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Last Update: Saturday, May 1, 2021 - 23:37
A fly I caught yesterday turns out to be Delia radicum known variously as the cabbage fly, cabbage root fly, root fly or turnip fly. Thanks, Laurence. Whilst pleased to have the first record in VC104...
Last Sunday a young otter was exploring our garden – something we have never seen before, though we see them beyond the garden on the shore and in the sea. There has been a Great Northern Diver...
There are plenty of hoverflies about. Here are three that I have managed to name – and thanks to those who have helped or confirmed, especially Seth.
The moth trap contained 17 moths of...
One of the small pleasures of living here is the way native bluebells pop up all over the place in the garden:
I have spotted a couple of interesting insects today, Firstly, there was a sawfly...
I have recorded 145 species of moth, counting adults only, at West Suisnish over the past three years.
September (and January) may be artificially low as I am often away for three weeks or more in...
A couple of days ago, this mayfly settled on my watch in the garden – we are not very far from the Arish Burn. It is probably Baetis rhodani. (Thanks, Craig.)
Baetis cf rhodani
A short-palped...
The range of moth species coming to the trap is increasing. A few days ago there were two resplendent Early Thorns.
Early Thorn
I have looked at some small insects in the past two days. Rosemary...
I think this is the way forward for naming my posts as I am pretty much confined to my house and garden. In my last post I forgot to mention Luzula campestris (Field Wood-rush) amongst the flowering...
Ten days ago I saw my first social wasp of the year, a queen Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris) like this one from a few days ago that posed rather better:
Vespula vulgaris
Now there are large numbers of...
BSBI is running a Garden Wildflower Hunt to offer botanical recorders, wildlife enthusiasts and the general public a chance to improve/ practice their plant identification skills while at home. BSBI...
