Strumpshaw Fen
Wren singing down by the riverside.
Guelder Rose - Viburnum oculus
Mating weevils spp?
Willow
Blackird - Turdus merula collecting food.
Carrion Beetle - Oiceoptoma thoracic
Big twigs
Chiffchaff - Phyloscopus collybita collecting nest material.
Blackcap singing nearby.
Mistle Thrush and wren singing as well.
Coltsfoot - Tussilago carrara
Dogwood - Cornus sanguinea
Field Maple - Acer campestris
?
?
Alder Fly - Sails lutaria
Dung Fly - Scathofaga furcata
?
Tapered Drone Fly - Eristalis pertinax
Pale front legs and tapering body.
Grasshopper nymph.
Hop - Humulus Lupulus
Common Lizard - Zootopa vivipara
Horsetail - Equisetum spp
Scorched Carpet - Ligdia adustata
UK Moths
Moths by Family
Palmate Newt - Lisotriton helveticus
Newt identification form Frog life
Shoveller - Anas clypeata
?
?
Comma - Polygonia c-album
Strumpshaw Fen
Alder - Alnus glutinous catkins just about to unfurl
Those delicious new shoots
Bullfinch - Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Coot - Fulica atra
Shoveller - Anser clypeata
Fungi??
Marsh Tit - Poecile palustris
Long-tailed Tit - Aegithalos caudates
Cherry Plum - Prunus cerasifera
At least four Marsh Harriers
A pair of Chinese Water Deer
and
a
Fox