Rush Sp







Sedge Sp



Sedge Sp





Greater Butterwort (Pinguicula grandiflora)



Moss Sp









Bird's Eye Primrose (Primrose farinosa)



Rush Sp



Prostrate Broom (Cystus decumbens)

Tag CloudSedgeSp, RushSp, Bird'sEyePrimrose, MossSp, Bryophytes, ProstrateBroom

Great Butterwort (Pinguicula grandiflora)



Green Hairstreak (Callophrys rubi)







Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris)



Saxifrage Sp



Spider Sp





Spider Sp



Pyrenean Squill (Scilla liliohyacinthus)



Viola Sp

Tag CloudLandscape, GreatButterwort, GreenHairstreak, ViolaSp, PyreneanSquill, SaxifrageSp, MarshMarigold

Just on the side of the road on the outskirts of the small village of Sazos on the way to Luz Ardiden.



Bee Sp









Bee Fly Sp



Pyrenean Hyacinth (Brimeura amethystinus)









Blue-spiked Rampion (Phyteuma spicata)



?



Nottingham Catchfly (Silene nutans)









Columbine (Aquelegia pyrenaica)



Cuckoo Flower (Cardemine pratensis)





Euphorbia amygdaloides





Fairy Foxglove (Erinus alpinus)



Maidenhair Spleenwort (Asplenium trichomanes)





Dusky Crane's-bill (Geranium phaeum)



Grass Sp





?









Eristalsis tenax



Sphaerophoria Sp ♀︎



Quaking Grass (Briza media)





Greater Yellow Rattle (Rhinanthus angustifolius)





Salad Burnett (Sanguisorbia minor)









Bladder Campion (SIlene inflata)



Spider Sp





Valerian (Valeriana officionalis)

Tag CloudBeeFlySp, PyreneanHyacinth, Eristalsistenax, SpaerophoriaSp, Blue-spikedRampion, MaidenhairFern, SpiderSp, Valerian, BladderCampion, HoverflySp, DuskyCrane's-bill, FairyFoxglove, EuphorbiaSp, CuckooFlower, Columbine, NottinghamCatchfly

White Asphodel (Asphodelus albus)



Beetle Sp


Shield Bug Sp



Duke of Burgundy (Hamearis lucina)



Wild Daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus)





Alpine Daphne (Daphne alpina)



Alpine forget-me-not (Myosotis alpestris)





Koch's Gentian (Gentiana kochiana)







Lichen & Moss Sp



Pyranean Rock Lizard (Iberolacerta bonnali)







Elder-flowered Orchid (Dactylorhiza sambucina)



Bug





Saxifrage Sp



Saxifrage Sp











Spring gentian (Gentiana verna)



Wood Anemone (Anemone nemorosa)


Moss Sp



Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus)



Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus)

Tag CloudLandscape, WhiteAsphodel, LichenSp, MossSp, SaxifrageSp, WoodAnemone, BeetleSp, ShieldBug, DukeofBurgundy, Koch'sGentian, AlpineForget-me-not, AlpineDaphne, WildDaffodil, Bilberry, CommonBlue

Wonderful lamp standard on the Napoleon Bridge just outside Luz-Saint-Saveur











Beautiful Beechwood with moss covered rock understorey.













Globe Daisy (Globularia vulgaris)



Burnt Tipped Orchid (Orchis ustulata)







Large Flowered Butterwort (Pinguicula grandiflora)



Early Purple Orchid (Orchis mascula)





Elder-flowered Orchid (Dactylorhiza sambucina)

On the way the flash of white was fortuitously spotted on the side of the road as we went past.





White Helleborine (Cephelanthera damasonium)

A couple of days later some more were spotted and a few Fly Orchid





White Helleborine (Cephelanthera damasonium)







Fly Orchid (Ophrys insectifora)

Tag CloudLandscape, GlobeDaisy, BurntTippedorchid, LargeFloweredButterwort, FlyOrchid, Elder-floweredOrchid, EarlyPurpleOrchid

Some rather beautiful bryophytes around the car park in Luz-Saint-Sauveur



Nee's Pellia (Pellia neesiana)









Fountain Apple-moss (Philonotis fontana)



?

Tag CloudMoss, Bryophytes, FountainApple-moss, Nee'sPellia, Liverwort

A young Tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera) in the supermarket car park

Lux Saint Sauveur

Tag CloudTulipTree

Alder (Alnus glutinosa)







Black Tailed Skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum)



Click Beetle Sp (AlthousSp)



Red & Black Froghopper (Cercopis vulnerata)





Soldier Beetle (Cantharis rustica)



Bug Sp





Climbing Corydalis (Ceratocapnos claviculata)



Teneral Blue Tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans)



Azure Damselfly (Coenagrion puella)



Flag Iris (Iris pseudacorus)



Fern Sp



Hoverfly (Cheilosia albitarsis/ranunculi agg)





Four Spotted Chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata)







Hairy Dragonfly (Brachytron pratense)



Juniper Haircap (Polytrichum juniperinum)



Sphagnum Sp







Norfolk Hawker (Aeshna isosceles)







Red-eyed Damselfly (Erythromma najas)



Reed (Phragmites communis)











Royal Fern (Osmunda regalis)



Compact Rush (Juncus conglomeratus)



Sedge Sp





Water Violet (Hottonia palustris)



Willow Sp

Tag CloudAlder, BlacktailedSkimmer, BugSp, FlagIris, WillowSp, ClickBeetleSp, SedgeSp, WaterViolet, CommonReed, RoyalFern, RushSp, FernSp, CheilosiaSp, FourSpottedChaser, HairyDragonfly, JuniperHaircap, SphagnumSp, NorfolkHawker, Red-eyedDamselfly, Red&BlackFroghopper, SoldierBeetle, ClimbingCorydalis, BlueTailedDamselfly, AzureDamselfly

Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum)



Ashy Mining Bee ♂︎(Andrena cineraria) ?



Bee Sp



Azure Damselfly (Coenagrion puella)





Snouted Duck Fly (Anisimyia lineata)



Eristalinus aeneus





Capillary Thread-moss (Bryum capillare)



Anomalous Bristle-moss (Orthotrichum anomalum)



?
Capsule doesn't seem to have 16 peristome teeth but the seta is carrying the capsule about the plant.



Grey-cushioned Moss (Grimmia pulvinata)



Anomalous Bristle-moss (Orthotrichum anomalum)

You can clearly see the sixteen peristome teeth or nearly on some of the seta.



Rhopalus subrufus

Photos from Stephen Falk's page for comparison

Thanks to @NorwichBirder for confirmation of id.







Wall Brown (Lasiommata megera)

There were three flying here today.





Nomad Bee Sp? Presumed Early Nomad Bee? (Nomada leucophthalma)

Stephen Falk's Early Nomad Bee page for comparison.

Tag CloudAlexanders, AshyMiningBee, BeeSp, AzureDamselfly, BugSp, SnoutedDuckFly, Grey-cushionedMoss, AnomalousBristle-moss, CapillaryThread-moss, Bryophytes, Moss, NomadBeeSp, WallBrown, Eristalinusaeneus

Adder's Tongue Fern (Ophioglossum vulgatum)







Black Bryony (Dioscorea communis)





Red Cardinal Beetle (Pyrochroa serraticornis)



Cleavers (Gallium aparine)





Hoverfly - Bee mimic on it's sunlit leaf. Volucella bombylans var plumata

Compare with images from Stephen Falk



Oligolophus tridens

Thanks to @Norwichbirder for id

Tag CloudAdder'sTongueFern, Cleavers, BlackBryony, RedCardinalBeetle, HoverflySp, Volucellabombylans

Cranefly Sp





Field Pansy (Viola arvensis)





Common Fumitory (Fumaria officinalis)





Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris)



Pineapple Weed (Matricaria discoidea)



Shepherd's Purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)





The Hanworth Sprayer

Tag CloudLandscape, Fumitory, Groundsel, FieldPansy, PineappleWeed, CraneFlySp

Looking more like a Fiery Black Imp Moth than a Fairy Moth ( (Adela reaumurella)



Large Red Damsel Fly ((Pyrrhosoma nymphulla)



Cow Parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris)



Grey - patched mining Bee ♀︎ (Andrena nitida) ?













Fly Sp



Fresh Ivy Leaf (Hedera helix)

Tag CloudFairyMoth, LargeRedDamselfly, CowParsley, FlySp, Ivy

Marsh Marigold Moth (Micropterix calthella)



Flat Neckera (Neckera complanata)







Sanicle (Sanicula europaea)





Wood Sedge (Carex sylvatica)

Tag CloudSanicle , MarshMarigoldMoth, FlatNeckera, Sedge Sp

Bulbous Buttercup (Ranunculus bulbosus)







Field Maple (Acer campestre)



Field Wood-rush (Luzula campestris)







Grey - patched mining Bee ♀︎ (Andrena nitida) ?



Ashy Mining Bee ♂︎(Andrena cineraria)?






Fairy Moth / Green Longhorn (Adela reaumurella)



Green Stink Bug (Palomena prasina)





Nomad Bee Possibly Andrena marshamella?

Is this our Norfolk
Sir Robert Marsham?

but the black on the antennae doesn't quite
with the pictures from Stephen Falk's Nomad Bee album

Tag CloudBulbousButtercup, FieldMaple, FieldWood-rush, BeeSp, GreenStinkBug, FairyMoth

Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)







Redshank (Tringa totanus)



Swift (Apus apus)




Temminck's Stint (Calidris temminckii)



Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)





Pochard (Aythya ferina)





Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)

Tag CloudRedshank, LittleRingedPlover, Shelduck, Pochard, Swift, Temminck'sStint, Avocet

Flag Iris (Iris pseudacorus)









Oak (Quercus robur)



Slime Mold (Reticularia lycoperdon)

Thanks to @Norwichbirder for id.



Wavey Bitter Cress (Cardamine flexuosa)

Tag CloudLandscape, FlagIris, WaveyBitterCress, Oak, SlimeMoldSp

Azure Damselfly (Coenagrion puella)





Broad Bodied Chaser ( Libellula depressa)



Large Red Damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphulla)



Hoverfly Sp (Eristalinus sepulchralis)?
Not 100% sure on this one. Could be the other Eristalinus but there seems to a hairy fuzz over the eyes and
I think the dull patches along the central axis of the abdomen are making an appearance.
Also this is an inland site.





Grasshopper Sp



Male







Female



Mating



Female

Snouted Duck Fly (Anisimyia lineata)

Thanks to @Norwichbirder for id confirmations.



Creeping Buttercup (Ranunculus repens)

Tag CloudDamselfly, BroadBodiedChaser, LargeRedDamselfly, SnoutedDuckFly, GrasshopperSp, HoverflySp

Heron (Ardea cinerea)







Temminck's Stint (Calidris temminckii)

After the Dutch naturalist Coenraad Jacob Temminck

Kalidris or skalidirs, a term used by Aristotle for some grey-coloured waterside birds.




Click image for Wikipedia link

Tag CloudHeron, Temminck'sStint

Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)






Cinnamon Bug (Corizus hyoscyami)



Creeping Buttercup (Ranunculus repens)



Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)



Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria)



Willow Sp (Salix Sp)



Crane Fly (Tipula luna)





Snouted Duck Fly (Anasimya lineata)



Probably the same as the above?

Tag CloudReedWarbler, CinnamonBug, Dandelion, CraneFly, CreepingButtercup, HoverflySp, Meadowsweet, WillowSp

Beautiful but a little distant.





Dotterel (Charadrius morinellus)

Tag CloudDotterel

Avocett (Revurvirostra avosetta)

Still scraping & not settled.





Little Egret (Egret garzetta)



Starling (Sternus vulgaris)



Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)













Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)

Tag CloudAvocet, LittleEgret, Starling, TuftedDuck, Wheatear

Kestrel (Falco tinunculus)





Pied Wagtail (Moticilla alba yarelli)







Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)





Chiffchaff (phylloscopus collybita)



Orange Tip (Anthocaris cardamines)







Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)

Tag CloudHawthorn, Chiffchaff, Whitethroat, Kestrel, OrangeTip

Cowslip (Primula veris)













Green Winged Orchid (Orchis morio)

Tag CloudCowslip, GreenWingedOrchid

Adder's Tongue Fern (Ophioglossum vulgatum)



Wood Bristle-moss (Orthotrichum affine)



White-tipped bristle-moss (Orthotrichum diaphanum)



Ground Ivy (Glechoma hederacea)



Cleavers (Galium aparine)



Helophilus pendulus♂︎



Eristalis nemorum?



Bacchia elongata



Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Garden Warbler all singing but no Willow Warblers heard.

A number of Brimstone flying & Speckled Wood.

Tag CloudAdder'sTongueFern, HoverflySp, Cleavers, Helophiluspendulus, Bacchiaelongata, GroundIy, Eristalisisnemorum, WoodBristle-moss, White-tippedBristle-moss

Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus)











Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)



Hoverfly (Syrphus ribesii)





Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)

Tag CloudHawthorn, CommonBlue, Syrphusribesii, SedgeWarbler