Route de Tourmalet - France
Rush Sp
Sedge Sp
Sedge Sp
Greater Butterwort (Pinguicula grandiflora)
Moss Sp
Bird's Eye Primrose (Primrose farinosa)
Rush Sp
Prostrate Broom (Cystus decumbens)
Luz Ardiden - France
Great Butterwort (Pinguicula grandiflora)
Green Hairstreak (Callophrys rubi)
Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris)
Saxifrage Sp
Spider Sp
Spider Sp
Pyrenean Squill (Scilla liliohyacinthus)
Viola Sp
Sazos - France
Just on the side of the road on the outskirts of the small village of Sazos on the way to Luz Ardiden.
Bee Sp
Bee Fly Sp
Pyrenean Hyacinth (Brimeura amethystinus)
Blue-spiked Rampion (Phyteuma spicata)
?
Nottingham Catchfly (Silene nutans)
Columbine (Aquelegia pyrenaica)
Cuckoo Flower (Cardemine pratensis)
Euphorbia amygdaloides
Fairy Foxglove (Erinus alpinus)
Maidenhair Spleenwort (Asplenium trichomanes)
Dusky Crane's-bill (Geranium phaeum)
Grass Sp
?
Eristalsis tenax
Sphaerophoria Sp ♀︎
Quaking Grass (Briza media)
Greater Yellow Rattle (Rhinanthus angustifolius)
Salad Burnett (Sanguisorbia minor)
Bladder Campion (SIlene inflata)
Spider Sp
Valerian (Valeriana officionalis)
Lac de Gloriette - France
White Asphodel (Asphodelus albus)
Beetle Sp
Shield Bug Sp
Duke of Burgundy (Hamearis lucina)
Wild Daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus)
Alpine Daphne (Daphne alpina)
Alpine forget-me-not (Myosotis alpestris)
Koch's Gentian (Gentiana kochiana)
Lichen & Moss Sp
Pyranean Rock Lizard (Iberolacerta bonnali)
Elder-flowered Orchid (Dactylorhiza sambucina)
Bug
Saxifrage Sp
Saxifrage Sp
Spring gentian (Gentiana verna)
Wood Anemone (Anemone nemorosa)
Moss Sp
Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus)
Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus)
On the road to Lac de Gloriette - France
Wonderful lamp standard on the Napoleon Bridge just outside Luz-Saint-Saveur
Beautiful Beechwood with moss covered rock understorey.
Globe Daisy (Globularia vulgaris)
Burnt Tipped Orchid (Orchis ustulata)
Large Flowered Butterwort (Pinguicula grandiflora)
Early Purple Orchid (Orchis mascula)
Elder-flowered Orchid (Dactylorhiza sambucina)
On the way the flash of white was fortuitously spotted on the side of the road as we went past.
White Helleborine (Cephelanthera damasonium)
A couple of days later some more were spotted and a few Fly Orchid
White Helleborine (Cephelanthera damasonium)
Fly Orchid (Ophrys insectifora)
Luz-Saint-Sauveur - France
Some rather beautiful bryophytes around the car park in Luz-Saint-Sauveur
Nee's Pellia (Pellia neesiana)
Fountain Apple-moss (Philonotis fontana)
?
Luz-Saint-Sauveur - France
A young Tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera) in the supermarket car park
Lux Saint Sauveur
Alderfen Broad
Alder (Alnus glutinosa)
Black Tailed Skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum)
Click Beetle Sp (AlthousSp)
Red & Black Froghopper (Cercopis vulnerata)
Soldier Beetle (Cantharis rustica)
Bug Sp
Climbing Corydalis (Ceratocapnos claviculata)
Teneral Blue Tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans)
Azure Damselfly (Coenagrion puella)
Flag Iris (Iris pseudacorus)
Fern Sp
Hoverfly (Cheilosia albitarsis/ranunculi agg)
Four Spotted Chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata)
Hairy Dragonfly (Brachytron pratense)
Juniper Haircap (Polytrichum juniperinum)
Sphagnum Sp
Norfolk Hawker (Aeshna isosceles)
Red-eyed Damselfly (Erythromma najas)
Reed (Phragmites communis)
Royal Fern (Osmunda regalis)
Compact Rush (Juncus conglomeratus)
Sedge Sp
Water Violet (Hottonia palustris)
Willow Sp
Cley - The bottom of HillTop
Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum)
Ashy Mining Bee ♂︎(Andrena cineraria) ?
Bee Sp
Azure Damselfly (Coenagrion puella)
Snouted Duck Fly (Anisimyia lineata)
Eristalinus aeneus
Capillary Thread-moss (Bryum capillare)
Anomalous Bristle-moss (Orthotrichum anomalum)
?
Capsule doesn't seem to have 16 peristome teeth but the seta is carrying the capsule about the plant.
Grey-cushioned Moss (Grimmia pulvinata)
Anomalous Bristle-moss (Orthotrichum anomalum)
You can clearly see the sixteen peristome teeth or nearly on some of the seta.
Rhopalus subrufus
Photos from Stephen Falk's page for comparison
Thanks to @NorwichBirder for confirmation of id.
Wall Brown (Lasiommata megera)
There were three flying here today.
Nomad Bee Sp? Presumed Early Nomad Bee? (Nomada leucophthalma)
Stephen Falk's Early Nomad Bee page for comparison.
Alderford Common
Adder's Tongue Fern (Ophioglossum vulgatum)
Black Bryony (Dioscorea communis)
Red Cardinal Beetle (Pyrochroa serraticornis)
Cleavers (Gallium aparine)
Hoverfly - Bee mimic on it's sunlit leaf. Volucella bombylans var plumata
Compare with images from Stephen Falk
Oligolophus tridens
Thanks to @Norwichbirder for id
Hanworth
Cranefly Sp
Field Pansy (Viola arvensis)
Common Fumitory (Fumaria officinalis)
Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris)
Pineapple Weed (Matricaria discoidea)
Shepherd's Purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)
The Hanworth Sprayer
Hanworth
Looking more like a Fiery Black Imp Moth than a Fairy Moth ( (Adela reaumurella)
Large Red Damsel Fly ((Pyrrhosoma nymphulla)
Cow Parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris)
Grey - patched mining Bee ♀︎ (Andrena nitida) ?
Fly Sp
Fresh Ivy Leaf (Hedera helix)
Honey Pot Wood
Marsh Marigold Moth (Micropterix calthella)
Flat Neckera (Neckera complanata)
Sanicle (Sanicula europaea)
Wood Sedge (Carex sylvatica)
Hanworth
Bulbous Buttercup (Ranunculus bulbosus)
Field Maple (Acer campestre)
Field Wood-rush (Luzula campestris)
Grey - patched mining Bee ♀︎ (Andrena nitida) ?
Ashy Mining Bee ♂︎(Andrena cineraria)?
Fairy Moth / Green Longhorn (Adela reaumurella)
Green Stink Bug (Palomena prasina)
Nomad Bee Possibly Andrena marshamella?
Is this our Norfolk
Sir Robert Marsham?
but the black on the antennae doesn't quite
with the pictures from Stephen Falk's Nomad Bee album
Cley
Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Swift (Apus apus)
Temminck's Stint (Calidris temminckii)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)
Wheatfen
Flag Iris (Iris pseudacorus)
Oak (Quercus robur)
Slime Mold (Reticularia lycoperdon)
Thanks to @Norwichbirder for id.
Wavey Bitter Cress (Cardamine flexuosa)
Surlingham Church Marsh
Azure Damselfly (Coenagrion puella)
Broad Bodied Chaser ( Libellula depressa)
Large Red Damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphulla)
Hoverfly Sp (Eristalinus sepulchralis)?
Not 100% sure on this one. Could be the other Eristalinus but there seems to a hairy fuzz over the eyes and
I think the dull patches along the central axis of the abdomen are making an appearance.
Also this is an inland site.
Grasshopper Sp
Male
Female
Mating
Female
Snouted Duck Fly (Anisimyia lineata)
Thanks to @Norwichbirder for id confirmations.
Creeping Buttercup (Ranunculus repens)
Cley
Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Temminck's Stint (Calidris temminckii)
After the Dutch naturalist Coenraad Jacob Temminck
Kalidris or skalidirs, a term used by Aristotle for some grey-coloured waterside birds.
Click image for Wikipedia link
Surlingham Church Marsh
Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
Cinnamon Bug (Corizus hyoscyami)
Creeping Buttercup (Ranunculus repens)
Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria)
Willow Sp (Salix Sp)
Crane Fly (Tipula luna)
Snouted Duck Fly (Anasimya lineata)
Probably the same as the above?
Titchwell
Beautiful but a little distant.
Dotterel (Charadrius morinellus)
Cley
Avocett (Revurvirostra avosetta)
Still scraping & not settled.
Little Egret (Egret garzetta)
Starling (Sternus vulgaris)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Hanworth
Kestrel (Falco tinunculus)
Pied Wagtail (Moticilla alba yarelli)
Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
Chiffchaff (phylloscopus collybita)
Orange Tip (Anthocaris cardamines)
Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)
New Buckenham Common
Cowslip (Primula veris)
Green Winged Orchid (Orchis morio)
Alderford Common
Adder's Tongue Fern (Ophioglossum vulgatum)
Wood Bristle-moss (Orthotrichum affine)
White-tipped bristle-moss (Orthotrichum diaphanum)
Ground Ivy (Glechoma hederacea)
Cleavers (Galium aparine)
Helophilus pendulus♂︎
Eristalis nemorum?
Bacchia elongata
Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Garden Warbler all singing but no Willow Warblers heard.
A number of Brimstone flying & Speckled Wood.