Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Summer in the garden- July, August, Sept 2014

Well Autumn has now arrived, so though about time I posted about the sightings in my garden during the summer months!

Arctophila-superbiens

Bumblebee mimic hoverfly-Arctophila-superbiens

bee

Bee

bee-holes

I noticed that there are holes in the top of all the fuchsia flowers…

bee-on-fuchsia

…and discovered that this was the way the bumblebees get to the nectar!..

bee-on-fuchsia-2

…it doesn’t seem to harm the flowers!

bug

Mirid bug

bumblebee-1

Bumblebee

bunny

Baby rabbit

common carder bee 1

Very pale Common-carder Bee

Common-blue-damselfly

Common-blue Damselfly

common-carpet

Common Carpet moth

Common-Darter

Common Darter

common-toad

Common Toad

Epistrophe grossulariae

Hoverfly-Epistrophe grossulariae

erestalis tenax 3

Hoverfly Eristalis tenax

erestalis tenax2

Hoverfly Eristalis tenax

erestalis tenax4

Hoverfly Eristalis tenax

Eristalis intricarius

Hoverfly Eristalis intricarius another bumblebee mimic

eristalis-pertinax

Hoverfly Eristalis-pertinax

eristalis-pertinax

Hoverfly Eristalis-pertinax

fly

Fly

fringed-waterlily

Fringed Waterlily

Gorse Shieldbug Piezodorus lituratus instar

Gorse Shieldbug Piezodorus lituratus instar

Gorse-Shieldbug

Gorse Shieldbug Piezodorus lituratus

Graphomya sp

Fly Graphomya sp

Green-veined-White

Green-veined-White Butterfly

Green-veined-White-2

Green-veined-White

grey-wagtail

Grey Wagtail

harvestman

Harvestman

helophilus-pendulus-1

Helophilus pendulus

helophilus-pendulus-2

Helophilus pendulus

hoverfly Bacchini sp

Hoverfly Bacchini sp

Marmalade-fly

Marmalade Fly

meadow-brown

Meadow Brown

Meadow-Brown

Meadow Brown

Nicrophorus-vespiloides-1

Nicrophorus-vespiloides

noon fly

Noon Fly

Oulema rufocyanea or Oulema melanopus

Oulema rufocyanea/melanopus

Peacock

Peacock Butterfly

peacock-butterfly

 

pheasant-chick-7

We heard a lot of cheeping coming from the woods at the back of our house..

pheasant-chick-2

…and look what we found,lots of pheasant chicks!

pheasant-chick-5

Some were trapped in a gully so we reunited them with their mum!

rainbow

Double rainbow

rainbow-2

 

Red-Admiral-2

Red Admiral

red-admiral-closed

 

Red-admirals

We counted 36 plus!

Red-admirals-close

 

Rhingia-campestris

Hoverfly Rhingia-campestris

Roe-Deer (2)

Roe Deer

Roe-Deer

saw fly-1

Tiny saw fly

Scaeva-pyrastri

Hoverfly Scaeva pyrastri

Sericomyia silentis 1

Hoverfly Sericomyia silentis

Sericomyia-silentis-1

Hoverfly Sericomyia silentis

Small-copper-2

Small Copper Butterfly

Small-tortoiseshell

Small tortoiseshell Butterfly

Snipe fly Rhagio tringarius

Snipe fly Rhagio tringarius

spider

Spider

syrphus

Hoverfly Syrphus sp

Tachina-grossa

Giant Tachinid Fly Tachina-grossa

Toadstools

Toadstools

vole

Look what we caught red handed, eating our tomatoes in the greenhouse!

Wall-Brown

Wall Brown Butterfly

Wall-Brown-2

 

warbler

Warbler

waterlily

White Waterlily

White-tailed-Bumblebee-male

White-tailed Bumblebee

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