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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

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Old Mining Buildings at Carnkie



Bee Sp





Liverwort Sp



Moss Sp





Moss Sp



Moss Sp



?







?



Shieldbug Sp

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Western Gorse (Ulex gallii)



Bee Sp



Ling (Calluna vulgaris)



Cross-leaved Heath (Erica tetralix)

Venn Ottery - Devon Wildlife trust

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Hawkswood - Devon Wildlife Trust

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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)

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Portland Spurge (Euphorbia portlandica)



Eyebright (Euphrasia Sp)

Maritime Heath















Low level heathland





?


?


Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)













Autumn Lady's-tresses (SPiranthes spiralis)

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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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Early Morning mist over The Wash



Soon gave way to a beautiful still, clear morning





A mill pond at high tide



?



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

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On the Fennel at the side of the Coast Road









Solitary Wasp Sp Possibly Symmorphus gracilis





Eupeodes corollae ♂︎ ?



Possibly Scaeva selenitica



Eupeodes latifasciatus ?



Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)





Scaeva pyrastri

Also present at least species of Ichneumon




Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare)


Down the track towards the coast



Eriothrix rufomaculata



Leafmine on Cirsium arvense ? A Fly mine but could be one of several possibilities.



Leaf Hopper Sp ?



Araneus diadematus



Eupeodes luniger ?



Blue-bottle Sp ?

As ever thanks to
@Norwichbirder
for help with
Corrections, Confirmations and Unknowns

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Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)



Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)

A beautiful morning with some of the birds still present from yesterday's even higher totals of Wood Sand, Curlew Sand & Little Stint

At least 20, probably more, Wood Sandpiper
1 Curlew Sandpiper
1 Little Stint
At least 3 Green Sandpiper
At least 4 Greenshank
At least 3 Common Sandpiper
4 Spoonbill
Numerous Ruff and Black Tailed Godwit
Redshank
Little Ringed Plover

The Coast Road end of the Iron Road



A very inviting ditch

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Mallard Duckling (Anas platyrhnchos)









A young Shelduck sifting the mud. (Tadorna tadorna)



Spotted Redshank & Common Sandpiper

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The view from the bottom of Anterton Hill



The tree on the edge of the car park at the bottom of Anterton Hill





Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)









30 + Knot (Calidris canutus) in various stages of moult with a least one still in summer plumage and one partially.





Hairy Tare (Vicia hirsuta)







Ichneumon Wasp Sp - (Ichneumon suspiciosus)

from

Wildlife Insight

but

Nature Spot

suggests it's a female Ichneumon extensorius

So with a possible name for it I have submitted it to irecord



Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonus)



Common Red Soldier Beetle (Rhygonycha fulva)

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