Tech Free

 Decided to have a tech free (almost) month. Deactivated Twitter, No Blog posts until September (Well they are getting a bit repetitive.) and limited phone use. I will still post any rarities somewhere (Bought some first class stamps!).

Little Egret (wanting to be a GWE)

Work at Hauxley may yet turn this reserve around.

It's that time of year again ... yuck ducks.

It is also the time of year when waders become problematic. Rule 1: if it looks a little bit like a Dunlin, it's a Dunlin. Rule 2 if you think you've found a rare wader, it's a Dunlin.

It's not a Dunlin? Rule 3: don't follow the rules!

Sick BH Gull did not appreciated the attention of the Little Egret.

Returning Already?

Colour-ringed Little Egret

Yes 'Autumn' migration s underway. Waders are moving Knot, Whimbrel, Dunlin, Common Sandpipers and Greenshank all in evidence. If only there was some 'quality' mud for them.

Little Egrets are now so common they don't get all the attention they deserve. This one had a few stabs at the sick gull before leaving it alone.

This one has nice yellow legs, however, the grey lores and pale iris mean it is not a Snowy Egret.

Smaller birds are feeding-up before they depart. This one sheltering from the rain under an Umbrella/Umbellifer.

Believe it or not this is a Whitethroat. Obviously a very tired adult and lacking the expected feather condition. A few weeks of good feeding and I'm sure it will look a lot smarter...

... like this fresh Juv..

Looking at the leg colour Chiffchaff methinks.

Yellow Shell

Camptogramma bilineata sp

Vollucella pellucens

The larvae of these scavenge in Bee and Wasp nests (threy're not thought to be parasitic).

End of Term

An early dispersing Whinchat at East Chev.

A good time of year to look for something different. Young birds dispersing, early birds migrating (at least six  summer plumage Sanderling  on the beach), Swift numbers dwindling and a few more Butterflies on the wing.

Teasel

Barred Straw

Gold Spangle

Couldn't get much light on it as it hid on a Teasel Leaf

Yellow Ring DTC

The adult (Sandwich Tern) feeding it had a white ring (possibly ETA)

This adult Sandwich Tern (back) had red ring KAN

Tortoiseshell

Dark Green Fritillary

Common Centaury

Marsh Helleborine

Bugs, Babies and Bonny Flowers ... part 1

This colour-ringed Redshank is probably one ringed on the Humber (awaiting reply from ringer).

Curlew chicks Druridge (Budge Fields)

Stonechat

Sawfly

Rhogogaster picta

Think this may be Giant Knapweed?

Silver-Y

Autographa gamma

Ruby-tailed Wasp

Chrysis ignita

One of the cuckoo wasps (kleptoparasite), lays its eggs in the nests of other wasps. Tiny little thing (less than 1cm) but stunning to look at.

Common Blue

Latticed Heath

Semiothisa clathrata