A walk today resulted in another soaking from the rain and just managing to escape getting bitten from two ginger dogs with their owner no where in sight till it was all over. I'm getting pretty ****ed off with the number of dogs that are not under any semblance of control from their owners on the fell.
There's still a
Cuckoo or two calling at the moment and a lot of birdsong generally, considering it's mid June. Often the warblers are near to stopping around now but
Blackcaps,
Garden Warblers and
Chiffchaffs in particular are still singing their hearts out, as are
Song Thrushes. A lone female
Stonechat was the best bird seen.
Still cold and no butterflies seen today but a decent amount of hoverflies around including the bumblebee-mimic
Volucella bombylans and
Meliscaeva auricollis. The latter was new for me and rather scarce in the county so a good record.
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| Meliscaeva auricollis |
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| Volucella bombylans |
Another good record was the Longhorn micro moth
Adela rufimitrella.
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| Adela rufimitrella |
Other insects seen today included the
Scorpion Fly Panorpa germanica. This female is similar to to other species but I think it's
germanica on the amount of dark markings on the wing.
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| Scorpion Fly Panorpa germanica |
The Soldier Beetle
Cantharis pellucida was also seen here.
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| Cantharis pellucida |
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| Cut-leaved Cranesbill |
The first
Ragged Robin and
Bell Heather flowers have appeared and I noticed that I've never recorded the
Cut-leaved Cranesbill, which is common enough and like good patch of
Compact Rush (Juncus conglomeratus) I just haven't mentioned it since I started this Blog.
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| Bell Heather |
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