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Small Tortoiseshell, Aglais urticae |
I visited Petersfield Heath on Monday, the first time I have walked around this nature reserve. I enjoyed the variety of habitats: woodland, some patches of heath among the grassland and the lakeside. The wildfowl had young: Canada Geese, Egyptian Geese and Mallards. I found a Dingy Flat-body moth larva on Hemlock Water-dropwort by the lake. A Small Tortoiseshell landed on brambles and a Small Tortoiseshell pupa hung from a heath stem. A Painted Lady flew by in a hurry, Large Skippers appeared and Meadow Browns fluttered everywhere in the grassland. Speckled Woods landed on bracken in the woodland areas. Other moths seen: Nettle-tap, Garden Grass-veneer and a Straw Dot. A Dusky Cockroach showed itself.
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Canada Geese, Branta canadensis and Egyptian Geese, goslings, Alopochen aegyptiacus |
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Common Nettle-tap, Anthophila fabriciana |
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Cytisus scoparius seed pods |
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Dingy Flat-body moth larva, Depressaria daucella feeding on Hemlock Water-dropwort, Oenanthe crocata |
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Dingy Flat-body moth larva feeding on Hemlock Water-dropwort |
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Dusky Cockroach, Ectobius lapponicus |
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Foxglove, Digitalis purpurea |
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Garden Grass-veneer, Chrysoteuchia culmella |
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Hedge Woundwort, Stachys sylvatica |
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Large Skipper, Ochlodes sylvanus |
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Mallard, ducklings, Anas platyrhynchos |
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Small Tortoiseshell pupa, Aglais urticae |
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Speckled Wood, Pararge aegeria |
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Straw Dot, Rivula sericealis |
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Viper's Bugloss, Echium vulgare |