…however, this time they are from Twizell Woods around the middle of last month.
Parent Shieldbugs and final instar nymphs.
Newly emerged Parent Shieldbugs.
Common Green Shieldbug.
Hairy Shieldbug.
Alder Leaf Beetle.
Harlequin Ladybird.
Sawfly Caterpillar.
Birch Catkin Bug.
Southern Hawker.
There were plenty of Spiders around.
Tachinid Fly.
Greenbottle Fly.
Ichneumon Wasp.
Hairy Pea Galls.
We crossed the border into Suffolk to visit Weeting Heath National Nature Reserve to see if we could see any Stone Curlew. We did in fact there were another couple in the hide and they had counted at least sixteen, we didn’t see that many, I think the most we saw was eight however seeing only one before that was a great result. The same couple told us that the RSPB Lakenheath wasn’t far away so we had to visit there too. Suffice to say it was a long walk around the reserve for very little reward.
A centipede in the garden of the cottage.
For some reason a blister appeared near its head.
Lauxaniids Sp. of Fly?
Box Bug instar.
Stone Curlew.
Six in this shot.
24-spot Ladybird at Lakenheath.
Great White Egret.
Little Egret.
Common Tern in a dive.
It came up with a fish.
Ruddy Darter.
Back at the cottage there were dozens of Migrant
Hawker hawking over the field next door.
Wasp cleaning its self.
