Common Bog Hoverfly ( Sericomyia silentis )



Brimstone ( Gonepteryx rahmni )











Devil's Bit Scabious ( Succisa pratensis )





Eristalsis nemorum

Eristalis is nemorum (small discreet wing stigma, no wing cloud, hind leg isn't swollen (as in tenax) and front tarsi not yellow (as in pertinax).





Eristalsis horticola

Dark wing mark that extends from the wing edge towards the body.





Grass of Parnassus ( Parnassia palustris )







Honeysuckle ( Lonicera periclymenum )





Long Hoverfly - female ( Spaerophora sp? )

Thanks again to James Emerson @NorwichBirder for help in identification of the above insects.





Marsh Sowthistle ( Sonchus palustris )



Square Stalked St John's Wort ( Hypericum tetrapterum )





White Tailed Bumble Bee ( Bombus lucorum )




Ruddy Darter - Male ( Sympetrum sanguineum )

Thanks to James



One wonderful spider.

Tag CloudHoverfly, MarshSowthistle, RuddyDarter, Bee, GrassOfParnassus, SquareStalkedStJohn'sWort, Honeysuckle, Devil'sBitScabious, Brimstone

Oak standards (Quercus robur) with Hazel (Corylus Javellana) understorey.





Bracket Fungi?



Hazel Bark



Red Hazel flower



Male catkins below the female flower.







Hazel - Corylus avellana



Honeysuckle shoots - Lonicera periclymenum

Tag CloudLandscape, Honeysuckle, Fungi, FieldRecording, Oak, Hazel