On this day 6 June 2019

Common linnet
The common linnet is a small passerine bird of the finch family, Fringillidae. It derives its scientific name from its fondness for hemp seeds and flax seeds—flax being the English name for the plant from which linen is made.
Common Heath Moth (Ematurga atomaria)

Bumblebees 

Chiffchaff




Yellow Stagshorn  (Calocera viscosa)

Trees that have gone down in the forest

Yellow Iris (Iris pseudacorus)

First evidence there are Newts in the forest.

 Yellow Iris (Iris pseudacorus)
Red-and-black Froghoppers (Cercopis vulnerata)



Fairy Flax ( Linum catharticum)

Red clover and Bumble Bee

Bumblebees and Red Clover

Nursery Web spider

Bugle (Ajuga reptans)
Often found carpeting damp grassland and woodland clearings, the blue flower spikes of Bugle are very recognisable. A short, creeping plant, it spreads using runners.
Meadow Pipit

Hoverfly (Chrysotoxum arcuatum,)

Wall brown Butterfly

Wall brown Butterfly

Green veined white Butterfly

Wall brown Butterfly
Columbine (Aquilegia)


Broom (Cytisus scoparius)

Broom (Cytisus scoparius)


Small heath Butterfly

Two-banded Longhorn Beetle  (Rhagium bifasciatum)

Two-banded Longhorn Beetle (Rhagium bifasciatum)

Roe deer

White-barred Peat Hoverfly (Sericomyia lappona )

Silverweed (Argentina anserina)


Roe Deer

Brooklime (Veronica beccabunga)

Peacock Butterfly

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