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Views from a walk around the Wall of the Garrison at St Mary's - The Isles of Scily











Centaury









Autumn Lady's-tresses (Spiranthes spiralis) on the Garrison Wall

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Myathropa florea



Xylota Segnis?



Eristalsis Sp (pertinax?)











Autumn Lady's-tresses (Spiranthes spiralis)

Tag CloudHoverflySp, Xylotasegnis, EristalsisSp, Myathropaflorea, AutumnLady's-tresses

Bryher Beach

Some of the plants from the Maritime Heath













Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)





Ling (Calluna vulgaris)



Hawkweed Sp



Bell Heather & Lichen Sp



Fresh growth of Ling



Lichen Sp



Lichen Sp

Two of the apparently forty five species in this environment

Maritime Heath





A mixture of Bell Heather & Ling





Thrift (Armeria marítima)







?





Rock Samphire (Crithmum maritimum)

Tag CloudLandscape, MaritimeHeath, Ling, Bird'sFootTrefoil

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Bishop Rock Lighthouse



Bouy



Shag (Phalacrocorax arastatelis))



Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis)





Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)





Manx Shearwater (Puffins puffinus)







Pomarine Skua (Steracorarius pomarinus)











Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus)







Isle of Scilly waves.





Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis)

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Tag CloudBishopRockLighthouse, Bouy, Dolphin, Fulmar, PomarineSkua, ManxShearwater, Shag

Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)



Cuckoo Wrasse (Labrus mixtus)













Gannet (Morus bassanus)























Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)









Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)



Sevenstones Lightship











Manx Shearwater (Puffins puffinus)



Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus)







Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus)

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Tag CloudGreatSkua, Gannet, GreatBlack-backedGull, LesserBlack-backedGull, ManxShearwater, BluefinTuna, Lightship, CuckooWrasse

Portland Spurge (Euphorbia portlandica)



Eyebright (Euphrasia Sp)

Maritime Heath















Low level heathland





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Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)













Autumn Lady's-tresses (SPiranthes spiralis)

Tag CloudLandscape, PortlandSpurge, EyebrightSp, Yarrow, MartimeHeath

Great Skua "Bonxie" (Stercorarius skua)





Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)









Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)





Gannet (Morus bassanus)





European Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)




But

Without doubt the surprise of the evening and with grateful thanks to Andy Frost who was happy to share the picture



Probable Desertas Petrel

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Tag CloudGreatSkua, EuropeanStormPetrel, Gannet, Fea'sPetrel, Fulmar

Great Skua "Bonxie" (Stercorarius skua)





Fulmar (Fulmarius glacialis)



Gannet (Morus bassanus)









Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)



Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)





European Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)

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Tag CloudGreatSkua, Fulmar, Gannet, GreatBlack-backedGull, LesserBlack-backedGull, StormPetrel, ManxShearwater

Old Mining Buildings at Carnkie



Bee Sp





Liverwort Sp



Moss Sp





Moss Sp



Moss Sp



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Shieldbug Sp

Tag CloudLandscape, LiverwortSp, BeeSp, MossSp, RushSp, ShieldBugSp

Fingle's Bridge - Devon







and

just up the road on some

Tansy





Tansy (Tancetum vulgare)




Bee Sp



Bee Sp



Eristalsis Sp



Fly Sp



Froghopper Sp



Syritta pipiens

Tag CloudLandscape, BeeSp, EristalsisSp, FlySp, FroghopperSp, Syritta pipiens

Western Gorse (Ulex gallii)



Bee Sp



Ling (Calluna vulgaris)



Cross-leaved Heath (Erica tetralix)

Venn Ottery - Devon Wildlife trust

Tag CloudLandscape, WesternGorse, BeeSp, Ling, Cross-leavedHeath

Hawkswood - Devon Wildlife Trust

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Yellow-legged Gull ( Larus michahellis)

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Patchwork Leaf-cutter Bee (Megachile centuncularis)



Nymph



Long-winged Conehead Adult ♂︎ (Conocephalus fuscus)



Hoverfly Sp





Spider Sp





Hoverfly Sp Syrphus Sp



?

Tag CloudLong-wingedConehead, PatchworkLeaf-cutterBee, HoverflySp, SpiderSp, SyrphusSp

Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)


Green Sandpiper Bathing & Preening - A movie










The rain was just too much for them.

Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)











Juvenile Sand Martins struggling with the weather. One looked decidedly worse for wear.

Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
























Great White Egret (Ardea alba) Complete with take off sequence.

Tag CloudGreenSandpiper, SandMartin, GreatWhiteEgret, Avocet

Juvenile Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)








Adult Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)





























Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)

Tag CloudLapwing, GreenSandpiper, WoodSandpiper

Bee Sp



Eristalsis Sp



Harvestmen Sp





Southern Hawker (Aeshna cyanea)




Common Darter (Sympetrum striolatum)



Dasysyrphus albostriatus ??



Volucella zonaria





Ichneumon Sp



Common Lizard (Zootoca vivipara)



Spider Sp





Ploughman's-spikenard (Inula conyza)

Tag CloudBeeSp, EristalsisSp, HarvestmenSp, SpiderSp, Volucellazonaria, CommonLizard, CommonDarter, Dasysyrphusalbostriatus, SouthernHawker

Ivy (Hedera helix)





Nettle (Urtica doica)





Scorpion Fly (Panopa communis)

Tag CloudNettle, Ivy, ScorpionFly

Avocet harrying a Green Sandpiper





Avocet harrying a Ruff










Green Sandpiper having been harried by an Avocet





Little Egret









Wood Sandpiper at various stages of harassment by the Avocets.

I particularly like the way the Woodsand lowered itself into the water at one point to avoid the dive-bomb.



Bearded Tit

Tag CloudGreenSandpiper, WoodSandpiper, LittleEgret, BeardedTit

Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)















Peregrine (Falco peregrinus)

Tag CloudPeregrine, Godlfinch

Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)



Black-tailed Godwit ( Limosa limosa)



Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)



Green Sandpiper (Tringa ocheropus)



Avocet chasing off a Redshank (truing totanus)



Both Avocet parents attacking a Black headed Gull

Tag CloudAvocet, BlackHeadedGull, GreenSandpiper, BlacktailedGodwit

Early Morning mist over The Wash



Soon gave way to a beautiful still, clear morning





A mill pond at high tide



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Stonecrop seed head



Sand Hill Screw Moss (Syntrichia ruraliformis)



Horned Poppy (Glaucium flavum)





Sea Spurge (Euphorbia paralias)



Dunlin, Knot & Bar-tailed Godwit















Dunlin flyby over the still waters of The Wash.













Mixed Flock of Dunlin & Common Tern









Dunlin flyby





Dunlin landing













Dunlin & Knot wheeling











Dunlin & Knot take off



Dunlin, Knot, Redshank













Knot Landing







Dunlin landing on the edge of The Wash







Oystercatcher





Turnstone









Ringed Plover



Dunlin























Sanderling













Sanderling & Dunlin on the beach





Lesser Whitethroat

Tag CloudLandscape, Dunlin, CommonTern, Knot, HornedPoppy, SandhillScrewMoss, Bar-tailedGodwit, RingedPlover, SeaSpurge, LesserWhitethroat

Green Sandpiper (Trinda ochropus)

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Black Darter (Sympetrum danae)



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Azure Damselfly (Coenagrion puella)





Common Darter (Sympetrum striolatum)



Gypsywort (Lycopus europeus)











Emerald Damselfly (Lestes sponsa)





Eristalsis Sp on Water Mint & Fleabane









Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans)



Water Mint (Mentha citrata)

Tag CloudBlackDarter, CommonDarter, Gypsywort, Blue-tailedDamselfly, EmeraldDamselfly, CommonBlueDamselfly, BugSp

Lesser Burdock (Arctium minus)



Harvestmen Sp & Leaf Mine



?


? On Horse Chestnut leaf



Bracket Fungus Sp



Fungus Sp











Red Veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii)















Bee Wolf (Philanthus triangulum)

Tag CloudRedVeinedDarter, FungusSp, LesserBurdock, FlySp, HarvestmenSp, WaspSp

Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiatacula)

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