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x 100



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x200

Common Pocket-moss (Fissidens taxifolius)



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Scapania Sp

Water Earwort (Scapania undulate)?




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Scapania Sp?

This pone has some clear pointed edges to the leaves.

Grove Earwort possibly (Scapania nemorosa)?



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Barbiloza Sp?



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Fountain Smoothcap (Atrichum crispum)




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Kettlewort (Blasia pusilla)



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Greater Whipwort (Bazzania triolbata)



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Creeping Fingerwort (Lepidozia reptans)



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Crenellated Flapwort (Jungermannia gracillimum)



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Mylia Sp?

Anomalous Flapwort (Mylia anomala) perhaps?



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Bifid Crestwort (Lophocolea bidentata)



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Frillwort Sp (Fossombronia Sp)

Mark Lawley identified a similar one from this spot as Frossombronia wondraczeckii

Tags: FrillwortSp, ScapaniaSp, BifidCrestwort, CommonPocket-moss, CreepingFingerwort, FountainSmoothcap, Kettlewort, CrenulatedFlapwort

Guillemot (Uria aalge) close inshore amongst the surfboarders.

Tags: Guillemot

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Day 5

SH7129 Gelli-goch



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Spiral Extinguisher-moss (Encalypta streptocarpa)



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Harvestmen Sp?





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Filmy Fern Sp?



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Fissidens Sp?



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Greater Water-moss (Fontinalis anitpyretica) Found in the stream pictured above.



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Pellia Sp?



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Prickly Featherwort (Plagiochila spinulosa)



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Yellow Fringe-moss (Racomitrum aciculare)



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The coarsely toothed hair points looking very like part of a Mandelbrot set.

Woolly Fringe-moss (Racomitrum lanuginosum)



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Rustyback Fern (Cetarach officinarum)



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Thickpoint Grimmia (Schistidium crassipilum)

Possible a Racomitrum?

Thanks to Mark Lawley for id help.



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Flagellate Feather-moss (Hyocomium armoricum)



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Holt's Mouse-tail Moss (Isothecium holtii)



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Lichen Sp

Possibly a Dermatocarpon Lichen or similar.



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Frizzled Pincushion (Ulota phyllantha)



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Sphagnum Sp?



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Sphagnum Sp?



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Ladder Flapwort (Nardia scalars with a Two- horned Pincerwort Cepholozia bicuspidata in the bottom left hand corner.



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Two-horned Pincerwort (Cephalozia bicuspidata)



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Serrated Earth-moss (Ephemerum serratum) nestled in a bed of a Frillwort Sp (Frossombronia Sp)

Not quite

Actually Delicate Earth-moss (Pseudephemerum nitidum) nestled in a bed of a Frillwort Sp (Frossombronia Sp)

Thanks to Mark Lawley for id help.



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In this picture you can clearly see the cells in the middle of the leaf are very different from the rest. Rather like a tower block of elongated cells running to halfway up the leaf.

These appear colourless under a hand lens in the field.

White Earwort (Diplophyllum albicans)

Tags: SpiralExtinguisher-moss, HarvestmenSp, GreaterWater-moss, WhiteEarwort, FrillwortSp, DelicateEarth-moss, LadderFlapwort, Two-hornedPincerwort, SphagnumSp, FrizzledPincushion, Holt'sMouse-tailMoss, FlagellateFeather-moss, ThickpointGrimmia, RustybackFern, WoollyFringe-moss, YellowFringe-moss, PricklyFeatherwort

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Day 4 Afternoon

SH7425 Dol-frwynog



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Rustwort (Nowellia curvifolia)



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Green Mountain Fringe-moss (Racomitrum fasciculare)

Unlikely because of the Hyaline Leaf tips

Thus

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I think this is Racomitrun lanuginosum when it is wet. In striking contrast to when dry.

Although both conditions are striking.

Thanks to Mark Lawley for id help.



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Greater Whipwort (Bazzania trilobata)










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Liverwort Sp

became

Palmate Germanderwort (Riccardia palmata)

Thanks to Mark Lawley for id help.



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Lindberg's Plait-moss (Calliergonella lindbergii)

Tags: Rustwort, GreenMountainFringe-moss, GreaterWhipwort, PalmateGermanderwort, Lindbergh'sPlait-moss

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Day 4 - Morning

SH7022 Coed Ganllwyd



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Prostrate Signal-moss (Sematophyllum demissum)



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Heller's Notchwort (Anastrophyllum helleranium)

Apologies this is the one I thought I was looking at but I seem to have photographed something quite different. And not the best photograph either.

So

Definitely need to go back here with a different lens set up.

This one is more likely a Tritomaria Sp either Cut/Large Cut Notchwort (Tritomaria exsecta/exsectiformis)

Thanks to Mark Lawley for id help.




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Toothed Pouncewort (Drenolejeunea hamatifolia)

Tags: Landscape, ProstrateSignal-moss, Heller'sNotchwort, ToothedPouncewort

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Day 3

SH6929 Afon Crawcwelt



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Earth Clay-moss (Archidium alternifolium)



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Bog Aspodel Seed Head (Narthecium ossifragrum)



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Red beard-moss (Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum)



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Alpine Thread-moss (Bryan alpinum)



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Tall-clustered Thread-moss (Bryan pallescens)



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Heath Star-moss (Campylopus introflexus)

Knew I'd remembered this incorrectly.

In actual fact

Rusty Swan-neck Moss (Campylopus flexuosus) for which capsules are quite rare, which is why Agneta pointed them out. (Thank you)

Thanks to Mark Lawley for id help.



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Fingered Cowlwort (Colura calyptrifolia)



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Eyebright Sp



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Tamarisk Scalewort (Frullenia tamarisci)



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Sharp-leaved Blindia (Blindia acuta)



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Common Haircap (Polytrichum commune)



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Green Mountain Fringe-moss (Racomitrum fasciculare)

Probably not because of the hyaline leaf tips.

Thus

?

I think this is Racomitrun lanuginosum when it is wet. In striking contrast to when dry.

Although both conditions are striking.



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Bristly/ Lesser Fringe-moss ( Racomitrum heterostichum/affine)



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Sphagnum Sp



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Sphagnum Sp



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Possibly Dense Haircap (Polytrichum commune var perigoniale)



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Common Haircap (Polytrichum commune var commune)

Tags: EarthClay-moss, BogAsphodel, RedBeard-moss, CommonHaircap, SphagnumSp, Bristly/LesserFringe-moss, GreenMountainFringe-moss, CommonHaircap, Landscape, TamariskScalewort, Eyebright, FingeredCowlwort, HeathStar-moss, Tall-clusteredThread-moss, AlpineThread-moss

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Day 2

SH5922 COED Cors y Gedol



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Beefsteak Fungus (Fistuline hepatica)



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Collared Parachute (Marasmius rotula)



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Revolute Beard-moss (Pseudocrossidium revolutum)



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Cylindric Beard-moss (Didymodon insulanus)



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Welsh Pocket-moss (Fissidens Celticus) with kinked vein x200



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Creeping Fingerwort (Lepidozia reptans)



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Large/Smaller White Moss Leucobryum glaucum/juniperoideum



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Lichen Sp?



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Forked Veilwort (Metzgeria furcata)



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Ulotta Sp + ?



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Moss Sp?

Possibly Long-beaked Water Feather-moss (Platyhypnidium riparoides)

Thanks to Mark Lawley for id help.





Bigg Shaggy -moss (Rytidiadelphus triquetrus)

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Grove Earwort (Scapania nemorosa)

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Greater Fork-moss (Dicranum majus)



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Lesser Featherwort (Plagiochila porelloides)



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Pinnate Scalewort (Porella pinnata)



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Least Crystalwort (Riccia subbifurca)



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Handsome Wollywort (Tricholea tomentella)



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Shining Hookera (Hookeria lucens)

Tags: CollaredParachute, BeefsteakFungus, ForkedVeilwort, Long-beakedWaterFeather-moss, ShiningHookera, BigShaggy-moss, LesserFeatherwort, PinnateScalewort, LeastCrystalwort, HandsomeWoollywort, UlotaSp, CylindricBeard-moss, Large/SmallerWhiteMoss, CreepingFingerwort, WelshPocket-moss, RevoluteBeard-moss

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Day1

SH6920 East of Coed Garth Gell




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Lichen Sp?

A Peltigaria Sp?

Thanks to Mark Lawley for id help.



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?

Possibly Marsupelia Sp

Thanks to Mark Lawley for id help.



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A spectacular lichen spreading up the trunk of an Oak tree.

Lobaria pulmonaria

from the

Lichen Society




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Ulotta Sp?



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8

?

Schistidium Sp?

Thanks to Mark Lawley for id help.



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Prickly Featherwort (Plagiochila spinulosa)



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Urn Haircap (Pogonatum urnigerum)



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Ulota Sp + Forked Veilwort (Metzgeria furcata)



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White Earwort (Diplophyllum albicans)



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Nut-moss (Diphyscium foliosum)



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Spiral Extinguisher-moss (Encalypta streptocarpa)

Tags: Landscape, LichenSp, PricklyFeatherwort, UrnHaircap, UlotaSp, SpiralExtinguisher-moss, Nut-moss, WhiteEarwort

Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

Freshly moulted adults are just so stunning this time of year, especially in the sunshine.



Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)







































Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)

Tags: CaspianGull, HerringGull, Starling

A complete change of stance when the Kestrel came over.



Kestrel (Falco tinunculus)



Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)

Three morsels of food in about twenty minutes then sat on a post for forty five minutes.

Tags: Wheatear, SeaAster, Kestrel

Marsh Fern (Thelypteris palustris)





Lesser Spearwort (Ranunculus flammula)





Heart-leaved Spear-moss (Calliergon cordifolium)





Tall Thyme-moss (Plagiomnium elatum)







Maidenhair Pocket-moss (Fissidens adianthoides)



Bifid Crestwort (Lophocolea bidentata)



Intermediate Hook-moss (Scorpidium cossonii)



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Stonewort Sp (Charaphyte Sp)

Tags: MarshFern, LesserSpearwort, Heart-leavedSpear-moss, BifidCrestwort, IntermediateHook-moss, CharophyteSp, TallThyme-moss, MaidenhairPocket-moss

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Tree Damsel Bug (Himocerus apterus)





Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum)



Beetle Sp



Common Persicaria ( Polygonum persicaria)



Notch-horned Cleg-fly (Haematopota pluvialis)



Bug Sp Deraeocoris ruber







Long Winged Cone-head (Conocephalus fuscus) ♀︎



Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera)





Ruddy Darter ♂︎(Sympetrum sanguineum)



Devil's-bit Scabious (Succisa pratensis)



Eristalis horticola









Field Digger Wasp (Mellinus arvensis)



Common Groundhopper (Tetrix undulata)

Stephen Falk's page





Possibly Leiobunun rotundum Female above - male below





Harvestmen Sp?





Dicranopalpus ramosus agg







Helophilus pendulus ♀︎





Helophilus pendulus







Cheilosia pagana





Helophilus trivittatus





Hare'sfoot Inkcap (Coprinopsis lagopus)







Common Lizard (Zootoca vivipara)





Phantom Cranefly (Ptyxchoptera contaminata)♂︎



?



Picture-winged Fly (Xyphosia militaria)



Red Beetle (Anthocomus rufus)



Red Beetle (Platycis minutus)




A skin



Slime Mould Sp?









Marsh Fly (Coremacera marginata) Kills snails





Marsh Fly Sp Because of the angle difficult to identify this one. The dark spot on the eye might give the game away in which case Tetanocera elata



Speckled Bush-cricket ♀︎ (Leptophyse punctissima)



Spider web on Rush



Lesser Hornet Hoverfly (Volucella inannis)



Wasp Sp?





Willow Emerald (Chalcolestes viridis) ♂︎











Xylota segnis

Tags: CommonCarderBee, CommonPersicaria, Xylotasegnis, Anthocomusrufus, Platycisminutus, RedBeetleSp, TrreeDamselBug, Notch-hornedCleg-fly, LesserHornetHoverfly, MarshFlySp, Hare'sfootInkcap, PhantomCranefly, CommonLizard, Helophilustrivittatus, Helophiluspendulus, Cheilosiapagana, DicranopalpusramosusAgg, Eristalishorticola, CommonGroundhopper, CommonFroghopper, FieldDiggerWasp, DarkBush-cricket, Devil's-bitScabious, RuddyDarter, LongWingedCone-head, BugSp

Cliff Mining Bee (Andrena thoracica)





Nettle Ground Bug (Heterogaster urticae)





Duke of Argyll's Tea-tree - Matrimony Vine (Lyceum barbarum)





Red-thighed Epeolus ♀︎ (Epeolus cruciger)

The Cuckoo Bee

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Heather Mining Bee (Colletes succinctus)









Ichneumon Wasp sp ?





Micro Moth Sp?

Common Nettle-tap (Anthophila fabriciana)

Thanks to Gill Judd for id.







Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)





Hairs bands seem to be uninterrupted.









White hairs on the clypeus.





Sharp-tailed Bee Sp ♀︎(Coellioxys Sp) ?

Probably Shiny- vented Sharp-tail Bee Coelioxys inermis

Thanks to Nick Owens for comments.

Coelioxys id













Field Digger Wasp (Mellinus arvensis) ?











Nysson trimaculatus ♀︎ ?



Syrphus Sp?

Tags: CliffMiningBee, DukeofArgyll'sTeaTree, Red-thighedEpeolus, CommonNettle-tap, NettleGroundBug, Shiny-ventedSharp-tailBee, FieldDiggerWasp, PaintedLady, Sharp-tailedBee Sp

Tila henryana

Tags: Tiliahenryana

Sea Aster rayless form flosculosus (Aster tripolium var )



Wasp Spider egg sac



Nobody is quite sure why the zig zag pattern is present except possible to attract insects.

By it's small size this is probably a male.





Egg sac was quite difficult to spot in the grass. This one is still open.
It less than three feet away from the presumed female below.





This one is quite large so it's probably a female.

The web looks like its hung over manipulated depression in the grass.





This one was on a web about three feet away, was much smaller than the one above so presumed to be a male.

Tags: WaspSpider, SeaAster

Young lizards (Zooloca vivipara)



Roesel's Bush Cricket (Metrioptera roselii)

Tags: Roesel'sBushCricket, CommonLizard

Annual Sea Blite (Sueda maritima)



















Red Backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)





Sea Aster (Aster tripolium)



Sea Aster Mining Bee (Colletes halophilus)

























Wasp Spider (



Four Spotted Orb Weaver Sp

Tags: WaspSpider, RedBackedShrike, AnnualSeaBlite

Ectemnius Sp

This has a silvery face thus not E cavifrons. The other suggestions were E literatus or E cephalotes.

Thanks to Tim Strudwick for comments.

So is there enough information in the photographs to do it.

The closest I could come was this top picture from Steven Falk's Flicker Album for Hogweed Fly Fox ♂︎ (Ectemnius literatus)

Tags: WaspSp?

Short Fringed Mining Bee (Andrena dorsata)



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Common Furrow Bee (Lasioglossum calceatum) Male & Female ?

This a dark form male, pale mark on the clypeus. The tarsi and end of each tibia are pale/yellow.

Well again. Not quite

Hard to say but I think these are all male Lasioglossum leucozonium, as the tips of the tarsi (segments 2 – 5) are quite dark.
The two together are both males because their basi-tarsi are white.

Thanks to Nick Owens for comments








Red -tailed Bumble bee ♂︎





Gypsywort (Leucopus europaeus)









Marsh harrier being harried by the local Lapwings















Even at this point in the season them Lapwings are not happy with the young Marsh Harrier

Wonderful patterns in the sky.



Celery-leaved Buttercup (Ranunculus scleratus)









Marsh Hog's Fennel (Peucedanum palustre) ? Finely serrated lobed leaves.



Syrphus Sp



Sphaerophoria Sp

Tags: MarshHarrier, ShortFringedMiningBee, Gypsywort, SyrphusSp, MarshHog's Fennel, SpaerophoriaSp

Very large cells, well spaced cells x 100


Shining Hookeria (Hookeria lucens)







Endive pellia (Pellia endiviifolia) going frilly. Quite spectacular.





The very clear line of cells on the edge of the Moss

Dotted Thyme Moss (Rhizomnium punctatum)





Blunt-leaved Bog-moss (Sphagnum palustre)



?

Tags: Bryophytes, ShiningHookeria, Endive pellia, Blunt-leavedBog-moss, DottedThymeMoss