobourgh Heath, Dorset.</b></p><p>An early morning start on Portland hoping to see the <b>Large Tortoiseshell</b> found the previous afternoon. Thought I was going to be out of luck but eventually it was spotted resting on the ground warming up in the first of the morning sunshine.<b> </b><br />
<br />After a while it began nectaring on the Red Valarian along the side of the old railway cutting giving some great photo opportunities. <br />
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<b>Large Tortoiseshell</b> (No.54)</div>
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<b>Sallow Clearwing - </b><i>Synanthedon flaviventris</i></div>
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<b>Red-tipped Clearwing - </b><i>Synanthedon formicaeformis</i></div>
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<b><span class="st">July 3rd: Dartmoor and Dunsdon Reserve, Devon.</span></b></div>
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<span class="st">The day started with another visit to Aish Tor to see High Brown and Dark Green Fritillary. I was pleased to be able to get a nice underside shot of HBF.</span></div>
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A beautiful big <b>Garden Orb Weaver</b> - <span class="st"><i>Araneus diadematus</i></span></div>
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<span class="st"><b> Common Red Soldier Beetle</b> -</span><span class="st"><span class="st"> <i>Rhagonycha fulva</i></span></span></div>
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Which doesn't actually smell. It was obviously originally named for its smell but at some stage mysteriously lost it.</div>
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A naturalised alien from North America. Much smaller flowered than its close relative <b>Monkeyflower</b>.</div>
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Next stop Benfleet again because we wanted to see the <b>Southern Migrant Hawkers</b> again now that they would be in there full breeding colour. </div>
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<b>Chalkhill Blue </b>(No.56)</div>
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Whilst on our way back to the car we spotted what looked like some small bees congregating on the compacted path. On closer inspection they turned out to be the<b> Downland Villa, </b>a type of<b> Bee-fly. </b>These were rare a few years ago, and only found on sites such as this in the Chilterns,<b> </b>but are one of those species which seem to be increasing their range.</div>
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<b>Downland Villa </b>- <i>Villa cingulata</i></div>
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Off to Alners Gorse to look for <i>Valezina</i> form of <b>Silver-washed Fritillary</b>.</div>
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Female <b>Silver-washed Fritillary</b></div>
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Female<b> Silver-washed Fritillary</b> form <i>valezina </i></div>
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A female valezina with three males in tow.</div>
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<b>July11th: Godlingston Heath, Dorset.</b><br />
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Off to Godlingston Heath looking for inverts, such as<b> Purbeck Mason Wasp</b>, <b>Heath Tiger Beetle</b> and <b>Mottled Bee-fly. </b><br />
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The habitat looked good but we weren't having a lot of luck, we did have a brief view of <b>Mottled Bee-fly</b> but I didn't manage to get a photo.</div>
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What we did see was totally unexpected. Casually sauntering across the track right at our feet was this beast... </div>
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<b>Large Velvet Ant</b> -<span class="st"> <i>Mutilla europaea</i></span></div>
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<b>July 13th: Hartland Moor, Dorset.</b><br />
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Two days later we were back in Purbeck, looking for the same targets but this time trying our luck at Hartland Moor. We did really well here, finding all three and a few bonuses too!<br />
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<b><span class="st">Mottled Bee-fly</span></b><i><span class="st"> - </span><span class="st"><span class="st">Thyridanthrax fenestratus</span></span></i><br />
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<b>Purbeck Mason Wasp</b> - <i><span class="st">Pseudepipona herrichii</span></i></div>
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<b><span class="st">Crab Spider</span></b><i><span class="st"><i> - Thomisus</i> onustus</span></i></div>
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<b>Beewolf</b> - <i><span class="st">Philanthus triangulum.</span></i><br />
<span class="st">Carrying <b>Honeybee</b> - </span><span class="st"><i><span class="st">Apis mellifera</span></i> </span><br />
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<b>July 17th: Wareham Common,Dorset.</b><br />
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Off to the River Piddle at Wareham Common to look for <b>River Water-dropwort</b><br />
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The lovely River Piddle a botanists delight.</div>
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If only more rivers looked like this. The white flowers are the ones we were looking for ...</div>
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<b>River-water Dropwort</b> - <span class="st"> <i>Oenanthe fluviatilis</i></span></div>
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<b>July 18th: Portland and The Fleet, Dorset.</b><br />
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A visit to Portland to look at the Chalkhill Blues.<br />
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Newly emerged male on a <b>Carline Thistle</b></div>
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<b>Male aberration </b>(ab. suavis) </div>
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Unfortunately it looks like a large portion of the plant as fallen down the small cliff and is in danger of being washed away. It has such fine delicate flower-heads that it is very difficult to photograph.</div>
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<b>Longleaf </b>- <span class="st"><i>Falcaria vulgaris</i></span></div>
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<span class="st"><b><span class="st"> A Tachinid Fly</span></b><i><b> - </b>Eriothrix rufomaculata</i></span></div>
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<span class="st">on<i> </i><b>Sea Aster</b><i> - </i></span><span class="st"><i><span class="st">Aster <i>tripolium</i></span></i></span></div>
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<span class="st"><b><span class="st">July 24th: Broughton Down, Hampshire.</span></b></span></div>
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<span class="st"><span class="st">A visit to one of my favourite sites to look for butterfly number fifty-seven on the year list .... </span></span></div>
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<span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st">Finally on the last day of the month a look around at Ballard Down, where the highlight was seeing and also getting a photo of <b>Western Bee-fly</b>. I'd seen some here the previous year but they were too quick to get a photo. This one was definitely not looking his best...</span></span></span></div>
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<b>June 12th: Green Down, Somerset and East Sussex</b>.<br />
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An early morning visit to Green Down where we saw <b>Large Blue</b> (No.41), <b>Ringlet</b> (No. 42) and <b>Marbled White </b>(No. 43).<br />
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Egg of <b>Large Blue </b>on <b>Thyme</b> </div>
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First <b>Ringlet</b> of the Year </div>
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Doomed <b>Vapourer Moth Caterpillar </b>with egg of parasite attached.</div>
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The early start at Green Down was necessary because afterwards we were going to East Sussex in search of a rare plant. We had seen it at this locality before but it wasn't in flower, so a return trip was necessary. </div><div style="text-align: left;">We didn't arrive there until early evening and just after a storm had passed through. So nice soggy flower photos!
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<b>June 13th: Sussex.</b></div>
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A busy day in Sussex, first stop was at the River Rother in Lower Fittlesworth looking for <b>Club-tailed Dragonfly, </b>which would be a new species for both of us. We eventually found one which was patrolling a section of riverbank. It only ever stopped to rest quite a distance from us though, making getting a photo somewhat tricky. I only managed one with my 400mm lens. <b> </b></div>
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Then onto Shoreham-by-Sea where we revisited the charming <b>Childing Pink</b> and went looking for <b>Starry Clover </b>near the fort.</div>
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Next stop was Anchor Bottom, Beeding Hill where we were hoping to see the rare and beautiful <b>Meadow Clary</b>. We had already seen this plant at Ranscombe Farm in Kent but it wasn't in flower, hopefully it would be here. It didn't look too hopeful when the search area was found to be covered in a large herd of cows but we managed to find a single spike nicely in flower too!</div>
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Final stop of the day was Ditchling Common, sight of a recently discovered colony of <b>Black Hairstreak </b>Butterflies.<i> </i></div>
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First stop, Weaver's Way, Hickling Broad</div>
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Next off to Wells-next-the-Sea for what has become my annual pilgrimage to see the amazing <b>Broad-bordered Bee Hawk-moth</b>.</div>
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<b>Amphibious Bistort</b> - <i>Persicaria amphibia</i></div>
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<b>Water Chickweed</b> - <i><span class="st">Myosoton aquaticum</span></i><br />
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<b><span class="st">June 22nd: Rye Harbour, Sussex. Romney Marsh, Kent and Farthing Down, Croydon, London.</span><i><span class="st"> </span></i></b></div>
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This was to be the start of an 18 day butterfly and botanising holiday starting on the south coast and gradually traveling up to Scotland to get a few more rare plants we missed out on on previous visits. It ended up being 4 days!<br />
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First stop Rye Harbour where I saw my fist ever flowering <b>Sea Heath.</b> <br />
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<b>Sea Heath</b> -<i> <span class="st">Frankenia laevis</span></i></div>
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And the very aptly named <b>Stinking Hawksbeard</b>, which only grows here (introduced) and at Dungeness. It really stinks too! Reminded me of TCP. The seed heads are very distinctive too, looking like brilliant white little paintbrushes.<br />
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<b>Stinking Hawsbeard</b> - <i>Crepis foetida</i></div>
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On to Romney Marsh where warden, Owen Leyshon had kindly given us directions to see <b>Greater Water Parsnip</b> and <b>Rootless Duckweed</b>, the smallest flowering plant in the world.<br />
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<b>Greater Water Parsnip - </b><i>Sium latifolium </i></div>
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<b>Rootless Duckweed </b>- <span class="st"><i>Wolffia arrhiza</i></span><br />
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There are great swathes of it at this site, as can be seen here. It must look spectacular when in full flower. We were quite late in the season and most of the flowers had gone over.<br />
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<b>Greater Yellow Rattle</b> - <i><span class="st">Rhinanthus angustifolius</span></i></div>
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<b>June 23rd: Benfleet, Essex and Blow's Down, Dunstable, Bedfordshire.</b></div>
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The next morning we made our way to Benfleet Downs the well known site for the rare plant <b>Hartwort</b>. We also hoped to see some new dragonflies and damselflies on the marshes below. We had a couple of unexpected butterfly year-ticks too!<br />
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<b>Hartwort</b> -<i> <span class="st">Tordylium maximum</span></i></div>
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<b>Hartwort</b> flowers showing characteristic large outer petals and a <b>Thick-legged Flower Beetle -</b><i> </i><i>Oedemera nobilis</i></div>
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While on Benfleet down looking at the <b>Hartwort</b> we had a surprise sighting of <b>White-letter Hairstreak</b> (No.46) and also our first ever views of <b>Southern Migrant Hawker</b><i>,</i> with several tenerals on the wing<i>. </i>We moved on to the grazing marshes below the down where we were hoping to see more <b>Southern Migrant Hawkers</b> and also our first ever <b>Scarce Emerald Damselflies.</b></div>
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<b>Scarce Emerald Damselfly - </b><i>Lestes dryas</i></div>
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The rather splendid looking soldier fly<br />
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<span class="st"><b>Great Pignut </b>- </span><i><span class="st">Bunium bulbocastanum</span></i></div>
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<b><span class="st">June 24th:</span></b><i><span class="st"> <b> </b></span></i><b><span class="st">Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk.</span></b></div>
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<b>Few-flowered Fumitory</b></div>
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Just after taking this photo I fell over again. I don't even know how, one moment I was standing up next I was lying in the pea field. I badly bruised my hip this time, but soldiered on. There were arable plants to see after all! They were worth seeing too!</div>
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All of the fumitories in this photo are either <b>Common Fumitory</b> or <b>Few-flowered Fumitory</b>, about equal amounts of each. The Few-flowered are the smaller paler ones. There were other arable "weeds" too. Including some of my favourites.</div>
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One of the distinguishing features of <b>Few-flowered Fumitory</b> are the minute sepals </div>
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<b>Few-flowered Fumitory</b> - <i><span class="st">Fumaria vaillantii</span></i></div>
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<span class="st"><b>Few-flowered Fumitory</b> growing with the charming <b>Wild Candytuft </b></span></div>
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<b>Wild Candytuft</b> - <i><span class="st">Iberis amara</span></i></div>
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<b>Small Toadflax -<i> </i></b><i>Chaenorhinum minus </i></div>
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<span class="st"><b>Venus's looking-glass</b></span><i><span class="st"> -</span></i><i><span class="st"><span class="st"> Legousia hybrida</span></span></i></div>
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<span class="st"><span class="st">It was hard to drag ourselves away from this superb site but we needed to move on to Cambridgeshire to see our next plant before midday. Why? Because we had seen it at the same site a few weeks earlier, and because it was in the afternoon, the flowers were closed up.</span></span></div>
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We got it right this time and it was well in flower. </div>
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<span class="st"><span class="st">This one clump is the only truly wild <b>Fen Ragwort</b> plant in the country. There are a few others transplanted at a couple of fenland nature reserves. So in rarity value it's on a par with <b>Lady's Slipper Orchid</b> but isn't protected by 'armed guards' like the orchid. In fact a few years ago it was almost killed off when spayed by the farmer. Good to see a nice broad headland in place now. </span></span></div>
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We were pretty shocked when we arrived at Fermyn Wood, with large scale clearance work having been carried out in one of the best spots to see <b>Purple Emperor</b>. We had to walk on to Lady Wood but did manage to see <b>Purple Emperor</b> (No.48), <b>Purple Hairstreak</b> (No.49), <b>Silver-washed Fritillary </b>(No.50) and <b>White Admiral</b> (No.51). I didn't get many photos as I was feeling very unwell by this time, when we left the woods I could hardly walk. We made the sad decision to call it a day and head home. </div>
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<b>June 29th: Aish Tor, Dartmoor, Devon.</b></div>
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<b>June 1st: River Camel Polbrook and <span class="st">Caerthillian Cove, Cornwall.</span></b><br />
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<b> Pick-a back Plant</b> - <i>Tolmiea menziesii</i></div>
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The characteristic growth of leaves which give the plant its common name </div>
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<span class="st"><b>Upright Clover - </b></span><i><span class="st"><span class="st">Trifolium strictum </span></span></i></div>
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<span class="st"><span class="st">These were mostly going over but a couple still had flowers. The <b>Twin-headed Clover </b>was much more difficult to spot and took over an hour to find. </span></span></div>
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<span class="st"><b>June 2nd: Lydford Old Railway, Devon. </b></span></div>
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<span class="st">The following day saw the annual pilgrimage to the BC reserve at Lydford to see <b>Heath Fritillary</b> (No.27). I also saw my first <b>Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary</b> of the year (No. 28).</span></div>
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<span class="st">Mating pair of <b>Heath Fritillary</b> on <b>Bastard Balm.</b></span></div>
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<span class="st"><span class="st">A busy day with the first stop being Dungy Head near Lulworth to look for <b>Lulworth Skipper </b>(No. 29). I also got my first <b>Meadow Brown</b> of the year here (No.30)<br /><b></b></span></span><b><i><span class="st"><span class="st"></span></span></i></b></div>
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First <b>Brown Argus</b> of the year.<br />
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<span class="st"><span class="st">Off to the Lake district for</span></span><i><span class="st"><span class="st"> </span></span></i><span class="st"><span class="st">some of the northern butterfly species</span></span><i><span class="st"><span class="st">. </span></span></i><span class="st"><span class="st">First to Latterbarrow</span></span><span class="st"><span class="st"> for ...</span></span><i><span class="st"><span class="st"></span></span></i></div>
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<span class="st"><span class="st"><b>June 6th: Chaple-le Dale and Southerscales, North Yorkshire.</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="st"><span class="st">A day of botanising in the Yorkhire Dales. First stop Chaple-le-Dale church where a naturalised colony of<b> Kidney Saxifrage</b> grows along the lane.</span></span></div>
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<span class="st"><span class="st">Southerscales Scars a superb area of limestone pavements where we were hoping to find the rare <b>Baneberry</b>, which we did. Lots of it too! </span></span></div>
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<span class="st"><span class="st">After long drive from Devon up to the Great Orme ( part of the M6 was closed) we arrived quite late in the afternoon. Even so we were successful in seeing <b>Silver-studded Blues</b> (No.39) and also in our attempt to see the first <b>Grayling</b> of the year for the UK... </span></span></div>
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<span class="st"><span class="st">Saturday the ninth was a fine and sunny day, which is just as well because we had booked to go up Snowdon on the railway. There's no way I could walk the whole way up! The plan was to walk back down with a couple of detours for botanising. I think the fine day probably contributed a lot but it was a real eye opener. I hadn't expected it to be quite so busy! It was the most crowded place I'd been all year!!</span></span><br />
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<span class="st"><span class="st"> This was as we started to descend. We didn't bother to go to the summit as it was just too crowded. The actual summit looked like an ant's nest!! I took a photo of it from a fair distance of to show it... </span></span></div>
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There were some very nice examples of<b> Northern Rock Cress</b> with noticeably larger flowers than the plants we've seen in Scotland.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>May 1st: Noar Hill, Hampshire</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Second trip of the year here, this time looking for <b>Duke of Burgundy</b>,(No.12) which was seen but only small numbers. I also saw my first<b> Red Admiral</b> (No.13) of the year on Portland.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>May 2nd: Ballard Down, Dorset and Martin Down, Hampshire</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">A visit to Ballard Down in the morning where I saw my first <b>Green Hairstreak</b> (No.14) and <b>Wall</b> (No.15) of the year. Also the first mating pair of <b>Speckled Wood</b> that I've ever seen and a <b>Scarlet Tiger</b> caterpillar tucking into a gorse flower. Also a striking looking but quite commonplace beetle <b>Cantharis rustica.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>May 8th: Longfield, Denge Wood and Freizland Wood, Kent.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">A weekend trip to Kent and first stop an arable field near Longfield in Kent to look for the rare <b>Grey Mouse-ear</b>, following directions kindly given to us by finder Dave Steere ( a link to Dave's blog to the left). The plants are small and difficult to spot. The grey in their name comes from their greyish appearance from a distance which is caused by a dense covering of hairs as you can see.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Grey Mouse-ear</b> - <i><span class="st">Cerastium brachypetalum</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="st">Then onto Denge Wood to see the <b>Duke of Burgundy</b> and <b>Lady Orchids</b>. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="st"><b>False Ladybird</b> - <i>Endomychus coccineus </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="st"><i> </i>One of the very aptly named Handsome Fungus Beetles</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="st"><b>Black-spotted Longhorn Beetle</b> - <i>Rhagium mordax</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="st">Finally onto Friezland Wood near Tunbridge Wells where we saw a couple of new plants ( again thanks to Dave for help with directions) They were <b>Coralroot</b> and <b>Large-flowered Bittercress.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Coralroot</b> - <i><span class="st"><i>Cardamine</i> bulbifera</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="st">May 9th: New Forest, Hampshire </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="st">On the way back from Kent the following day we had time for a quick visit to the New Forest to look for <b>Water Violet</b>, a very rare plant in the New Forest if not elsewhere. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>May 12th: Portland and Badbury Rings, Dorset. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">A quick look at Bottomcombe on Portland was rewarded with my first <b>Small Blue</b> (No.17) of the year. There were a few about including this one...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The smallest <b>Small Blue</b> I've ever seen! <i><br /></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Off to Ramshorn Down on the edge of Dartmoor in the morning to look for <b>Pearl-bordered Fritillary </b>(No.20)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">And in the afternoon the annual pilgrimage to Branscombe undercliffs to see the<b> Wood White </b>(No.21)<b> </b></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">nectaring on the rare <b>Purple Gromwell </b>like so...</span><b><br /></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Also of note at Branscombe was my first <b>Clouded Yellow</b> of the year (No.22)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>May15th: Hartslock, Oxfordshire. Conholt Hill, Wiltsire and Badbury Rings, Dorset.</b></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><br />Our first ever visit to Hartslock to see the<b> Lady x Monkey Orchids</b>. We were also hoping to see <b>Club-tailed Dragonfly</b> but didn't have any luck with those (probably a bit too early).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">On the way home we stopped for another look around Badbury Rings. No photos from here but counts of 48 <b>Dingy Skipper</b>, 32 <b>Grizzled Skipper</b> and 16 <b>Small Heath </b>were notable. I also saw my first <b>Common Blue</b> of the Year (No.23).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>May 17th: Bystock Reserve, East Devon. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I popped in to this nearby nature reserve for a quick visit and saw my first ever <b>Brimstone</b> egg and an interesting beetle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Polydrusus cervinus</i> (I believe)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>May18th: Noar Hill, Hampshire and Tugley Wood, Surrey. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Third trip of the year to Noar HIll (there always plenty to see) including...</span><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Yet another Duke! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Mating pairs of<b> Juniper Sheildbug</b> -<i> </i><i><span class="st">Cyphostethus tristriatus</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">White form of<b> Germander Speedwell </b><i></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Then onto Tugley Wood in Surrey to look for <b>Wood White </b>again<b>. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Male <i>Rhyssa persuasoria</i></span><b><span style="font-size: small;">. </span></b><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A very large and impressive <b>Sabre Wasp</b>, a parasite of the <b>Giant Wood Wasp.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I saw several of the even larger females during the year but couldn't manage a photo. One day! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>May 20th: Isle of Wight.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Off to the Isle of white for <b>Glanville Fritillary</b> (No.24). Plenty seen at Bonchurch after waiting a couple of hours for the sun to appear. Also my first <b>Adonis Blue</b> (No.25) of the year. Also saw a <b>Glanville Fritillary</b> pupa for the first time too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Glanville Fritillary </b>Chrysalis </span><br />
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<b><span class="st">May24th: Glasdrum Wood, South Shian, and Allt </span><span class="st">Mhuic</span><i><span class="st">, </span></i></b><span class="st"><b>North West Scotland</b>.</span></div>
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<span class="st">After Glasdrum a quick visit to South Shian where we were too early for any <b>Marsh Fritillaries</b> but I got a couple of good shots of a female<b> Orange Tip.</b></span></div>
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A long, long drive from Fort William to the north coast. We stopped briefly for a rest along the shore of Loch Ness and found a lovely big patch of <b>Tuberous Comfrey</b>. It appears to be quite common in Scotland with swathes of it along the road verges of the A9 near Stirling, which we noticed on our drive home a few days later.<br />
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<b>Northern Marsh Orchid </b>- <i>Dactylorhiza purpurella</i></div>
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Strathy Beach with Strathy Point in the background, our next site to search for <b>Scottish Primrose </b>we had seen a single flower here in a previous year so had high hopes.</div>
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We weren't disappointed either. This whole area is almost a lawn of <b>Scottish Primrose</b> plants, many were in flower too! They're far too small to see in the photo though.</div>
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An absolute delight!</div>
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One of my favourites and most definitely worth the journey to see it!</div>
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<b>Scottish Primrose</b> -<i> Primula scotica</i></div>
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A colourful Click Beetle - <i> Ctenicera cuprea</i></div>
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Although very early for it we managed to find a few flowers of the rare <b>Purple Oxytropis</b> on the west facing cliffs. </div>
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<b>Purple Oxytropis</b><i> - </i><i><span class="st">Oxytropis halleri</span></i></div>
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<b>May 25th: Migdale Rocks, Ardesier Common, and the Abernethy area, Scottish Highlands.</b><br />
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First stop of the day was Migdale Rocks, where we were hoping to see <b>Rock Cinquefoil, </b>we found some eventually but it is quite difficult to photograph as the lower plants weren't yet in flower. Nevertheless it was great to see it here at a location where it is thought to be a native plant.<br />
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<b>White-faced Darter</b> -<i> <span class="st">Leucorrhinia dubia</span></i><br />
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<b><span class="st"></span><span class="st">May 26th: Latterbarrow, Cumbria. Gait Barrows, and the River Lune, Lanchashi</span><span class="st">re </span></b></div>
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<span class="st">On the way home we stopped off for a day in the north of England. Firstly a visit to the Latterbarrow reserve.</span></div>
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Success! It does actually flower.</div>
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<b>Narrow-leaved Bittercress </b>- <i>Cardamine impatiens</i></div>
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<b>Greater Cuckooflower - </b><i>Cardamine raphanifolia</i></div>
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And that's it a brief summary of the month of May. A very busy June will have to be in two parts. <b> </b> </div>
<br />Karen Woolleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18433932165517479993noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276339820228650895.post-46973626915750017022018-04-29T19:27:00.001+01:002022-12-06T19:46:08.240+00:00Early Spring Round-UpConsidering the 'beautiful spring weather' we've been having this post is mainly going to be a round up of last weekend, when the sun actually shone for a few days in a row! There are a few bits and pieces seen earlier in April and even before that, but very little. So different to last year especially for butterflies. In fact, on this very day last year I saw my 24th and 25th species of the year. This year I've seen only eleven! I'm going to split this round-up into three categories, plants, inverts and fungi.<br />
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It's been a bit of a slow spring on the botanising front too. I've seen a few nice bits and bobs which I've posted on my Twitter page mainly for #wildflowerhour. I hadn't seen anything new though. Well not until until last weekend that is, when I went back to Icklingham in Suffolk to see the very rare <b>Spring Speedwell</b> in flower, not really a new plant as such because we'd already seen it a year ago today in seed but they don't really count if they're not in flower. I'd been expecting it to be later this year due to the poor weather but was very surprised when it flowered bang on schedule. I'd been alerted to it being in flower on Tuesday April 17th and not wanting to miss it for a second year we were there looking at it on Friday 20th. </div>
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They are tiny plants about 3cm high and you really have to be on your hands and knees to spot then if they aren't in flower. The flowers are bright blue and just 3mm across but are easily spotted when open. They are however the same size and colour as the flowers of the much more common <b>Wall Speedwell</b> which grows alongside, so it's a hands and knees job to check the upper leaves which as can be seen here are deeply divided into lobes.</div>
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<b>Spring Speedwell</b> - <i>Veronica verna</i></div>
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There was a lot of this unusual lilac coloured <b>Wall Speedwell</b> in the area. Well I think it's <b>Wall Speedwell</b> that's what it keys out to except for the flower colour.</div>
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The smallest <b>Blinks</b> flowers I've ever seen!</div>
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<b>Blinks</b> <i>- <span class="st">Montia fontana</span></i></div>
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<b>Breckland Speedwell </b>- <i>Veronica <span class="st">praecox</span></i></div>
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<span class="st"><b>Fingered Speedwell - </b></span><i><span class="st">Veronica triphyllos</span></i></div>
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<b>Meadow Saxifrage</b> - <span class="st"> <i>Saxifraga granulata </i></span></div>
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This unusual deep pink coloured <b>Thrift</b> is in flower right on the roadside at Ferrybridge, Weymouth, Dorset. </div>
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As I said at the start of this post I've only seen eleven species of butterfly so far this year compared to 25 by this day last year. In order seen they are:</div>
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4) Large White</div>
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6) Orange Tip</div>
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7) Small Tortoiseshell</div>
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8) Green-veined White</div>
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9) Holly Blue</div>
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10) Comma</div>
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11) Speckled Wood </div>
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My first butterfly photo of the year <b>Peacock</b> on soggy sallow catkins taken on the amazingly late date of April 11th.</div>
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<b>Holly Blue </b></div>
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At Wretton Cut Off we saw several of these<b> Green Tiger Beetles</b> that weren't green! Apparently they can be this bronze colour but I think it's quite rare, I certainly hadn't ever seen one before.</div>
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The bizarre looking spider <b>Araneus angulatus </b>at<b> </b>Crab Wood Hampshire.</div>
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After my find of <b>Cedar Cup</b> in Sidmouth earlier in the year we decided to try and find them at some other locations and were successful at a couple of sites in Salisbury back in March. </div>
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<b>Scarlet Elf Cup </b>- <i><span class="st">Sarcoscypha cocinea</span></i></div>
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And staying on the snow theme I found <b>Snowy Disco</b> indoors on my windowsill! It was growing on a dead stem of one of my Pitcher Plants. They are a tiny cup fungus on a long stem and measure less than 2mm across! </div>
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<b>Thimble Morel </b>- <i>Verpa conica</i></div>
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On grassland at Noar Hill Hampshire</div>
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Whilst near Winchester we visited Crab Wood to look for <b>Anemone Cup</b>. It took some searching but we eventually found some. This cup fungus grows on the underground tubers of the <b>Wood Anemone</b> and has a long stalk which is sometimes visible above the surface of the soil.</div>
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Karen Woolleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18433932165517479993noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276339820228650895.post-37638574505589433932018-03-17T23:43:00.001+00:002023-03-18T13:06:01.019+00:00Botanical Loose EndsHere's a rather lengthy round up of all the plants I've photographed last year and haven't gotten around to blogging yet. Many of them appeared on my Twitter account at the time but there are also quite a few that didn't. I think I'll list them in county order as that's how they are saved on my hard drive. I'll keep commentary to a minimum as there are lots to get through. I really must try much harder this year not to let things back up in this way. I may get some of my fungi photos on here one day as well, I have lots of them going back to 2015 now!<br />
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This<b> </b>parasitic<b> Dodder </b>was growing in chalk grassland at Broughton Down. I'd only ever seen this on <b>Gorse</b> before but here it was on<b> Lady's Bedstraw</b>.</div>
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<b>Dodder</b> - <span class="st"><i>Cuscuta epithymum</i></span> </div>
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This is the rare <b>Green Hound's-tongue. </b>We saw this in (I think) its only site in Hampshire, near Aldershot.<b> </b>The flowers are very similar to <b>Hound's-tongue</b> but the leaves are a much fresher green<b>. </b>We were a little early and most plants were only just starting to flower.<b><br /></b></div>
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<b>Hoary Stock </b>- <span class="st" data-hveid="70" data-ved="0ahUKEwiyr9rZm_TZAhULJMAKHdjvBi8Q4EUIRjAC"><i>Matthiola incana</i></span></div>
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A lovely stand off <b>Marsh Mallow</b> on the coast at Lepe </div>
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<b>Rampion Bellflower </b>is not a native plant but it is quite rare to find it naturalised. These plants are growing on a roadside verge near Sopley and have done so for many years. It was great to see them as we looked for them last year but they had been mowed off.</div>
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<b>Rampion Bellflower</b> - <i><span class="st">Campanula rapunculus</span></i></div>
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<b>Tasteless Water-pepper </b>- <i><span class="st">Persicaria mitis</span></i></div>
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<b>Slender Bird's-foot Trefoil </b>- <i><span class="st">Lotus angustissimus </span></i></div>
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<b><span class="st">Round-headed Rampion</span></b><i><span class="st"> - </span></i><i><span class="st"><span class="st">Phyteuma orbiculare</span></span></i></div>
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<span class="st"><span class="st"><b>Fly Honeysuckle</b> - </span></span><i><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st">Lonicera xylosteum</span></span></span></i></div>
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A visit to The Lizard in mid June was getting a bit late to see some of our target plants, namely <b>Long-headed Clover</b> and <b>Twin-headed Clover</b>, but was ideal for <b>Thyme Broomrape</b>, and the <a href="https://karenwoolley.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/clearwings.html" target="_blank">Thrift Clearwing </a>our other main target species.<br />
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Most of the clovers were all dried up but we managed to find a few clumps of <b>Long-headed Clover</b> just about hanging on! </div>
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In the scenic setting of a stagnant pool by a manure heap near Colyton, this is <b>Oak-leaved Goosefoot</b>. Goosefoots can be difficult to identify but the oak shaped leaves on this one are quite distinctive.</div>
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<b>Irish Spurge</b> just in the Devon side of Exmoor </div>
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A massive highlight on a local scale was seeing this <b>Salsify</b> on a roadside verge just down the road near Woodbury. <br />
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<b>Salsify</b> - <i><span>Tragopogon porrifolius</span></i></div>
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<b>Narrow-leaved Bird's-foot Trefoil </b>- <i>Lotus glaber </i></div>
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Growing in a gateway on the outskirts of Studland Village. </div>
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<b>Nettle-leaved Goosefoot</b> - <i><span class="st">Chenopodium murale</span></i></div>
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<span class="st">Growing with other Goosefoots and Nettles on a massive manure heap at St. Aldhelm's Head. Although the leaves are clearly nettle-like this isn't enough to be positive on identification and I had to look at the seeds under a microscope to be sure.</span></div>
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<b>Mudwort</b> growing at Stanpit Marsh. The flowers are tiny but if you can get close enough to see them properly they are quite pretty too. Quite a challenge to photograph so I was very happy with these close ups.</div>
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<b>Mudwort</b> - <i><span class="st">Limosella aquatica</span></i></div>
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<b><span class="st">Toothed Medick </span></b><i><span class="st">- </span></i><i><span class="st">Medicago polymorpha</span></i></div>
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<span class="st">Growing on a wide roadside verge outside some houses on Portland. It has very distinctive toothed stipules. I didn't get very good photos of this so may try and get some better ones this year. </span></div>
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<span class="st">Also on Portland was this naturalised <b>Hairy Bindweed</b> which isn't really that hairy at all.</span></div>
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<b><span class="st">Hairy Bindweed</span></b><i><span class="st"> - </span></i><i><span class="st"><span class="st">Calystegia pulchra </span></span></i></div>
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<span class="st"><b>Hound's-tongue</b> - </span><i><span class="st">Cynoglossum officinale</span></i></div>
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<b><span class="st">Marsh Gentian - </span></b><i><span class="st"><span class="st">Gentiana pneumonanthe</span></span></i></div>
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<span class="st"><span class="st">Growing in a bog at Studland. </span></span></div>
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<span class="st"><span class="st">I absolutely love seeing these, one of my all time favourites! I like to visit them every year if I can.</span></span></div>
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