... part 2

Latticed Heath

Semiothisa clathrata

Burnet Moth

(Narrow-bordered 5-Spot Burnet?)

Grasshopper Warbler

(Has this bird got only one leg?)

Sedum

Ruff

A visit to Newton the site of many an un-reported bird.

Warkworth Castle

Vipers Bugloss

Interesting growth pattern. Is the central spike affecting the growth of the surrounding spikes. Must try and find out more.

Stavros S Niarchos

Anchored off Amble.

Eider Duckling

Striped Millipede

(Don't you love it when things have sensible names?)

Ommatoiulus sabulosus

Poppies

... more June 'Birds'

... no birds.

It's that time of year when a good bird can turn up anywhere, but in the meantime catching up on the bugs and flowers takes up most of the time.

Apologies if the IDs are incorrect, you can always tweet me and let me know.

Common Blue Damselfly

Enallagma cyahigerum

One of my favourite flowers, small and easily overlooked.

Grass Vetchling

Lathyrus nissolia

Woody Nightshade

Solanum dulcamara

Ringlet

Aphantopus hyperantus

Speckled Wood

Meadow Brown

Maniola jurtina

Common Blue

Common Tern

7-Spot Ladybird

Buff Ermine

Lesser Butterfly Orchid

Dyer's Greenweed

Genista tinctoria

Bittern, Grasshopper Warblers, numerous Gulls and Terns have been the birds of note. Marsh Harriers have 5 Young , Bearded Tits are active and Lots of Family Parties (of commoner stuff) indicate a good breeding season. Signs of change today with migrating Swifts, Whinchat and Juv. Cuckoo in dunes ... soon be Winter. :-)

June Birding

Cardinal Beetle

Pyrochrora serraticornis

(commoner form has black head ... coccinea)

Silverweed

Potentilla anserina

Forget-me-not 

Myosortis sp?

False Fox Sedge

Carex otrubae

(Need to check some of my IDs this is common S of England)

Little Egret (ringed Lincolnshire)

Wall Brown

Lasiommata megera

Large Skipper

Ochlodes venatus

Soldier Beetle

Rhagonycha fulva

Tetragnatha (prob extensa)

Nettle Weevil

Phyllobius pomaceus

Nemophora degeerella

Fabulous flight display by these longhorn moths at Drurdge. I wonder how many swatted away the pesky bugs as they visited the hide, not realising their beauty?

Nettle Weevil

I waited patiently for them to land so I could photograph them, they weren't supposed to land on me. No telescope required.