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
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
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
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 CommentRinglet 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
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta CommentsSloe 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
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
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