Dear All,
We have a few more sightings kindly sent in, - thank you to the subscribers!
Firstly, a few comments from Bernard with regard of some of our last images:
“Mike, Another good selection from members I am afraid I have not been photographing much recently. I think that the first of Chris’s bees is a Buff-tailed BB but the pale one is not clear enough. I was impressed that she had seen High Brown Fritillary as I did not realise they were in Devon, it made me read up about them. They look very much like the Dark green fritillary which we can see in our area. Having checked on Roger’s picture of the wasp I now know it is not a Bee Wolf, they are a bit bulkier and have orange on the back of their head.
it is probably one of the “sand pit” wasps but getting it to species is beyond me. You will remember the talk by Jeremy Early, who photographs many insects in his garden, he has a few pictures of this large group of wasps here.
Very interesting selection from you and Jenny, I think the duck is a Tufted duck, they are late breeders. The “cricket” is a grasshopper. Crickets have long antennae and grasshoppers short ones, Lesser White-front geese have the white eye ring.
Best wishes, Bernard”
Chris’ Bee, probably a Buff Tailed
Roger’s Wasp, probably one of the ‘Sand Pit Wasps’
Mike’s Ducks, ‘probably Tufted’
Jenny’s Cricket is actually a Grasshopper
That’s last week’s update, now some new for this week, first up are Mike and Pam Tooms with some unexpected visitors to their garden:
“A first for us! A heron in the garden and not a pond in sight! Best I could do with the smart phone.
Four newly fledged blackbirds in the garden looking very lost and very vulnerable. Mike & Pam”
Next up are more from Chris Rose, still enjoying life in Devon:
“Hija, Lots of Jersey Tigers around today.....one aspect not usually seen - the underside (looks like a highwayman or is wearing sunglasses!! Chris”
Then we have Ken Crick again, we were out on our regular Tuesday morning walk, this time at Bramshill Plantation:
We noticed the wasp had yellow legs, Ken has obviously done some research and suggests the species as the Norwegian Wasp
Three from me - On the same walk we spotted this Lizard:
A week before we were at Warren Hill and saw this Silver Washed Fritillary and some Harebells:
Finally, for our interest, Ken has put together a short write-up with photos (see attached document) of a rare tree he found at the Bramshill Plantation.
Our usual reminder to take a look at our web site:
https://www.camberleynaturalhistorysociety.org.uk/
That’s all for now, we have more in the pot already for the next one, so please keep them coming.
Regards to all.
Mike and Jenny