On this day 4 July 2023

Wildflowers

Insects 

Wildflowers

1  Meadow crane's-bill (Geranium pratense)

2 Lime small-leaved (Tilia cordata)

3 Common Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium)

4 Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

5  Curled Dock (Rumex crispus)

6 White Clover (Trifolium repens)

7 Cleavers (Gallium aparine) 

8 Dotted Loosestrife (Lysimachia punctata)

9 Apple (Rosaceae)

Wildflowers

1 Scented Mayweed (Matricaria recutita)

2 Climbing Rose 

3 Elder (Sambucus nigra)

4 Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria)

5 Thyme-leaved speedwell (Veronica serpyllifolia)

6 Pineapple Mayweed (Matricaria discoidea)

7 Common Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea)

8 Field Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)

9  Nipplewort (Lapsana communis)

Wildflowers

1 Himalayan balsam (Impatiens glandulifera)

2 Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense)

3  Rosebay Willowherb (Chamerion angustifolium)

4 Aspen (Populus tremula) (Tree)

5 Great Willowherb (Epilobium hirsutum) 

6 Broad-leaved willowherb (Epilobium)

7 Perennial Rye-grass  (Lolium perenne)

8 Hedge Bindweed (Calystegia sepium) 

9 Bramble agg (Rubus fruticosus agg)

Insects

1 Honey bee (Apis mellifera) 

2 Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) / Common Drone Fly - Eristalis tenax

3 Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria)

4 Meadow brown (Maniola jurtina)

5 Asian lady beetle ( Harmonia axyridis)

6 Kidney-spot Ladybird  (Chilocorus renipustulatus)

7 Asian lady beetle ( Harmonia axyridis) Larvae

8 Large Skipper (Ochlodes sylvanus)

9 Soldier beetles (Cantharis flavilabris)

Soldier beetles (Cantharis flavilabris)

Cantharidae - Soldier beetles

Order: Coleoptera

The black elytra (wing covers) are shiny and have a layer of very fine hairs. The pronotum can be all black or may have varying amounts of red. The scutellum is black which distinguishes the red pronotum variety from the similar C. nigra which has a red scutellum.

Aspen (Populus tremula) (Tree)

Perennial Rye-grass  (Lolium perenne)

Moss Rose 

Large Skipper (Ochlodes sylvanus)

Kidney-spot Ladybird  (Chilocorus renipustulatus)

Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) / Common Drone Fly - Eristalis tenax

Perennial rye-grass (Lolium perenne)

 Grasses

4 July 2023 Park.

In most grass areas of the park, it is a rye-grass but not been ID by an expert. 

On this day 24 June 2023

 

Welted Thistle - Carduus crispus*

Meadow brown (Maniola jurtina)

Cherry Laurel (Prunus laurocerasus)

1Cherry Laurel (Prunus laurocerasus)

2 Rosebay Willowherb (Chamerion angustifolium)

3 Cherry Laurel (Prunus laurocerasus)

4 Bramble agg (Rubus fruticosus agg)

Ratty 

Comma (Polygonia c-album)

On this day 21 June 2023

 

Dotted Loosestrife (Lysimachia punctata)

Large Skipper (Ochlodes sylvanus)

Feral Pigeon 

Fish in pond 

Wildflowers 

1 Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria)

2 Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense)

3 Meadow Cranesbill (Geranium pratense)

4 Nipplewort (Lapsana communis)

Shiny curly pond weed 

(Potamogeton crispus)*

Reed Canary-grass ( Phalaris arundinacea)

Mallard chick

Damsel fly 

Lime small-leaved (Tilia cordata)

Female Blackbird

Hoverfly- Episyrphus balteatus (Marmalade)

Butterflies 

1Meadow brown (Maniola jurtina)

2 Large Skipper (Ochlodes sylvanus)

3 Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)

Banded Demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens)

 Insect Damselflies 

18 June 2023 Park, males seen 

The banded demoiselle is a species of damselfly belonging to the family Calopterygidae. It is often found along slow-flowing streams and rivers

Water Figwort (Scrophularia auriculata)

 Plant 

18 June 2023 Park, pond edge 

Water Figwort is a tall plant of riverbanks, pond margins, damp meadows and wet woodlands. Its maroon flowers are pollinated by the Common Wasp.

On this day 18 June 2023

 

Large Skipper (Ochlodes sylvanus)

Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria)

Banded Demoiselle  (Calopteryx splendens) 

First time recorded at the park. Round the pond

Water Figwort (Scrophularia auriculata)*

Damselfly 

On this day 14 June 2023

 

Mallard ducks 

Insects 

1 large red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula)

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4 Large Skipper Butterfly (Ochlodes sylvanus)

5 Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria)

6 Comma Butterfly (Polygonia c-album)

7 large red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula)

8 Red-eyed damselfly (Erythromma najas)

9 Hoverfly

Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense)

Fish in the pond 

Elder (Sambucus nigra)

Aspen  (Populus tremula)

Hooked-streaked grass-veneer (Crambus lathoniellus)