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| Small Tortoiseshells courting, Aglais urticae |
On Saturday I visited Arundel WWT in poor light. Four Mediterranean Gulls were among the Black-headed Gulls on the island. In front of the Ramsar hide were about 20 Greylags, one of which was fiercely seeing off rivals. The larger Canada Geese then swam slowly in and the Greylags dispersed.
Sunday was spent at Graffham Down where I joined Michael Blencowe, Neil Hulme and Graffam Down Trust members for conservation work. I was impressed with the clearance work that has been accomplished in the past few years. Scarlet Elf Cups were found near the bonfire.
On Tuesday afternoon in bright sunshine I went to Ferring Rife where Small Tortoiseshells were courting in numbers and Neil was counting the first of a total of 38 individuals he recorded. I saw six Common Snipe on the marshy area at the west side, frogspawn hatching in the ponds and a Little Egret feeding in the rife.
On Wednesday I joined Neil, Garry, Katrina and MDT members at the Heyshott escarpment work party. Afterwards I enjoyed the sunshine for a few hours at Iping Common where I found some tiny Cricket Bat Orb-weaver spiders among the heather.
Arundel WWT:
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| Great Tit, Parus major |
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| Greylag Geese, Anser anser |
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| Greylag Goose |
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| the aggressive Greylag Goose |
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| Greylag Goose and Canada Goose, Branta canadensis |
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| Mediterranean Gulls among the Black-headed Gulls, Larus melanocephalus |
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| Nuthatch, Sitta europaea |
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| Nuthatch |
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| Reed Bunting, Emberiza schoeniclus |
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| Robin, Erithacus rubecula |
Graffham Down:
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| Neil and Michael |
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| Neil at work |
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| Scarlet Elf Cup, Sarcoscypha coccinea |
Ferring Rife:
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| Brown-lipped Snail, Cepaea nemoralis |
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| Common Frog spawn, Rana temporaria |
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| tadpoles |
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| hatching |
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| Daffodils, Narcissus pseudonarcissus |
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| memorial bunch |
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| Dandelion, Taraxacum officinale |
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| Ferring Rife |
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| Lesser Celandine, Ranunculus ficaria |
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| Little Egret, Egretta garzetta |
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| Little Egret |
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| Small Tortoiseshells courting, Aglais urticae |
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| Common Snipe, Gallinago gallinago |
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| Ferring beach |
Iping Common:
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| balloons should be banned, along with Chinese lanterns |
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| Birch Polypore on birch log, Piptoporus betulinus |
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| Chiffchaff, Hylloscopus collybita |
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| Cricket Bat Orb-weaver, Mangora acalypha |
this spider's body was 2mm long
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| Cricket Bat Orb-weaver |
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| Gorse, Ulex europaeus |
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| Honey Bee, Apis mellifera |
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| Iping Common |
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| 7-spot Ladybirds, Coccinella 7-punctata |
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| male Minotaur beetle, Typhaeus typhoeus |
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| Stonechat pair, Saxicola torquata |
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| Stonechat |
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| Stonechat |
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