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my local patch and wildlife - Ian McDonald
ian mcdonald:
Dactylorhiza incanata ssp coccinea.
Brittle Bladder Fern.
Six Spot Burnet.
Corn Salad.
Yellow Saxifrage.
ian mcdonald:
I went to a site I know which has a small population of Small Blue butterflies. They are the UKs smallest species of butterfly. Although it was a dull day I saw several on mown gorse by a track.
At another site the Sheeps Bit scabious were just coming into flower.
This is the first time I,ve seen Oyster Catchers swimming.
The Kingfishers are still at the nest site.
This image shows one of the birds entering the nest hole in the river bank.
ian mcdonald:
There are moorland fires to the West of us. They have been burning since Saturday and are thought to have been started by someone with a camp fire. Although some 20? miles away the prevailing Westerly wind is blowing smoke over to our area.
I found two small patches of Lesser Meadow-rue by the river bank. A first record for the 10km square.
Small Dryads Saddle fungi are on a Sycamore by the river.
Field Pennycress is growing in the corner of a barley crop.
Dotted Loosestrife is growing down by the river under bushes.
ian mcdonald:
The temperature today is 31oC in the shade, too hot to walk about. A few days ago it was cooler. At the coast were a group of Grey Seals, hauled out at low tide.
A Lesser Black Backed gull was seen perched on a rock in the river. An Osprey flew by.
Seen on a roadside verge were two flowering plants of Field Gentian, Gentianella campestris. The first record since 1990 for the Tetrad, 10 x 10 km square.
A few Sneezewort plants were by the roadside, including one with a Tick. Lower central flower.
A single Mountain Hare was seen grazing on Heather shoots.
Maggi Young:
Amazingly warm weather for the area, Ian - not too hot for you to bring us great photos though!
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