Thursday, September 20, 2012

Torrs Warren–15th September 2012

A local walk at Torrs Warren, its been shut for a while as they have been doing a lot of felling.
1-robin
Robin
2-logs
Still plenty of logs to be collected
3-big-slug
Giant slug!
4-robin
Wherever we looked today there was a Robin..
5-robin
..or was it the same one following us?
6-bell-heather
Bell Heather (Erica cinerea)
7-bell-heather
Bell Heather (Erica cinerea)
8-black-darter
Black Darter (Sympetrum danae)
9-black-darter
Black Darter (Sympetrum danae)
10-Perenial Sow Thistle
Perennial Sow-thistle (Sonchus arvensis)
11-Perenial Sow Thistle
Perennial Sow-thistle (Sonchus arvensis)
12 Chrysotoxum arcuatum
Hoverfly Chrysotoxum arcuatum
13-Nettletap
Nettletap Moth
14-spider
Metellina sp
15-Carabus problematicus
Carabus problematicus
16-Carabus problematicus
Carabus problematicus
17-Carabus problematicus
Carabus problematicus
18-fox-moth-caterpillar
Fox Moth Caterpillar
19-spider
Metellina sp
20-nipple-toadstool
Toadstool
21-rosy-rustic
Rosy Rustic
22-marmalade-fly
Marmalade Fly Episyrphus balteatus
23-Helophilus-pendulus
Hoverfly Helophilus-pendulus
24-spider
Metellina sp
25-dunlin
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
26-sea-rocket
Sea Rocket (Cakile maritima)
27-sea-rocket
Sea Rocket (Cakile maritima)
28-common scurveygrass
Cochlearia atlantica
29-golden-plovers
Distant Golden Plovers
30-canoe-shells
Canoe Shells Scaphander lignarius
31-sea-potato
Sea potato (Echinocardium cordatum)
32-crab
Shore Crab
33-sand-mason-worms Lanice conchilega
Sand Mason Worms Lanice conchilega
34-old-boot
Old Boot!
35-sea-potato
Sea potato (Echinocardium cordatum)
36-razor-shells
Razor Shells
37-shell
Shell (to be identified)
38-Staphylinidae
Devil's Coach-horse (Ocypus olens)
39-driftwood
Driftwood
40-small-tortoiseshell
Small Tortoiseshell, there were lots of these about today
41-small-tortoiseshell
Small Tortoiseshell underside
42-pansy
Seaside Pansy (Viola tricolor subsp. curtisii)
43-pansy
Seaside Pansy (Viola tricolor subsp. curtisii)
44-Luce-Bay
A familiar site in Luce Bay
45-washed-up
Newly washed up oil can
46-seabirds
A variety of seabirds on the shore
47-sea-potato
Sea Potato
48 Bloody-Cranesbill
Bloody Cranesbill
49-water-boatman
Lesser Water Boatman (Corixa) It's a recent moult to adult and has not yet darkened up
50 Vicia hirsuta
Hairy Tare (Vicia hirsuta)
51-orange-peel-fungi
Orange Peel Fungus (Aleuria aurantia)
52-wee-frog
Wee Frog
53-boletus
Boletus possibly edulis
54-boletus
Boletus possibly edulis
55-fly-agaric
Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria var. muscaria)
56-fly-agaric
Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria var. muscaria)
57-fly-agaric
Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria var. muscaria)
58-amanita
Blusher (Amanita rubescens var. rubescens)
59-amanita
Blusher (Amanita rubescens var. rubescens)
60-amanita
Blusher (Amanita rubescens var. rubescens)
61-robin
And finally-I had just pointed out a moth and waited for it to land on some honeysuckle so I could identify and take a photo, but before I could do so this Robin ate it!