Barrow Colliery 28th June 2008

Sorby NHS meeting to Barrow. Only 3 members and good insects equally scarce.

Barrow Colliery 28th June 2008

Ringlet

Barrow Colliery 28th June 2008

soldierfly - Oxycera rara

Manvers 16th June 2008

Spent a few hours at Manvers, an old colliery area. Still interesting despite most of the site being developed over the years.

Manvers 16th June 2008

Volucella pellucens

Manvers 16th June 2008

Neotiglossum pusilla

Manvers 16th June 2008

Palomena prasina

Manvers 16th June 2008

Harlequin Ladybird

Old Moor 8th June 2008

Spoonbill performed well this afternoon - pity I hadn't taken the 'scope.

Haigh 7th June 2008

Plant-hopper, Cercopis vulnerata.

Haigh 7th June 2008

Mother Shipton Moth

Haigh 7th June 2008

Hoverfly, Anasimyia contracta

Haigh 7th June 2008

Coenagrion puella

Haigh 7th June 2008

Bee Orchid coming into flower.

Oxspring 6th June 2008

Nice to find a small colony of Southern Marsh Orchid

Dodworth 4th June 2008

A walk behind the house whilst the car was being MOT'd produced a few photographic opportunities

Dodworth 4th June 2008

hoverfly, Merodon equestris

Dodworth 4th June 2008

Oedemera lurida

Dodworth 4th June 2008

Nomada bee

Dodworth 4th June 2008

Kidney Vetch

Haigh 4th June 2008

Lovely afternoon at Haigh produced a good number of insects, including this damselfly Coenagrion puella.

Haigh 4th June 2008

Large Skipper

Longhorn, Agapanthia villosoviridescens, regular at this site

Haigh 4th June 2008

Sawfly, Arge cyanocrocea

Haigh 4th June 2008

Bee Orchids just starting to flower