A local walk at Torrs Warren, its been shut for a while as they have been doing a lot of felling.
Robin
Still plenty of logs to be collected
Giant slug!
Wherever we looked today there was a Robin..
..or was it the same one following us?
Bell Heather (Erica cinerea)
Bell Heather (Erica cinerea)
Black Darter (Sympetrum danae)
Black Darter (Sympetrum danae)
Perennial Sow-thistle (Sonchus arvensis)
Perennial Sow-thistle (Sonchus arvensis)
Hoverfly Chrysotoxum arcuatum
Nettletap Moth
Metellina sp
Carabus problematicus
Carabus problematicus
Carabus problematicus
Fox Moth Caterpillar
Metellina sp
Toadstool
Rosy Rustic
Marmalade Fly Episyrphus balteatus
Hoverfly Helophilus-pendulus
Metellina sp
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Sea Rocket (Cakile maritima)
Sea Rocket (Cakile maritima)
Cochlearia atlantica
Distant Golden Plovers
Canoe Shells Scaphander lignarius
Sea potato (Echinocardium cordatum)
Shore Crab
Sand Mason Worms Lanice conchilega
Old Boot!
Sea potato (Echinocardium cordatum)
Razor Shells
Shell (to be identified)
Devil's Coach-horse (Ocypus olens)
Driftwood
Small Tortoiseshell, there were lots of these about today
Small Tortoiseshell underside
Seaside Pansy (Viola tricolor subsp. curtisii)
Seaside Pansy (Viola tricolor subsp. curtisii)
A familiar site in Luce Bay
Newly washed up oil can
A variety of seabirds on the shore
Sea Potato
Bloody Cranesbill
Lesser Water Boatman (Corixa) It's a recent moult to adult and has not yet darkened up
Hairy Tare (Vicia hirsuta)
Orange Peel Fungus (Aleuria aurantia)
Wee Frog
Boletus possibly edulis
Boletus possibly edulis
Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria var. muscaria)
Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria var. muscaria)
Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria var. muscaria)
Blusher (Amanita rubescens var. rubescens)
Blusher (Amanita rubescens var. rubescens)
Blusher (Amanita rubescens var. rubescens)
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!
