As previously, just pics and links to get it through quickly.
Maps when I remembered and it’s far enough.
Clicking on pics or links → Flickr.
Sunday the first of June
First lilies on the pond.
The rest: grebe, wagtail, damselfly, rose (dog), web and nettle.
2nd June
Ladybird on oxeye daisy.
Others: lily, grebe with chicks, damsels, sparrows, bees, crow, butterfly, cock pheasant, ladybird larva.
4th June
Steppin’ out
More: finches, bull and chaff; sparrow; grebe with chicks; fly(!); poppies; pigeons; tit; Nb Hekla;young moorhen; wren, moth; bee.
5th June
Prowling grebe.
Stuff: Coots; grebes; bees; mallards; hoverfly; narrowboats; fly(!); workboat (weeder); butterfly; lilies; damsel.
6th June, Retford to Ranby
Iconic view of Kings Park bridge from the canal
Moer: grebe; lily; thrush; blackbird; canal; crow; honeysuckle; insects; foxgloves; cootlings; damsels, mayflies; swallow; rabbits; chaffinch.
7th June
Goldfinch
13 more: tit; snail; blackbird; cock pheasant; rabbit; goldfinch; drowned dolly; grebe; swans; moon.
Sunday the eighth of June; Turnerwood & back
That damned elusive pimpernel
More pics (there’s more than 30 of them so why not click and look?)
9th June
It rained!
Just a bit but I did see a moth, a sparrow and, of course, the grebe family.
10th June, to Lady Lee
Lady Lee’s swans have had young.
More pics: damsels; grebes; lilies; robin; wagtail; sparrow; that swan; brimstone; chaffinch.
11th June
Swallow
There’s a few more: brand new ladybird; tiger moth (plane); poppy; chaff; lilies; grebes; butterflies.
12th June
To Turnerwood and back.
Large skipper
Lots more: butterflies; sundry creepy crawlies; bee orchids; pimpernels; strawberries; lapwings; Marsh orchids; gooslings; chiffchaff; grebes.
Now I shall have to watch for ladybird larvae.
Never even crossed my mind that such a thing could be.
Good job no one ever asked me where I thought ladybirds came from!
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Don’t see ’em very often. Dunno how long they are larvae but see the adults much more often.
Apparently (foreign) harlequin ladybirds are taking over from the native ones.
http://www.harlequin-survey.org/
R
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Sent the link to my grandchildren and found that the larval stage lasts three weeks.
http://www.bugsandweeds.co.uk/ladybirds.html#7SpLdyBrd
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You really ought to follow me on twitter. Just put a snake pic up: https://twitter.com/rojertb/status/491232068576481280
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