Red-legged Shieldbug and Willow Flea Beetle

Red-legged Shieldbug, final instar nymph, Pentatoma rufipes

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This first part is from a visit to Woods Mill Nature Reserve on 27 June with Mark. Plenty of micro fauna were seen, including a Willow Flea Beetle and Red-legged Shieldbug nymph.
  On 13 July I visited Houghton Forest in search of Purple Emperors. I heard a Song Thrush bashing a snail and spotted it in deep shade. When I walked over to it I found a number of snails scattered round its anvil.

Amber Snail, Succinea putris

bug nymph

Common Flower Bug, Anthocoris nemorum

Common Green Capsid, Lygocoris pabulinus

Common Sweep, pupa inside case, Psyche casta

Dark Bush Cricket, Pholidoptera griseoaptera

Little Grebe, Tachybaptus ruficollis

Mirid Bug, Heterotoma planicornis

Moorhen chicks, Gallinula chloropus

Common Froghopper, Philaenus spumarius

Small Tortoiseshell larvae, Aglais urticae

White Water Lily, Nymphaea alba

Willow Flea Beetle, Crepidodera aurata

Houghton Forest:

Common Nettle-tap moth larva, Anthophila fabriciana

Corn Sow-thistle, Sonchus arvensis

Enoplognatha species

Great Willow Herb, Epilobium hirsutum

Green Shieldbug, mid instar nymph, Palomena prasina

Harvestman, female, Mitopus morio with Red Mites, Trombidium breei

whose web is this?

Marmalade Hoverfly, Episyrphus balteatus

Melanostoma species

Mirid bug, Plagiognathus arbustorum

Red Soldier beetle, Rhagonycha fulva

Red Soldier beetles mating, Rhagonycha fulva

Small Tortoiseshell larvae, Aglais urticae

Song Thrush at anvil with snail shells, Turdus philomelos