Banded Demoiselle ♂︎ (Calopterix splendens)







Banded Demoiselle ♀︎ (Calopterix splendens)



Ganoderma Sp



Frogbit (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae)



Water Soldier (Stratiotes aloides)



Water-plantain (Alisma plantago-aquatica)







Green-flowered Helleborine (Epipactis phyllanthes)

Tags: BandedDemoiselle, GanodermaSp, Frogbit, WaterSoldier, Green-floweredHelleborine, Water-plantain

A channel full of Water Soldier (Stratiotes aloides)



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European Cinch Bug (Ischnodemus sabuleti)

Thanks to Steve & Yvonne for id











Greater Bladderwort (Utriuclaria vulgaris)



Red-tailed Bumble Bee ♂︎ (Bombus lapidarius)







Carr Woodland



Cyperus Sedge (Carex pseudocyperus)



Ganoderma Sp



Golden-bloomed Grey Longhorn Beetle (Agapanthia villosoviridescens)





Crested Buckler Fern (Dryopteris cristata)



Sharp-flowered Rush (Juncus acutifolius) Cross partitions only.



Marsh Fern (Thelypteris palustris)





Common Haircap (Polytrichum commune)

Male plant above

and young capsule of the female plant covered by a golden calyptra



Hard Rush or Soft Rush

The ridges seem visible









Heath Spotted-orchid (Dactylorhiza maculata)











Swallowtail (Papilio machaon)







Marsh-bedstraw (Galium palustre)



Brown-lipped Snail (Cepaea nemoralis)



Marsh Stitchwort (Stellar palustris)







Meadow Thistle (Cirsium dissectum)





Leaf Cutter Sp Megachile Sp (to be confirmed)

Pale hairs on clypeus and thorax with some black hairs on top of the head. There appears to be a little tuft of orange hair visible from the scope. Somewhat festooned with mites?

M centuncularis perhaps?

Not quite

The Wonderful Mr Willughby's Bee

Willughby's Leafcutter Bee (Megachile willughbiella)

Thanks to Nick Owens for id.

Nick then passed on these comments, which I ma very grateful for.

M. centuncularis has only orange pollen hairs under its abdomen – and they stick out round the edge like a halo, when seen from above.
M. willughbiella and M. maritima both have dark pollen hairs near the tip, but maritima has whitish hairs towards the front end,
whereas these hairs have more orange colour in willughbiella (photo p. 148 in Bees of Norfolk).
You can’t really see this in your photo though.
M. maritima has more prominent white bands and also longer hairs on the front basi-tarsi if you can see that!
I think they are short on your specimen and the bands are not obvious.
You can see these hairs on the Holkham photo against the yellow petal. M. maritima is darker on top when fresh.
Hope that helps – always tricky with photos. A profile photo is useful for Megachile.
I’ve added M.circumcincta in case you see it (present at Holkham on bird’s-foot trefoil).
It has long hairs on the top of the abdomen which are black towards the hind end and no clear bands.



Megachile circumcincta



Megachile Martina



Megachile maritima



Hoverfly Sp Parahelophilus Sp?











Sawfly Sp (to be confirmed) (Strongylogaster multifasciata ♀︎)

Thanks to Andy Musgrove @andymus1 for id



Saw Sedge (Cladium mariscus) inflorescence


Soldier beetle (Cantharis Sp)





Soldier Fly Sp It does have yellow knees so possibly Long-horned Black Legionnaire (Beris geniculata)





Greater Spearwort (Ranunculus lingua)



Spider Sp





Scaeva pyrastri



Syrphus Sp?



The delicate flower pattern of Tubular Water Dropwort (Oenanthe fistulosa)







Lesser Bullrush (Typha angustifolia)



Water Soldier (Stratiotes aloides)



Xylota segnis

Tags: GreaterBladderwort, CyperusSedge, Scaevapyrastri, Sharp-floweredRush, ParahelophilusSp, Red-tailedBumbleBee, Xylotasignis, SyrphusSp, TubularWaterDropwort, WaterSoldier, SpiderSp, GreaterSpearwort, SoldierBeetle, SoldierFlySp, CommonSawSedge, MegachileSp, MeadowThistle, MarshStitchwort, Brown-lippedSnail, Marsh-bedstraw, Swallowtail, HeathSpotted-orchid, CommonHaircap, MarshFern, CrestedBucklerFern, GanodermaSp, Golden-bloomedGreyLonghorn, SawflySp