Whats in Cromwell June 2013

ALL RECORDS VALIDATED (C) 2000 - 2013

 
Whats in Cromwell at the Moment ? June 2012
Whats in Cromwell at the Moment ? July 2012
Whats in Cromwell at the Moment ? Aug 2012
Whats in Cromwell at the Moment ? Sept 2012
Whats in Cromwell at the Moment ? Oct 2012
Whats in Cromwell at the Moment ? May 2013
Whats in Cromwell at the Moment ? June 2013

Hawthorn is now in full flower its not just the berries that are food for insects but the numerous pollens around the reserve , this in turn keeps the insectivorous birds fed. We will in due couse see our Ox Eye Daisies and Early Purple and ; common Spotted Orchids Appear. As Cromwell has soils of relatively poor nutrient value we see many Semi Parasitic Plants on the Tag loop like Yellow rattle, Eyebright and others and are fortunate enough to have also see Birds Nest in other Micro habitats As spring tapers off we will see the first generation Toroise and commas become more Raggy and hopefully as Bramble flowers a full compliment of Ringlet and Small Blues which where low in Number last Year. . Studies last year showed that many of the Meadow Browns where fed onto the reserve from the adjacent top meadows . The importance of Bi oActive corridors are vitally important for the migration of species around the reserve none more important that the various tree corridors noteworthy along the rail line that host Purple Hairstreak this applies equally to any plant communities on the reserve Whilst the small section of grassland aside the yard seems of no significant we have a large populations of various Mirids anround and therein notably the common Lepopterna dolobrata see below We have also parts on the reserve amongst Bramble where there are healthy colonies of Neuroptera Green & Blue Lacewings and also High Densities of Longhorn Beetles notable Agapantha

Nettle Weevil

Peacock

Small Tortoiseshell

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Invertebrates In Flight

DIPTERA

Sawflies Tenthredo celtica
Hover Fly Helophilus pendulus 06/06/2013
Hover Fly Cheilosa Spp possiby albitarsis/ranunculi
Hover Fly Cheilosa illustrata
Hover Fly Leuconzona lucorum
Hover Fly Eristalis pertinax
Hover Fly Eristalis tenax
Hover Fly Episyrpus grossulariae 27/06/2013
Hover Fly Episyrphus balteatus 27/06/2013
Hover Fly Eristalis horticola 05/06/2013
Hover Fly Epistrophe elgans
Hover Fly Syrphus
Hover Fly Platycheirus (albimanus) 06/06/2013
Hover Fly Xylota segnis 06/06/2013
Hover Fly Platycheirus 06/06/2013
Blue lacewing Chrysops perala
Downlooker Snipe Fly Rhagio scolopaceus
Common Damselbug Nabis rugosus
Mayfly Epherema vulgata 01/06/2013
Wooly Aphid Eriosomatinae
Cranefly Tipula Maxima 06/06/2013
Cranefly Tipula vitata 06/06/2013
Carnefly Tipula varipennis 06/06/2013
Cranefly Tipula oleraceae 06/06/2013
Scorpion Fly Panorpa Communis 06/06/2013
Scorpion Fly Panorpa gemanica 06/06/2013
Pond Skater Gerris lacustris

DRAGONS & DAMSELS

Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella 01/06/2013

Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula 06/06/2013

Blue tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans 09/06/2013
Broad-bodied Chaser  Libellula depressa 09/06/2013 19/06/2013 NLPond

BEES

Bumblebee Bombus pratorum 05/06/2013

Bumblebee Bombus terrestris 05/06/2013

Tree Bumblebee Bombus hypnorum

Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum 05/06/2013

Nomada Flava TBC 08/06/2013

BEETLES

Golden-bloomed Grey Longhorn Beetle Agapanthia villosoviridescens 01/06/2013
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis 01/06/2013
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata 06/06/2013
7-Spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata 27/06/2013
Soldier Beetle Cantharis pellucida
Common Soldier Beetle Cantharis rustica 06/06/2013
Brachypterus sp Either B.glabra or B.urtica
Lurid beetle

BUGS

Grassland Mirid Leptoterna dolobrata Nymph
Mirid Bug Harpocera thoracica 01/06/2013
Mirid Flower Bug Liocoris tripustulatus 04/06/2013
Mirid Bug Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata 09/06/2013
Mirid Bug Dryophilocoris flavoquadrimaculatus 25/06/2013
Froghopper Cercopis vulnerata

Forest Shieldbug Penatoma rufipes Stage 3 Nymph 07/06/2013

Froghopper Cercopsis vulnerata

ARACHNIDS

Craneflies & Harvestmen To Follow
Orb Weaver Metellina (mengei)
Orb Weaver Metellina (segmeta )
Orb Weaver Araneus diadematus
Orb Weaver Metellina Bridge Spiders Larinioides scolopterus
Nursery Web Spider Pisuara mirabilis
Spider Philodronus sp
Spider Tetragnatha extensa
Mitopus
Leioburnum

Cranefly Tipula vitata
Cranefly Tipula maxa
Cranefly Tipula varipennis

MOTHS BUTTERFLIES

Small Tortoiseshell Aglaid urtica
Peacock Inachis io 01/06/2013, 09/06/2013
Orange Tip 01/06/2013
Green Veined White 01/06/2013
Small White Pieris rapae 01/06/2013
Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus 09/06/2013
Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanus 23/06/2013
Small Skipper 23/06/2013
Silver Grounds Carpet 09/06/2013
1738 Common Carpet Epirrhoe alternata 09/06/2013 NL
0391 Cocks Foot Moth Glyphipterix simplicie
0385 Nettle Tap Moth Anthophila fabriciana 01/06/2013 07/06/2013 NL
1255 Gorse Pod Moth Cydia ulicetana
1902 Brown Silver-line Moth Petrophora chlorosata
1799 Winter Moth (Operophtera brumata) Caterpillar 07/06/2013
1935 Mottled Umber Erannis defoliaria Caterpillar 07/06/2013
0170 Narrow Five-Spot Burnet Zygaena Caterpillars
1894 Latticed Heath Chiasmia clathrata GH 18/06/2012

Mottled Umber

FRESHWATER

Diving Beetle Dysticus NL 19/06/2013
Water Boatman Notanecta NL 19/06/2013
Palmate Newt Pole NL 19/06/2013

PLANTS IN FLOWER

Flag Iris Iris pseudocorus 06/06/2013
Red Campion 04/06/2013
Meadow Buttercup 04/06/2013
Creeping Buttercup
Broom 04/06/2013
Gorse 04/06/2013
Herb Robert 04/06/2013
Hawthorn
Hawthorn 04/06/2013 now fully flowering
Garlic Mustard04/06/2013
Field For Get Me Not
Sycamore Flowering
Field For get Me Not
Apple Blossom
Ramsons 06/06/2013
Marsh Thistle 04/06/2013
Marsh Marigold 06/06/2013
Grass Vetchling 06/06/2013, 25/06/2013
Common Vetch 06/06/2013
Bush Vetch
White Deadnettle 06/06/2013
Ox-Eye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare 06/06/2013
Dames Violet
Early Purple Orchid 09/06/2013
Southern Marsh Orchid
RL Wintergreen
Broad leaved Helleborine leaves
Red Clover 19/06/2013
White Clover 19/06/2013
Wood Avens 19/06/2013
Hogweed 19/06/2013 emerging Flowers
Foxglove 19/06/2013
Crested Dogs Tail (Grass)

AMPHIBIANS

Palmate Newt 08/06/2013
Frog Tadpoles 09/06/2013 Pond NL 19/06/2013

Birds on Feeders

Robin 06/06/2013

Birds About

Jay
GS Woodpecker 09/06/2013
Whitethroat 09/06/2013
Chiff Chaff
Black Cap
Bullfinch 09/06/2013
Grey Heron 09/06/2013
Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 09/06/2013
Crow (Juv) 09/06/2013 NL
Garden Warbler 09/06/2013 S Cummings Song

Birds on Water

Our data sets are very comprehensive , validated and an accurate ecological data sets

F.E.ET.now have been recording on Cromwell and a number of other sites in Yorks and the UK and are well placed to substantiate Biodiversity Below is a small snap shot of recent records clicking on the interactive log in allows the species and records to be viewed down to the nearest meter

F.E.E.T wil shortly be making a case for Cromwell to become a SSI Cromwell is a unique Biological Niche profoundly rich in invertebrates and other dependences in the food chain

Recent Records at Cromwell

 

Whats in Cromwell May 2013

Whats in Cromwell at the Moment ? June 2012

Whats in Cromwell at the Moment ? July 2012

Whats in Cromwell at the Moment ? Aug 2012

Whats in Cromwell at the Moment ? Sept 2012

Whats in Cromwell at the Moment ? Oct 2012

Whats in Cromwell at the Moment ? May 2013

ALL RECORDS VALIDATED (C) 2000 - 2013

Hawthorn is not yet flowering in local abundance but is imminent and will greatly increase the number of Hoverflies and other invertebrates. Dipping has yielded Palmate Newtas and Frogs and Toads are spawning. Solitary Bees as opposed to Social Bees like Bumblebees live around the loose clay soil of the River Bank in little burrows which can often be mistaken for Mouse Holes with little piles of excavated soil granules. Many of the parasitic Wasps also are around at this time preying on the early bees. In Britain there are aprox 290 species of Andrena alone , 300 Species of Hoverfly or Flower Fly - these are often overlooked and like the Bees do very valuabel work by pollinating plants . You would be forgiven if you confused your Hoverfly (Two Wings - Diptera ) with your Wasps and Bees ( Four Wings Hymenoptera ) as that is exactly the evolutionary strategy they have adopted Batesian Mimicry. - Who would want to eat a Fly that might Sting you ??? Hoverflies like Shieldbugs are indicator species showing the Health of Biodiversity on the reserve Cutting Flower stands has an impact on many dependent species non the least the nectaring Butterflies . At the Moment we have the Orange Tip in Flight the males being easily distingusihed and these are dependent on plants such as Cuckoo Flower and Hedge Mustard ie The Early Flowering Brassicaceaes . First Generation Commas are also around these are usualy bigger than the second brood later toward Autumn . Small Tortoiseshells & Peacocks are also Flying. Birds which are insectivorous will now start to thrive and breed now that many insects are appearing all of which depends on our basic flowers and grasses and underlies the principle of managing our reserve from the grass roots up !!

Solitary Mining Bee Andrena

Buff Tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris Queen

Tachina ursina

Melanostoma scalare

Invertebrates Currently in Flight


Hoverfly Melanostoma scalare 01/05/13, 21/05/13
Hoverfly Eristalis tenax 01/05/13
Hoverfly Eristalis pertinax 01/05/13
Hoverfly Leucozona leucorum 21/05/13
Hoverfly Eristalis pertinax 21/05/13
Hoverfly Sphaerophoria 21/05/13
Hoverfly Helophilus pendulus 01/05/13, 31/05/13
Vollucella bombylans 31/05/13
Buff Tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris 01/05/13
Early Mining Bee Andrena haemorrhoa 09/05/13
Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris 21/05/13
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascorum 21/05/13
Tachnid - Tachina ursina
Dance Fly Empis trigramma

The Downlooker Snipe-fly Rhagio scolopacea 31/05/13

Owl Midge Psychodae21/05/13

Miridae Stenodem holostata 21/05/13

Cranefly Tipula vittata 21/05/13

Cranefly Tipula maxima 31/05/13

Small White Butterfly 09/05/13

Orange Tip Males 09/05/13, 31/05/13

Comma 01/05/13

Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) 01/05/13, 31/05/13

Peacock 01/05/13, 31/05/13

Early Thorn (Charlie Street) 18/05/13

Nettle Tap Anthophila fabriciana 21/05/13,

Common Carpet Moth 21/05/13,

Long Horn Moth Adela reaumurella 21/05/13,

Cocks Foot Moth B & F 391 Glyphipterix simpliciella 31/05/13

Speckled Wood 21/05/13,

Spider Tetragnatha extensa 21/05/13,
Spider Metalina segmenta 21/05/13
Spider Araneus diadematus 21/05/13
Bridge Spider Larinoides sclopetarius, 21/05/13
Spider Pardosa 21/05/13
Nettle Weevil Phyllobius pomaceus 31/05/13
Eary Damsel Flies Sighted Small Red Occasional 31/05/13
Blue Lacewing Chrysops perla 31/05/13

Botany Currently in Bloom

White Deadnettle Lamium alba 09/05/13
Field For get Me Not 01/05/13
Common Vetchling 21/05/13,
Broom 21/05/13,
Flowering Current Ribes sanginum 01/05/13
Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata 01/05/13
Cow Parsley
Dandilion 01/05/13
Blackthorn Prunus spinosa 01/05/13
Marsh Marigold Caltha palustris 01/05/13
Bluebell
Coltsfoot Along Pathways and well trampled areas
Bittercress Weedy plant on hardstanding and compacted areas
Butterbur Flowered in April along River Corridor and low flow ledges
Apple 21/05/13,
Bush Vetch Vicia sepium 21/05/13,
Wood For Get Me Not 21/05/13,
Garlic Mustard 21/05/13,
Southern Marsh Orchid (Dactylorhiza praetermissa).16/06/2013

Flowering Currant Ribes sanguinum 

Blackthorn

Birds On Feeders

European Robin Erithacus rubecula
Common Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
Magpie
Whitethroat
Chiff Chaff
Lesser Redpoll
Great Tit Parus major
Blue Tit
Mallards Notes On the Bird Station Area Basking in the Sun
Spotted fly catcher (lagoon)

Robin

Bullfinch

Chaffinch

Goldfinch

Birds On Water


Heron nr Weir
Cormormorant
Grey Wagtail
Mammals
Grey Squirrel

Mammals

Noctule  Nyctalus noctula 16/05/2013 Bat night
Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus 16/05/2013 Bat night

Whats in Cromwell September 2012

As we approach the end  of Summer we see the fruits and seeds ripening  . Here is the list of various Plants and Insects Presenting September 2012. Images below

Whats in Cromwell at the Moment ? June 2012
Whats in Cromwell at the Moment ? July 2012
Whats in Cromwell at the Moment ? Aug  2012
Whats in Cromwell at the Moment ? Sept 2012

Botany

Early Goldenrod Comment  Flowering 31/09/12

Entomology

Buff Tailed Bee Bombus terrestris
Wasp  Ichnemonidae
Helophilus pendulus Hoverfly Comments Abundant at the moment
Syritta pipiems Hoverfly Comments Small Hover 7 mm  but with swollen hind tibia making it recognisable
Tenthredo sp Sawfly Comments poss arcuata
Tipula  Comments
Poplar Hawk Moth Caterpillar 

Fungi


Other

Whats in Cromwell August 2012

As we approach the last month of Summer we see the fruits and seeds of many plants present . Here is the list of various Plants and Insects Presenting August 2012. Images below Cinnabar caterpillar, Red Admiral and a trout caught as part of the recent Enviroment Agency Survey at the Weir on the Calder

Whats in Cromwell at the Moment ? June 2012
Whats in Cromwell at the Moment ? July 2012
Whats in Cromwell at the Moment ? Aug  2012

Botany

Rowan Berries Sorbus sp Comment  now in fruit and ripening
Rosebay Willowherb  Comment Flowering universally abundant
Common Nettle Comment
Common Hawkweed
Marsh Woundwort Stachys palustris Comment Section nearest railway pond Stangsty Wood
Mugwort   Comment Now fully flowering
Red Campion   Comment
Water Mint   Mentha aquatica  Comment Corner of reed bed  below moth trapping area 
Broad Leaved Helloborine  Epipactis helleborine Comment
Red Bartsia Comment At the entrance accross the main iron bridge and throughout
Perforate St Johns Wort  Comment
Canadian Golden Rod Comment at small entrance


Insects

Meadow Browns Maniola jurtina Comment Count 500+ on upper meadows

Small Skipper Comment Video Clip Feeding on Creeping ThistleLarge White Comment

Green Veined White Pieris rapae Comment
Ringlet  Aphantopus hyperantus Comment Feeding Short Video clip
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus Comment Feeding Short Video clip
Large White Comments
Small Copper  Comment 3 sighted today 09/08/12
Purple Hairstreak  Comment Oak corridor bordering railway in top meadow fields 09/08/12
Darkling Beetle Lagria hirta Comment
Hoverfly Eristalis tenax Comment
Hoverfly Eristalis pertinax Comment
Hoverfly Eristalis horticola Comment 10/08/12
Hoverfly Helophilus pendula Comment 10/08/12

Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urtica  Comment 

Sphaerophoria (interupta/scripta) Comment

Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta Comments
Sloe Shieldbug Dolycoris bacarram Comments 12/08/12 First record at this grid Adult
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Comments 12/08/12 First record at this grid Stage 2/3 Nymph
Potato Capside Bug Calocorus Norweiginus  Comments 12/08/12  circa 10  Ragwort Stand Field Margin
Eudonia mercurella Comments 10/08/12 needs checking Railway Bridge along canal to meadows
Harvestman Mitopus morio  Comments

Harvestman Phalanges opilo Comments
Araneus diadematus  Comments 10/08/12
Leioburnum rotundum Comments
Mirid Bug Deraeocoris ruber Comments feeding on Mugwort 10/08/12
Cicadella viridula Comments Froghoppers Male Blue female Green on exposed marshy areas below weir 10/08/12
Slug Arion ater Comments
Common Darter Comments  08/08/12 - 10/0812

Other

Trout Salma trutta Comments Environment Agency River Visit see Bruces Post
Long tailed Tits Comments Flocking and taking cover from PM showers
Magpie Pica pica Comments 


Answers to Quiz 1  21/Nov/2012

Hidden here !!

1. (b)Bellowing

2 .(a) smooth snake

3.Anagrams

a.Redwing
b.Starling
c.Herring gull
d.Woodcock
e.Long-tailed tit

4 (b) Wasps do not have wax producing glands

5 (c) holt

6.(d) Blackbird

7(a) Roe

8.(a)  True

9(b)Wild cherry

10. (d) Yaffle Hence Prof Yaffle the woodpecker in Bagpuss