Scillonian - Penzance to St Mary's
The Garrison - The Isles of Scilly
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
Harry's Walls - St Mary's
Myathropa florea
Xylota Segnis?
Eristalsis Sp (pertinax?)
Autumn Lady's-tresses (Spiranthes spiralis)
Bryher - Isles of Scilly
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)
Shark Tagging - Scilly Pelagic
Scilly Pelagic 4
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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Scilly Pelagic 3
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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Gugh - Isles of Scilly
Portland Spurge (Euphorbia portlandica)
Eyebright (Euphrasia Sp)
Maritime Heath
Low level heathland
?
?
Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
Autumn Lady's-tresses (SPiranthes spiralis)
Scilly Pelagic 2
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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Scilly Pelagic 1
Carnkie - Cornwall
Old Mining Buildings at Carnkie
Bee Sp
Liverwort Sp
Moss Sp
Moss Sp
Moss Sp
?
?
Shieldbug Sp
Fingle's Bridge - Devon
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
Venn Ottery - Devon
Western Gorse (Ulex gallii)
Bee Sp
Ling (Calluna vulgaris)
Cross-leaved Heath (Erica tetralix)
Venn Ottery - Devon Wildlife trust
Beeston Common
Patchwork Leaf-cutter Bee (Megachile centuncularis)
Nymph
Long-winged Conehead Adult ♂︎ (Conocephalus fuscus)
Hoverfly Sp
Spider Sp
Hoverfly Sp Syrphus Sp
?
Cley
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.
Cley
Juvenile Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
Adult Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
Kelling
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)
Walsey Hills
Ivy (Hedera helix)
Nettle (Urtica doica)
Scorpion Fly (Panopa communis)