Open University Exploring Nature Walk
Monday August 5th
Alner's Gorse
An excellent short walk in warm and humid conditions - very conducive to bringing out butterflies but sadly not the hairstreaks we had hoped for.
Even so, we did see a remarkable total of 12 species in just 90 minutes, also two identified moths and 3 dragonflies.
One the dragonflies looked like it was a new species for me, a scarce chaser,
but instead turned out to be the more common broad-bodied chaser.
As usual all the photos are linked to their iSpot page and I have also included a few from last year.
Birds
Bullfinch (heard)
Reptiles/Amphibians
Common Lizard
Common Frog
Insects
Meadow Brown
Gatekeeper
Ringlet
Speckled Wood
Large White
Small White
Green-veined White
Small Skipper
Small Copper
Peacock
Red Admiral
Silver-washed Fritillary
Silver Y moth
White Plume-moth
Common Blue Damselfly
Migrant Hawker
Broad-bodied Chaser
Dark Bush-cricket
Plants
Large-leaved Lime
Small-leaved Lime
Pedunculate Oak
English Elm
Lesser Spearwort
Hedge Woundwort
Dyer's Greenweed
Greater Birdsfoot Trefoil
Angelica
Pepper Saxifrage
Woody Nightshade
Saw-wort
Sneezewort
Marsh Ragwort
Common Knapweed
Fleabane
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