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| Hoopoe, Upupa epops |
On Wednesday I visited Houghton Forest and found a
Firecrest which stayed high up in the trees.
On Thursday I wandered round
Arundel WWT then Angmering Woods, where I found an Oak Marble Gall Wasp.
On
Friday I found an interesting larva feeding on a Violet flower. It is 4mm
long and burrowed into the base of the flower where an entry hole is visible. It
has been tentatively identified as a leaf beetle larva. The first Bluebells were in flower.
On Saturday I searched
Angmering Woods for the elusive Orange-tip with no result. The temperature was
high and I saw plenty
of male and female Brimstones, a Small Tortoiseshell, a Peacock, several Commas
and my first Green-veined White of the year. I then checked out Climping beach
for a Hoopoe which had been reported. I joined a number of other birders and
watched it feeding far away. Whenever someone attempted to approach it, it took
flight. I remember walking Shadow, our Golden Retriever in Saudi, and seeing
three Hoopoes grubbing in the sand nearby just a few metres away. They were
used to people and not as skittish as the Climping bird.
Houghton Forest:
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| Firecrest, Regulus ignicapillus |
Arundel WWT:
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| Black-headed Gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus |
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| Blue Tit, Cyanistes caeruleus |
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| dead Mallard duckling under bird feeder |
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| Great Tit, Parus major |
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| Mallard duckling, Anas platyrhynchos |
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| Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos |
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| Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos |
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| Marsh Marigold, Caltha palustris |
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| Marsh Marigold, Caltha palustris |
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| Moorhen chick, Gallinula chloropus |
Angmering Woods:
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| Oak Marble Gall Wasp, Andricus kollari |
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| Oak Marble Gall Wasp, Andricus kollari |
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| leaf beetle larva |
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| leaf beetle larva on Wood Violet, Viola riviniana |
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| leaf beetle larva on Wood Violet, Viola riviniana |
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| hole in base of violet made by leaf beetle larva |
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| Bluebell, Hyacinthoides non-scripta |
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| tiny flowers, id needed please! |
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| Wood Violet, Viola riviniana |
Angmering Woods:
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| Brimstone, Gonepteryx rhamni |
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| Comma, Polygonia c-album |
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| Daisy, Bellis perennis |
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| Green-veined White, Pieris napi |
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| Small Tortoiseshell, Aglais urticae |
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| Wood Violet, Viola riviniana |
Climping:
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| Hoopoe, Upupa epops with food |
