On this day 29 April 2023

 

Cherry blossom

April Observations 

Tree Blossom 

1 Wild Cherry 

2 Wild Cherry 

3 Field Maple (Acer campestre)

4 Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus)

5 Hawthorn (Crataegus)

6 Apple blossom

Creeping willow (Salix repens )

Wildflowers

1 Common Bluebell ( Hyacinthoides non-scripta)

2 Common daisy (Bellis perennis)

3 Cuckoo Flower. Lady's Smock (Cardamine 

4 Wood forget-me-not (Myosotis sylvatica)

5 Lesser Celandine (Ranunculus ficaria)

6 Speedwell (Veronica)

7 Common Chickweed (Stellaria media)

8 Ramsons (Allium ursinum)

9 Wood anemone  (Anemonoides nemorosa)

 

1 Meadow foxtail (Alopecurus pratensis) (Grass)

2 Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolate)

3 Dandelion (Taraxacum)

4 Ribwort Plantain (Plantago lanceolata)

Critters 

1 Asian lady beetle ( Harmonia axyridis)

2 Hawthorn bee (Andrena scotica)

3 Kidney-spot Ladybird (Chilocorus renipustulatus)

4 Red-legged Shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes)

5 Nursery web spider ( Pisaura mirabilis)

6 Non-biting midge  (chironomidae)

7 White-shouldered House-moth (Endrosis sarcitrella)*

8 Plant bug (Deraeocoris sp)

9 Sycamore aphid

1  Common Wasp  (Vespula vulgaris)

2 Land snail

3 Cream-spot ladybird (Calvia quatuordecimguttata)

4 Drone fly (Eristalis )

5 Green Shieldbug  (Palomena prasina)

6 Muscidae flies (Eudasyphora cyanella)

7 Mason bee

8 Hoverfly (Syrphus sp)

1 7-Spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata)

2 10 Spot ladybird (Adalia decempunctata)

3 10 Spot ladybird (Adalia decempunctata)

4 Hoverfly

5 Parasitic wasp(Tryphoninae sp)

6 Cucumber Green Orb Spider