Newton wildlife

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We had a lovely few days in Newton by the Sea with Bob and Judy. After our trip to St Abbs we stayed around Newton and enjoyed walks to Lower Newton where there was plenty of wildlife and scenery. Bob found a Garden Tiger moth on a path. We saw Dark Green Fritillaries flitting around a meadow which had with hundreds of Pyramidal Orchids. I saw my first Tree Sparrow on a feeder - they use the nest boxes in the garden.

July 8 am

Biting Stonecrop, Sedum acre

Brown Plume, Stenoptilia pterodactyla

Collared Dove, Streptopelia decaocto

Common Blue, Polyommatus icarus

Common Stork's-bill, Erodium cicutarium

Dark Green Fritillary ♂, Argynnis aglaja

Five-Spot Burnet, Zygaena trifolii on
Pyramidal Orchid, Anacamptis pyramidalis

Garden Tiger, Arctia caja

Harebell, Campanula rotundifolia

juvenile Great Tit, Parus major

Matilda

Meadow Cranesbill, Geranium pratense

Meadow Pipit, Anthus pratensis

Pearl Veneer, Agriphila straminella

Pyramidal Orchid, Anacamptis pyramidalis

Small Heath ♂, Coenonympha pamphilus

Tree Sparrow, Passer montanus

July 8 pm:

Alder Spittlebug, Aphrophora alni

bees, id needed

Common Froghopper, Philaenus spumarius

Common Restharrow, Ononis repens

Dark Strawberry Tortrix, Celypha lacunana

Garden Grass-veneer, Chrysoteuchia culmella

juvenile Swallows, Hirundo rustica

Latticed Heath, Chiasmia clathrata

Leaf weevil, Phyllobius species

midge, id needed

Mirid bug, Capsus ater

Red Soldier beetle, Rhagonycha fulva

Sedge Warbler, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus

Tortoise Beetle larva, Cassida species

This larva uses its faeces to disguise itself!

White Campion, Silene latifolia

White Stonecrop, Sedum album

Wild rose, Rosa species

Yellow Shell, Camptogramma bilineata

Brown House Moth, Hofmannophila pseudospretella

July 9:

Bob's pub sign

he likes his ships

Marbled Bell, Eucosma campoliliana

Marbled Orchard Tortrix, Hedya nubiferana

micro moth needing identification 

Red Hot Poker, Kniphofia species

Single-Dotted Wave, Idaea dimidiata