JMNR Sightings – September 1st 2017

9.30 am
4 Red Admiral, 10 Speckled Wood, 2 Peacock, 3 Green-veined White, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Small Copper, 1 Straw Dot, Brown China-mark. 5+ Southern Hawker (including mating pair), Brown Hawker, Emerald damselfly, 10+ Common Darter. Tachina fera (fly), hoverflies: Cheilosia illustrate, Platycheirus rosarum. Three types of gall noted on one Oak leaf, causers: Spangle Gall wasp, Silk Button Gall wasp and Artichoke Gall wasp.

Gall causer: Artichoke Gall Wasp (Andricus fecundator)

Nuthatch, Raven (heard), Blue tit, Great tit, Woodpigeon, Long-tailed tit, Bullfinch.

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