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  The walk began simply enough with
this tiny spider in amongst the nettle leaves and then nearby the
ladybird, Halyzia sedecimguttata.
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  There were hundreds of the Phyllobius
pomaceus, the picture at the left with inset. I included the inset to
show the difference in colour and sheen between these weevils that are
covered with tiny scales which fall off over a period of time leaving them
much duller in colour. Some as you can see are very bright metallic
green. I wonder if the other beetle to the left is a Cantharis
rustica.
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  It
is difficult to knw where to start looking to find out the names of some of
these insects and the variety is tremendous. Both of these were fairly close
to water. I can only admire the intricacy of the patterns on the wings of the
one to the left, I think it may be an alderfly, sialis lutaria.
The one to the right reminds me somewhat of the scorpion fly especially as it
has a couple of claw like protrusions at the end of its abdomen of which I
have included an inset. All the pictures on this page open up.
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The geese all had goslings and we enjoyed seeing the new
offspring.
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   There were many other insects all
of which we enjoyed looking at more closely and I was fortunate enough to
manage a photo of the wolf spider, pisaura mirabilis. I think the
insect to the far left is a meadow plant bug, leptopterna dolabrata, and
the one in the centre may be the garden chafer, phyllopertha horticola. I
am always willing to hear otherwise and correct this page if you know better,
please let me know by email, the link is at the top of the page.
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  However the highlight of the
afternoon as far as I was concerned was to see and be able to photograph the
great crested grebe. We were even fortunate enough to see them displaying.
All in all a most enjoyable afternoon.
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