A (mainly botanical) walk around the reserve this morning led by Rupert Higgins produced the following invertebrates and birds:
Nut Leaf Blister Moth
Phyllonorycter coryli (mine on Hazel),
Red-legged Shieldbug,
Bishop's Mitre (bug),
Stigmella aurella moth (mine on Bramble),
Banded Snail, Common Blue butterfly,
Long-winged Conehead,
Common Carder Bee,
Lyonetia clerkella (mine on fruit tree leaf),
Cranefly (Tipula sp.),
Nettle Ground Bug,
Dock Leaf Bug,
Green Shieldbug,
Old Lady moth (dead).
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| Stigmella aurella mine |
Birds heard and seen:
Mistle Thrush,
Jackdaw,
Jay,
Magpie,
Robin,
Great Tit.
In St Andrews Park, the roof of one of the huts in the park-keeper's depot had a shallow puddle on it, and in 15 minutes it was visited by a
Chiffchaff, a couple of
Blackbirds, a
Great Tit, a
Blue Tit and a juvenile
Goldfinch! Also seen was a
Rose Chafer, a
Green Shieldbug, a
Cranefly and a
Speckled Wood butterfly.
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| Cranefly |
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| Speckled Wood |
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| Chiffchaff and Blackbird |
Fairlawn Road produced a calling
Chiffchaff. Insects included an
Epistrophe grossulariae hoverfly plus another hover that is presumably a
Cheilosia sp. and a small
mining bee. A
Nursery Web Spider was also nearby.
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| Presumed Cheilosia species |
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| Epistrophe grossulariae |
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| Mining bee |
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| Nursery-web Spider |
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