Eristalis pertinax



Scaeva pyrastri







Micro moth Sp

Nemophora deegerella



White-tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus lucorum)



Tree Bumble Bee (Bombus hypnorum)



Great Pied Hoverfly (Volucella pelluscens)

Tags: EristalisSp, MicroMothSp, Scaevapyrastri

form violacea?







Blue-tailed Damsel Fly ♀︎ (Typica Form )


Eristalis Sp















Riponnenesia splendens





Goosegrass (Gallium apenine)











Helophilus pendulus













Volucella inflata







Myothropa florea





Parhelophilus Sp



Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascorum)





Pied Hoverfly (Volucella pellucens)















Wasp?

This turned out to be

Symmorphus gracilis

Thanks to @NorfolkNats & @StevenFalk1 for id











Xylota sylvarum



Xylota segnis



Volucella zonaria

Thanks to Steve & Gill Judd for id corrections and additions.

Tags: Blue-tailedDamselfly, Riponnensiasplendens, Goosegrass, Volucellazonaria, Xylotasegnis, PiedHoverfly, Xylotasilvarum, CommonCarderBee, ParhelophilusSp, Myothropa florea, Volucellainflata, Helophiluspendulus

Probably Stripped Slender Robberfly (leptogaster cylindrica)





This was an impressive little thing. It was gyrating it's wings as I watched.

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This whole area was full of ant's nest.

This Ant's nest was extended up the Ragwort stem
and the Ant's were shepherding Blackfly.
There seem to be blackfly eggs perhaps at the top of the open nest.
Or are these structures deliberately built to allow the ants to bring the blackly close to the plants.



Bee Sp?

A metallic glint on the abdomen?





Bee Orchid (Ophrys apifera)





Chrysotoxum bicinctum




Black & Yellow Longhorn Beetle (Rutpela maculata) with an accompanying cast of Thick-legged Flower Beetle (Oedemara nobilis)



Bumble Bee Sp













Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascorum)



Caterpillar beginning to Cocoon itself.





Caterpillar One of the Burnets



Broad-leaved Dock inflorescence. (Rumex obtusifolius)



Yellow Dung Fly (Scathophaga stercoraria)



Eristalis pertinax ♂︎(Front feet are yellow.)







The male provides food for the female to eat during mating.

Dagger Fly (Empis livida)



Hedge Woundwort (Stachys syvatica) & friend?.



and
the
delightful
Woundwort Shield Bug
(Eysarcoris venustissimus)





Xanthogramma pedissequum







Helophilus pendulus ♀︎



Hogweed (Hieracium spondylium)



Eumerus Sp



Our smallest Longhorn Beetle (Grammoptera ruficornis)







Fairy-ring Longhorn Beetle (pseudovadonia livida) Ant Sp?



Common Mouse-ear (Cerastium fontanum)



Ox-eye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)









Thick - legged Hoverfly (Syritta pipiens)



Gall Sp?



Sphecodes Sp

Possibly Bare-saddled Blood Bee







Soldier Fly Sp?







Sloe / Hairy Shield Bug (Dolycorus baccorum)



Smooth Tare (Evum tetraspermum)



?

I tried Strawberry Spot but it didn't Google well.

Ah No

Straw Dot (Rivula sericealis)









Eupeodes Sp ♀︎?





Wasp Sp?



Wasp Beetle (Clytus arietus)

Tags: AntSp, FlySp, SphecodesSp, SmoothTare, Fairy-ringLonghornBeetle, WaspBeetle, HairyShieldBug, BeeSp, BeeOrchid, YelowDungFly, GallSp, Thick-leggedHoverfly, Ox-eyeDaisy, CommonMouse-ear, Ox-eyeDaisy, LonghornBeetle, EumerusSp, Hogweed, Helophiluspendulus, Xanthogrammapedissequum, WoundwortShieldBug, HedgeWoundwort, DaggerFlySp, Eristalisp, Chrysotoxumbicinctum, Broad-leavedDock, Blacl&YellowLonghornBeetle, CommonCarderBee

Stubb Mill









Black Headed Gull (Chroicocephelus ridibundus)



















Collared Pratincole (Glareola pratincola)







Coot (Fulica antra) feeding young.





A young Chinese Water Deer (Hydropotes inermis)





Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)

Tags: Landscape, Spoonbill, Coot, CollaredPratincole, ChineseWaterDeer, BlackHeadedGull

Sphecodes Sp on Edelweiss (Leontopodium nivale) This might be S reticulatus (brownish wings)

Thanks to Nick Owens for id comments.

Tags: SpecodesSp

An extraordinary Sandstone Rock formation in the Hearth of the High Weald.

A couple of hours amongst a fantastic selection of Bryophytes, Ferns and Lichens.

Trees strangling rocks in spectacular fashion.

There are at least 200 species of Bryophytes here and the the Tunbridge Filmy Fern

Surface and scratching come to mind.

A place to return to.



Alder (Alnus glutinosa)



Swan's-neck Thyme-moss (Mnium hornum) growing on the rocks.







A Dicranum Sp growing on the underside of the rocks.



At least four Species present.



Moss sp



Moss Sp?



Moss Sp



Cephalozia Sp



Moss Sp





Dicranum Sp fruiting



Moss Sp



Liverwort Sp



Moss Sp


Moss Sp



Moss Sp



Scot's Pine (Pinus sylvestris)

Tags: Landscape, Allder, Bryophytes, Swan's-neckThyme-moss, DicranumSp, Scot'sPine

On Pevensey Beach









Sea Kale (Crambe marítima)

On the walls of Pevensey Castle





Ivy-leaved Toadflax (Cymbalaria muralis)



Biting Stonecrop (Sedum acre)





Bird's-foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)

In the Dungeon



Fern Sp

Tags: SeaKale, Ivy-leavedToadflax, BitingStonecrop, FernSp, Bird's-footTrefoil

Bee Sp on the White Clover?





Four-spotted Chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata)



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Fen Mason Wasp (Odynermus simillimus)



Meadow Grasshopper (Pseudochorthippus parallelus)



Gold Bloomed Grey Longhorn Beetle (Agapanthia villosoviridescens)



















Swallowtail (Papilio machaon)



Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)

Tags: Swallowtail, FenMasonWasp, Landscape, BeeSp, Four-spottedChaser, GoldBloomedGreyLonghornBeetle, WillowWarbler, FenMasonWasp

Bumble Bee Sp? Turned to be Forest Cuckoo bee (Bombus sylvestris)

Thanks to Nick Owens for id.





Red-girdled Mining Bee (Andrena labiata)



Another name for this plant is Windmill Pink and I think you can see why.



Small flowered Catchfly (Silene gallica)



Common Red-legged Robberfly (Dioctria rufipes)

Tags: Small-floweredCatchfly, CommonRed-leggedHoverfly, Red-girdledMiningBee

Bee Sp



Rosemary Beetle (Chrosolina americana)

Tags: RosemaryBeetle, BeeSp

Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)



Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)



Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiatacula)



Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)

Tags: Avocet, MeadowPipit, RingedPlover, SandMartin

Kidney Vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria)





Purple Broomrape (Orobanche purpurea)

from

Jeremy Bartlett's Blog



White-tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus lucorum)



Cliff Mining Bee (Andrena thoracica)



Common Cudweed in growth (Filago vulgaris)







Hairy Tare (Ervilia hirsuta)



Hare's-foot Clover (Trifolium arvense)





Mignonette (Reseda odorata)







Sand Catchfly (Silene conica)



Sphaerophoria Sp ♀︎

Tags: PurpleBroomrape, White-tailedBumbleBee, KidneyVetch, HairyTare, CommonCudweed, SpaerophoriaSp, SandCatchfly, Mignonette, CliffMiningBee

A ride & glades in Foxley Wood



Mining Bee Sp (Andrena Sp) on Creeping Buttercup





Stenocorus meridianus



Red-breasted Carrion Beetle (Oiceoptoma thoracium)



Common Spotted Orchid (Dactylorhiza fuschii)



Common Vetch (Vicia sativa)



Crested dog's-tail (Cynosurus cristatus)



Blowing Bubbles on a lazy Sunday afternoon

Froghopper nymph spittle bugging

Aphrophora salicina



Hoverfly Sp?









Ferdinandia cuprea









Meliscaeva cinctella ? Perhaps



Xylota segnis



Volucella bombylans









Entomopathegenic Fungus that attacks the Fly's brain such that it climbs high on the plant, it's
proboscis sticks to the plant and the wing are held in such a way as to provide a form of dispersal slide for the spores of the fungus.



Little Nomad Bee (Nomada flavoguttata)

The smallest Nomad

The two yellow spots held with id.





Pignut Inflorescence (Conopodium majus)



Rush Sp



Juncus Sp Hard / Soft Rush? Must feel the stem.

Hard Rush (Juncus influxes) Ridges on the stem





Psathyrella candoleana





Sawfly Sp (Tenthredo mesomela)



Remote Sedge (Carex remota)



False Fox-sedge (Carex otrubae) perhaps?



Forget-me-not Shieldbug (Sehirus luctosus)










Diaea dorsata



Water Avens (Geum rivale)






Gall Sp?

Tags: Landscape, AndrenaSp, LittleNomadBee, Pignut, SawflySp, Gall, Aphophorasalicina, RemoteSedge, Psathyrellacandoleana, FroghopperNymph, Ferdinandiacuprea, Xylotasegnis, Volucellabombylans, Forget-me-notShieldBug, WaterAvens, Red-breastedCarrionBeetle, Cresteddog's-tail, CommonSpottedOrchid, CommonVetch

Chinese Magnolia (Magnolia sieboldii)















Gooden's Nomad Bee (Nomada goodeniana♀︎)





Common Tubetail (Spaerophoria scripta ♀︎)



Common Green Furrow Bee (Lassioglossum morio)

Tags: CommonGreenFurrow Bee, ChineseMagnolia, CommonTubetail, Gooden'sNomadBee

Yellow-legged Mining Bee (Andrena flavipes)



Aloe Haircap (Pogonatum aloides)



Eyelash Fungus?



Flat-leaved Scalewort (Radula complanata)



Ulotta Sp

Tags: Yellow-leggedMiningBee, AloeHaircap, Flat-leavedScalewort, UlottaSp

+ Thick-legged Flower Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)







+ Yellow-legged Mining Bee (Andrena flavipes)



Fox & Cubs (Pilosella aurantiaca)

Tags: Fox&Cubs

Violet Black-legged Robber Fly ♂︎(Dioctria atricapilla)



Purging Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)



Common Blue (Polyomattus icarus) mating pair.









Dandelion Sp



Thanks to Joshua for Comments




Fairy Flax (Linum catharticum)







?



Gromwell (Lithospermum officinale)



Merodon equestris ? Wholly black hind leg







Horseshoe Vetch (Hippocrepis comosa)



Green Drake Mayfly

from

NatureSpot



Black Medic (Medicago lupulina)












Microdon devius



Common Milkwort (Polygala vulgaris)







Andrena Sp? Probably A ovulate (Possibly A wilkella)

Reddish tibia

Thanks to Nick Owens for id comments.



Might this be Red-tailed Mason Bee? (Osmia bicolor)







Rhombic Bug (Syromastus rhombeus)



Salad Burnet (Sanguisorba minor)







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Angelena labrynthica

Thanks to Pip Collyer for id.





Hoary Rock Cress (Arabis hirsuta)





Common Twayblade (Listera ovatum)

Tags: VioletBlack-leggedRobberFly, PurgingBuckthorn, Microdondevius, HairyRockCress, SaladBurnet, RhombicBug, AndrenaSp, CommonMilkwort, CommonBlueButterfly, BlackMedic, GreenDrakeMayfly, Merodonequestris, HorseshoeVetch, Gromwell, FairyFlax, DandelionSp

Buzzard (Buteo buteo)



The beginnings of Nettle `Rust on a Nettle (Urtica dioica) stem ? plus ?



Nettle Rust (Puccinia urtica) on Nettle Leaf (Urtica dioica)





Poplar Hawk Moth mating. (Laothoe populi)



Remote Sedge (Carex remora) A riparian forest specialist)



Sedge Sp




Yellow Sedge (Carex demissa)



Snail Sp



Snail Sp







Spider Sp



Hedge Garlic (Alliaria petiolata) with white rust and distorted seed pods.



Four Spotted Chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata)



Broad-bodied Chaser ♂︎ (Libellula depressa)



Moth in case. Sp ?



Harlequin Ladybird (Harmonia axyridis)



Harlequin Ladybird (Harmonia axyridis spectabilis)




Common Tubetail (Sphaerraphoria scripta♂︎) & friend





Marsh Stitchwort (Stellaria palustris)



Saporella Sp



Sawfly Sp (Macrophya duodecimpunctata)











Fen Orchid (Liparis loesellii)



Tipula maxima



Tipula Sp



Tipula SP carrying eggs of some kind?



Campion Anther Smut (Microbotryum lychnidis-dioicae)



Water Starwort (Callitriche stagnilis)





Brassica Shieldbug (Euyderma oleracea)



Soldier Beetle (Cantharis pellucida)



Parasola kuehneri

Tags: Buzzard, NettleRust, PoplarHawkMoth, CampionSmut, Parasolakuehneri, SawflySp, MarshStitchwort, SoldierBeetle, BrassicaShieldBug, WaterStarwort, Tipulamaxima, SnailSp, SpiderSp, SaporellaSp, FenOrchid, HedgeGarlic, FourSpottedChaser, HarlequinLadybird, YellowSedge

Cuckoo Flower (Cardamine pratensis)



Immature Common Blue Damselfly (Enellagma cyathigerurm)



Keeled Skimmer (Orthetrum coerulescens) alas minus one wing.







Flag Iris (Iris pseudaocoris)







Narrow-leaved Marsh Orchid (Dactylorhiza praetermissa (Druce) Soo Subsp. schoenophila R.M>Bateman

Information from Norfolk Flora



Quaking Grass (Briza maxima)



Ragged Robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi)



?



Flea Sedge (Carex pulicaris) perhaps



Round-leaved Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia)



Common Butterwort (Pinguicula grandiflora) You can just about see the browness of the Butterwort anther smut. Microbitryum pinguiculae. The plant did in fact have it.

I hope Joshua will not mind if I add his tweet from a year ago.



A more recent tweet here






Does this mean the end of Butterwort on Beeston Common?

Joshua has been subjected to some vile social media comments recently.
I hope & I'm sure it will not distract from his work.

Tags: FlagIris, RaggedRobin, Narro-leavedMarshOrchid, RushSp, SedgeSp, QuakingGrass, CommonBlueDamselFly, KeeledSkimmer, CommonButterwort, Roud-leavedSundew, CuckooFlower, Narrow-leavedMarshOrchid

Bee Sp



Bee Sp









Hanging by a thread



The billowing curves of Broom (Cytisus scoparius)













Gorse Shield Bug (Peizodorus lituratus)



Spider Sp?



Spider Sp?



Moth Sp ? Lots of these flying around the Broom.



Eupeodes luniger

Tags: BeeSp, Broom, SpiderSp, BeeSp, MothSp, GorseShieldBug

Black Bog Rush (Schoenus nigricans)



Cuckoo Flower (Cardamine pratensis)



Marsh Horsetail (Equisetum palustre)



Marsh Orchid Sp?



Star of Bethlehem (Ornithogalum umbellatum)



Quaking-grass (Briza maxima)



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Tags: BlackBog-rush, CuckooFlower, MarshOrchid, Quaking-grass, SatarofBethlehen

Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)













A visiting Red Backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)

and
a

Blackbird trying to steal the show.



Blackbird (Turdus marula)

But just can't compete with a Goldfinch.

Tags: Goldfinch, Red-backedShrike, Blackbird

Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) Fresh growth remarkably.



Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)





Small-flowered Catchfly (Silene gallica var quinquevulneraria





You might have waited for the last thirty minutes for me to come back but I just do not like my photo being taken.

Sand Pit Mining Bee (Andrena barbilabris)

Still amazed how they can find their nest holes without any obvious visible signs on the surface of the sand.

Some of them today were clearly showing they also found it difficult with multiple attempts to find it.

Tags: SandpitMiningBee, SandCatchfly, Ash

Cobweb in the morning sun.



Chaser



Chiffchaff (Phyllloscopus collybita) in the Alder (Alnus glutinosa)





Celery-leaved Buttercup (Ranunculus sceleratus)





Great-spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus major)













Reed Warbler through the reeds (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)



Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobanus)





Spider Sp







Royal Fern unfurling (Osmunda regalis)



Rush Sp

Tags: Landscape, Chiffchaff, Alder , Celery-leavedButtercup, Rush Sp, RoyalFern, ReedWarbler, SedgeWarbler , SpiderSp, Great-spottedWoodpecker