Insects in abundance
This weekend the insect life is taking centre stage, we do still have some interesting birds on site with cranes, dunlin and green sandpiper yesterday but there are insects everywhere! Our next moth catch will be tonight with the moths caught, on show tomorrow morning 9.30-10.30am in the visitor centre.
Dragonflies:
Common Darter
Ruddy darter (pictured)
Brown hawker
Southern hawker
Migrant hawker
Damselflies:
Banded demoiselle
Blue tailed damselfly
Azure damselfly
Variable damselfly
Common blue damselfly
Butterflies:
Comma
Ringlet
Meadow brown
Large white
Small white
Brimstone
Peacock
Small tortoiseshell
Red admiral
Caterpillars:
Large elephant hawkmoth - Lyle hide footpath
Small tortoiseshell butterfly - Dragonfly ponds
Cinnabar moth - Summer walk
Beetles:
Longhorn beetles near the pond dipping stations
Grasshoppers and bush crickets can now be heard in the long vegetation at the ditch edges.
