Mainly overcast with the odd sunny spell. A west wind
Middleton Nature Reserve
Janet's injuries have improved enough to allow her to use one of her old cameras. Can't use the large lens yet but the small ones are fine for insects.
These were on the spit of the main pond
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| Teneral Red-Veined Darter |
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| Common Darter |
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| Black-Tailed Skimmer |
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| Common Blue Damselfly |
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| Meadow Brown |
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| Alder Leaf Beetle |
No sign of a Ruddy Darter today
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| Male Common Darter |
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| Female Common Darter |
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| Speckled Wood |
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| Small White |
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| Painted Lady |
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| Alder Leaf Beetles here too |
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| Common Drone Fly |
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| Garden Cross Spider - or as they are commonly called, A Big Spider! |
I just did a wildfowl check of the two largest ponds - Malcolm
Main Pond
Mute Swan 2
Mallard 23
Coot 7
Moorhen 2
"No swimming" pond
Mute Swan 1
Mallard 4
Tufted Duck 2 females
Little Grebe 1
Moorhen 5
Coot 5
Grey Heron 1
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| Heron |
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| Little Grebe |
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| Both the Tufted Duck had some white around the bill |
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| Tufted Duck with adult and immature Moorhen |
This Fox was patrolling Janet's garden last night.
