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Mar 20, 2020 00:00:46   #
Good photo of Hottentot-fig Carpobrotus edulis native to South Africa
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Sep 3, 2019 12:52:10   #
jamm wrote:
wildlife pics from my local nature reserve


Hi Jimmy some good photos, good to see wild life photo’s from our last frontier

Your first is a hoverfly Eristalinus sepulchralis because the eyes are all hairy, sixth is a male common darter, Sympetrum striolatum, seven is the common blue damsel Enallagma cyathigera in the wheel position and the last is Bloody crane’s-bill Geranium sanguineum.

The white flower looks very much like black thorn
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Jun 21, 2019 13:35:10   #
Prebends bridge looks great from the boathouse, did you photograph scot's poem with the towers behind
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Jun 16, 2019 07:06:24   #
EnglishBrenda wrote:


Brenda you were correct to call them water boatmen in the British Isle’s, have a look at this site

https://freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/pond-clinic/identifying-creatures-pond/water-boatmen/
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May 10, 2019 09:55:51   #
Never thought of Wood Forget-me-not, it's quite rare where I live.
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May 10, 2019 04:14:47   #
The Forget-me-nots are always a beautiful flower to photograph (which one is it), In my country I would say Water or Tufted.

Did you purposely photograph it to blur the outsides?

Beautiful Photo
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May 7, 2019 04:52:25   #
EnglishBrenda wrote:
...and is the second shot also a Robber Fly or a Long Legged Fly or something else entirely?

The last is a Cereal Leaf Beetle, Oulema melanopus? I found it on this Wheat leaf.

Will this windy weather ever stop?


First one is a tachinid fly, have a look at this site http://tachinidae.org.uk/blog/ have a look at the middle picture if your lucky it could be this one? if not click on galleries on the file menu go to UK Tachinids you might find your species

You are lucky you just have wind we have snow on the moor frost at night a cold wind no more than 8 through the day and everything I think has migrated south.
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Apr 12, 2019 09:35:26   #
Orange Tip, Anthocharis cardamines, it seems to have no orange on the wing tips so its a female
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Mar 14, 2019 10:43:20   #
newtoyou wrote:
And I might add another point for newts. They breed in vernal pools ( for most) that are free of fish. I believe many over winter as nymphs because of a two or more year tadpole stage.
So, Brenda, I believe your pond has newts. And little eats them, many have poisonous skin secretions
Bill, still


Newts can lay eggs up till July mainly in the north of the British isles that is why many over winter, in fact where Brenda lives most leave the ponds in the same year. (Check out the link again and down load the IDGuideNewtEggs&Larvae.pdf doc) https://www.arguk.org/info-advice/id-guides/11-newt-eggs-and-larvae-identification-guide

Most ponds that were surveyed contained a few species of fish some with large numbers of them, these and dragon fly nymph take a large toll of newt nymphs but the populations have remained stable over many years.

PS: most pond surveys are carried out on a night-time with torches, especially for Great Crested.
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Mar 14, 2019 01:11:52   #
EnglishBrenda wrote:
Thanks JH2o, so are you saying we are back to the idea of them being frog tadpoles. It seems this is an ID that can be confusing.


I should have made myself clearer Brenda the more I read the posts, I’m getting confused.

What you have photographed is an over wintering newt nymph or tadpole (some people call them that) and I’m guessing where you live it’s going to be a smooth newt, Lissotriton vulgaris, which is more common than the Palmate newt in your area, but it is possible if your pond is quite large and deep it might be a great crested newt over wintering nymph.
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Mar 13, 2019 14:48:07   #
Thee updated link is a lot better

https://www.arguk.org/info-advice/id-guides/11-newt-eggs-and-larvae-identification-guide
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Mar 13, 2019 14:20:37   #
No wild Salamanders in this country Brenda. have a look at this site:
https://www.froglife.org/info-advice/amphibians-and-reptiles/palmate-newt
I was part of the Herpetofauna group in this country while I was working, This is a better site:
https://www.arguk.org/info-advice/id-guides/11-newt-eggs-and-larvae-identification-guide
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Jan 4, 2019 09:51:24   #
No rings on its legs, might not have been his bird but its a good photo of it
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Oct 3, 2018 05:54:56   #
It could possibly be a worn L-album wainscot
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May 28, 2018 05:11:53   #
Hi Brenda you might find this site interesting in your quest for IDs for this group

http://www.britishbugs.org.uk/index.html

http://www.britishbugs.org.uk/Provisional_atlas_of_shieldbugs_and_allies_2018.pdf you can find this link on the home page
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