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UK Wildlife

Exploring the fauna of Britain

Posts tagged with "spider"

Bedfords park meadow sweep

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Yesterday I helped out with a school vivit and the meadow sweep was quite productive. Before we started, one of the kids had a nursery web spider in there nest. It was carrying it egg case around with its fangs:

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Damselfly macros from bedfords park and others

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Yesterday I popped up to bedfords park and the dmaselfly pond was buzzing with, well, damselfys! One large red posed nicely on the fence a few times

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Stomarsh wildlife

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Yesterday I visited Stodmarsh, near Canterbury in Kent. This reserve is a great place for birds, especially marsh harriers and hobbys. But I was in search of the reported hairy dragonflys. Entering the reserve it was already very hot and the insects were flying around. I did see a couple of hairy dragonflys but only brief glimpses as they wizzed past. I did however see lots of other Odonata (the insect order of dragonflys and damselflys). First up was this terenal (recently emerged) probable variable blue damselfly

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raphaels park and the thing(s) in the bathroom!

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Well yesterday I only had time for a quick walk through rapheals park but there were some new arrivals:a couple of canada goose goslings. I took a few more photos, including these too

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