Yesterday I visited Kithurst Meadow and saw Brimstones, a Peacock and a Red Admiral but no moths. There were plenty of cowslips and wood violets in flower. I did spot a new fungus, a Thimble Morel. Afterwards I headed to North Stoke again and saw my first Speckled Wood and Holly Blue of the season. Also two moths, identified by iSpot people as a very worn Twin-spotted Quaker and a Silver-ground Carpet.
Kithurst Meadow:
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| Brimstone, Gonepteryx rhamni |
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| Coprinopsis or Coprinellus fungi (inkcaps) |
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| Cowslip, Primula veris |
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| Dark-edged Bee-fly, Bombylius major |
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| Hoverfly, Syrphus ribesii |
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| Thimble Morel, Verpa conica |
North Stoke:
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| Speckled Wood, Pararge aegeria |
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| birth of a chalk stream at the foot of the hill |
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| the water appears from below and forms the stream below |
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| it rested on the mud for 25 minutes |
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| Holly Blue |
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| Mute Swan's nest |
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| Pheasant, Phasianus colchicus |
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| Silver-ground Carpet, Xanthorhoe montanata |
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| very worn moth, possibly Twin-spotted Quaker, Orthosia munda |
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