Upton Fen
Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus)
Black Hoverfly Sp (Tropidia scita)
NatureSpot pictures for comparison
Thanks to the Judd family for id.
Cuckoo Spit
Marsh Pea (Lathyrus palustris)
Marsh Thistle (Cirsium palustre)
Snail Sp
Alder Buckthorn ( Frangula alnus)
Puccinia coronata
Quite a worldwide problem for Oats & now barley. Has it's sexual phase on Rhamnus species.
Thanks to @Norwichbirder for id.
Vestal Cuckoo Bee (Bombus vestalis)
Hoverfly Sp (Parhelophilus frutetorum/versicolor)
Hoverfly Sp (Eupeodes luniger)
Eristalsis intricaria
Thanks to @Norwichbirder for id confirmation
Snipe Fly Sp (Rhagio scolopaceus?)
NatureSpot pictures for comparison
Thanks to the Judd family for id.
Black Snipe Fly (Chrysophilus cristatus)
Naturespot
Vestal Cuckoo Bee (Bombus vestalis)
Common Blue Damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum)
Azure Damselfly ♀︎ (Blue form) (Coenagrion lunulatum)
Black Tailed Skimmer ♂︎ (Orthetrum cancellatum)
Four Spotted Chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata)
Hairy Dragonfly ♀︎ (Brachyton pratense)
Scarce Chaser ♀︎ (Libellula fulva)
Fen Orchid (Liparis loeselii)
Lac de Gaube - France
Wood Anemone (Anemone nemorosa)
Corydalis Sp
Wood Spurge (Euphorbia amygdaloloides)
Fern Sp
Gaultheria procumbens
Spring Gentian (Gentiana verna)
?
?
Hoverfly Sp (Sphaerophoria Sp ♀︎
Juniper (Juniperus communis)
Spring Gentian (Gentiana verna)
Lungwort (Pulminaria officinalis)
Moonwort (Botrychium lunaria)
Moss Sp
Mossy Saxifrage (Saxifraga bryoides)
?
Primula allionii
Sempervivum Sp
Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae)
Pyrenean Squill ( Scilla liliohyacinthus)
Wood Anemone (Anemone nemorosa)
Wood Sorrell (Oxalis acetosella)
Sazos - France
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)
Alderford Common
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
Surlingham Church Marsh
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)
Surlingham Church Marsh
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?
Alderford Common
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.
Stone Pit Wood
Broom (Cytisus scoparius)
Fly Sp
Hoverfly (Syrphus ribesii)
Hoverfly (Dasysyrphus albostriatus)
Kelling Heath
Adder (Vipera beris)
Dartford Warbler (Sylvia undata)
singing its' heart out from the top of the pine.
Gorse (Ulex europaeus)
Thale Cress (Arabidopsis thaliana)
Common Storksbill (Erodium circutarium)
Hoverfly Sp?
Hoverfly Sp?