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Thanks Dave,this cool mid-August period changed my photography priorities,I'd normally leave the Orthoptera a bit longer........
Also,thats the cleanest Red Admiral I've seen this year,seem pretty sparse round these parts in 2014.
Tuesday 19th August 2014
Drove over to Ashdown again to continue my search for the Mottled Grasshoppers,shame really,up until the late 70's I had colonies on St Leonards,but after many a fruitless search I've not located any there,so at present my nearest colonies of Bog Bush Crickets and Mottled Grasshoppers are about 15 miles east of Crawley.
Back on Hindleap to photograph a Female Bog Bush Cricket,I still haven't found the Mottled's here. Moved onto the Sussex Wildlife Trust reserve,Old Lodge, to get my fill of Mottleds. Mottled Grasshoppers are tiny,the males are even tinier(er,is that a word!).
The males have the clubbed antenna,much like Rufous but no white tips and are smaller.....the females just have thickened tips to the antenna,also they are my favourite grasshopper,just because the colourings are infinite. Small Heath...a few around when the sun came out. Hopefully get on the Downs in the next few days.
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Also,thats the cleanest Red Admiral I've seen this year,seem pretty sparse round these parts in 2014.
Tuesday 19th August 2014
Drove over to Ashdown again to continue my search for the Mottled Grasshoppers,shame really,up until the late 70's I had colonies on St Leonards,but after many a fruitless search I've not located any there,so at present my nearest colonies of Bog Bush Crickets and Mottled Grasshoppers are about 15 miles east of Crawley.
Back on Hindleap to photograph a Female Bog Bush Cricket,I still haven't found the Mottled's here. Moved onto the Sussex Wildlife Trust reserve,Old Lodge, to get my fill of Mottleds. Mottled Grasshoppers are tiny,the males are even tinier(er,is that a word!).
The males have the clubbed antenna,much like Rufous but no white tips and are smaller.....the females just have thickened tips to the antenna,also they are my favourite grasshopper,just because the colourings are infinite. Small Heath...a few around when the sun came out. Hopefully get on the Downs in the next few days.
Thanks
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Wednesday 20th August 2014
Went to Castle Hill NNR today to see if the second brood Adonis's were popping up yet.Saw a couple of new males,but I'll go back in a few days time for pictures hopefully.
Plenty of Chalkhills and Common Blues,Brown Argus's,a Marbled white and a Clouded Yellow were also noted,Small Heaths and Small Coppers also.
I've been paying regular pilgrimage to this place for over 25 years now,I even considered moving down this way once,to be closer!
My favourite beasties live here. This female has sustained some damage to the base of her ovipositor,they are nearly at the end of their season,so hopefully she laid many eggs before injury. In the late 1980's when I were a young lad,a friend and me found a very rare purple form here,I've been back to search for another year in,year out since then without success.
Agriope bruennichi or the Wasp Spider used to be super rare,but it seems to have picked up in recent years. Would love to have stayed,but commitments were calling,back at the weekend. If I could buy a house right here......................that would do Thanks
Went to Castle Hill NNR today to see if the second brood Adonis's were popping up yet.Saw a couple of new males,but I'll go back in a few days time for pictures hopefully.
Plenty of Chalkhills and Common Blues,Brown Argus's,a Marbled white and a Clouded Yellow were also noted,Small Heaths and Small Coppers also.
I've been paying regular pilgrimage to this place for over 25 years now,I even considered moving down this way once,to be closer!
My favourite beasties live here. This female has sustained some damage to the base of her ovipositor,they are nearly at the end of their season,so hopefully she laid many eggs before injury. In the late 1980's when I were a young lad,a friend and me found a very rare purple form here,I've been back to search for another year in,year out since then without success.
Agriope bruennichi or the Wasp Spider used to be super rare,but it seems to have picked up in recent years. Would love to have stayed,but commitments were calling,back at the weekend. If I could buy a house right here......................that would do Thanks
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Indeed Buchan Boy - that would make a stunning vista to have from your living room Great butterfly shots too BTW
Have a goodun
Wurzel
Have a goodun
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Thanks Wurzel,its a lovely place.
Saturday 23rd August 2014
Back to Castle Hill to see the second brood Adonis's,the clouds got stuck in one of those really dark runs that drop the temperatures and dropped the light levels,it carried on like this most of the day,still mustn't grumble.
Thanks Steve Falk,he found me a Great Green Bush Cricket female. That compares both of our largest Bush Crickets. I'd noticed some of the Common Blues were carrying "passengers" When the Lady's tresses are popping up,I know we're into the second half of August, these chilly nights are reminiscent of October....... There was an old guy wandering round looking at the flowers,he pointed loads out to me,forgot me note pad,thanks old guy,I love those people that rattle off about 30 species in 3 seconds,went home in awe at the old guy's knowledge
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Saturday 23rd August 2014
Back to Castle Hill to see the second brood Adonis's,the clouds got stuck in one of those really dark runs that drop the temperatures and dropped the light levels,it carried on like this most of the day,still mustn't grumble.
Thanks Steve Falk,he found me a Great Green Bush Cricket female. That compares both of our largest Bush Crickets. I'd noticed some of the Common Blues were carrying "passengers" When the Lady's tresses are popping up,I know we're into the second half of August, these chilly nights are reminiscent of October....... There was an old guy wandering round looking at the flowers,he pointed loads out to me,forgot me note pad,thanks old guy,I love those people that rattle off about 30 species in 3 seconds,went home in awe at the old guy's knowledge
Thanks
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Sunday 24th August 2014
This morning screamed Brown Hairstreak,light breeze,strong sun,all good to see if anything was around on my local patch.
The Dragonflies were taking a while to get going,with the cool night just gone. This Red Admiral was remarkable in that it could still fly! one of the local Jays doing that thing their wings. I've learnt a lot about my local Brown Hairstreaks this year,not seen too many but I think I've found the important trees.
Saw three females this morning,and this one hung around on the lower side of one the huge Blackthorn thickets for a good half an hour.
A dog,not on a lead,nearly ruined it for me but luckily the butterfly wasn't too spooked,I may have swore at the owner,oops sorry. Its always a nice feeling when you get some reasonable shots,hope we get some reasonable weather in the upcoming weeks,so I can try and track some more down.
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This morning screamed Brown Hairstreak,light breeze,strong sun,all good to see if anything was around on my local patch.
The Dragonflies were taking a while to get going,with the cool night just gone. This Red Admiral was remarkable in that it could still fly! one of the local Jays doing that thing their wings. I've learnt a lot about my local Brown Hairstreaks this year,not seen too many but I think I've found the important trees.
Saw three females this morning,and this one hung around on the lower side of one the huge Blackthorn thickets for a good half an hour.
A dog,not on a lead,nearly ruined it for me but luckily the butterfly wasn't too spooked,I may have swore at the owner,oops sorry. Its always a nice feeling when you get some reasonable shots,hope we get some reasonable weather in the upcoming weeks,so I can try and track some more down.
Thanks
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Thursday 28th August 2014
Some nice mid-morning sun sent me to my Rusper Road site in search of any Brown Hairstreaks, only one female noted high up on a Blackthorn thicket, she was unwilling to descend!
A quick check around to see what was left.Still some good looking Meadow Browns and the second brood Specklies are still looking good.
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Some nice mid-morning sun sent me to my Rusper Road site in search of any Brown Hairstreaks, only one female noted high up on a Blackthorn thicket, she was unwilling to descend!
A quick check around to see what was left.Still some good looking Meadow Browns and the second brood Specklies are still looking good.
Thanks
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Great set of reports Buchan, I remember reading somewhere that the fore wings provide the power/lift and the hind wings allow banking/turning so was the Red Admiral flying in circles Great set of Brostreaks too - especially number 3
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Interesting that. I haven't seen a Meadow Brown here in south Wales for over a week now and those were in extremely ragged condition.Buchan Boy wrote:Still some good looking Meadow Browns...
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Come to think of it Wurzel the Red Admiral only flew around the field margins in an anti-clockwise direction,perhaps it couldn't turn right! Nature can be right hilarious at times as well!
Friday 29th August 2014
Doing some pond clearance at a private site in Surrey,at lunch,got a chance to have a look around.
Some lovely fresh Large White's around,I'll hunt for a female this weekend.(Just noticed how that reads!) And the Commas are starting their alcoholic period! But the Dragonflies at this site are its speciality,teaming with them,could of done with a bit more sun,ho well. Pondwork. Thanks
Friday 29th August 2014
Doing some pond clearance at a private site in Surrey,at lunch,got a chance to have a look around.
Some lovely fresh Large White's around,I'll hunt for a female this weekend.(Just noticed how that reads!) And the Commas are starting their alcoholic period! But the Dragonflies at this site are its speciality,teaming with them,could of done with a bit more sun,ho well. Pondwork. Thanks
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Sunday 31st August 2014
Last day of August,September tomorrow....cripes
Had a treck round my local patch in search of a Large White Female,new brood,plenty of males,the one female I did spot wasn't obliging..
Did manage to study the Brimstones on the Fleabane though. Also worth noting a very lovely fresh Female Common Blue but failed miserably with any decent shots..
But chasing around the local Odonata around bore fruit in the shape of a male Golden Ringed Dragonfly,we get a couple of records a year locally but there are no local colonies,they wander far and wide.St Leonards possibly,acidic,peaty streams are its normal habitat,heathy stuff. A quick check across the A264 to the ex landfill site to put one more of the Orthoptera in the diary. Autumns coming.......chestnuts......I love chestnuts,and the trees look heavily laden
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Last day of August,September tomorrow....cripes
Had a treck round my local patch in search of a Large White Female,new brood,plenty of males,the one female I did spot wasn't obliging..
Did manage to study the Brimstones on the Fleabane though. Also worth noting a very lovely fresh Female Common Blue but failed miserably with any decent shots..
But chasing around the local Odonata around bore fruit in the shape of a male Golden Ringed Dragonfly,we get a couple of records a year locally but there are no local colonies,they wander far and wide.St Leonards possibly,acidic,peaty streams are its normal habitat,heathy stuff. A quick check across the A264 to the ex landfill site to put one more of the Orthoptera in the diary. Autumns coming.......chestnuts......I love chestnuts,and the trees look heavily laden
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Friday-Sun 5th-7th September 2014
Bit of catching up to do..........I always put some time aside at this time of year to get down the New Forest to catch up with a couple of national rarities in the grasshopper world.
The New Forest and Purbeck around the Poole basin are the best areas in the country for Orthoptera and me, being interested in all things Grasshopper and Crickety,tend to be drawn to these areas in late summer.
Specifically these areas are the national strongholds for the Large Marsh and Heath Grasshoppers.The Large Marsh preferring the scary "quaking bogs" and the Heath preferring er Heath,a bit drier in the habitat requirements.
Just like butterflies there are colour variations within populations and one of the jewels is the purple form of the Large Marsh,and although the Purbeck colonies seem to possess greater frequency of the purple ones,the same cannot be said for
the New Forest populations,in fact I've never found one in the New Forest.
I camped at quite a popular campsite on the edge of Lymington and in rather murky conditions set about hunting the bogs and heaths of the Southern parts of the New Forest in search of my quarry.
Wooton Bog,to the South West of Brokenhurst contains a good colony of Large Marsh's and it wasn't long before specimens were located,the light was pretty poor,but I did manage to find a rather striking,freshly moulted, female Large Marsh but
photos were naff,back tomorrow for them.
Lovely Small Copper though.
Next day wizzed over to Bagnum Bog at the far Southern end of Kingston Great Common near Burley,as the sun finally broke through the male Large Marsh's started to "pop",they stridulate differently to other grasshoppers,its quite unique.
The males are striking and readily fly when approached,with their yellow and red legs trailing out behind them,its tricky to keep up and they will have flight bursts upto 10metres,also the added scariness of these bogs makes for a good
adrenaline rush,if crashing through a quaking bog is your thing.Actually that's dangerous,know your limitations!(Always check where the "quaking" begins and make sure its safe before any attempt to walk on it is made,I always check with a
birch pole!)
The females are slightly more "skulky" and will wander around the undergrowth in short hops,they are bulky insects and flight is more of an absolute necessity,than a normal reaction.So watching footfall is forever going on when searching for
the females.
Now,I've searched for a Purple one here many a time with no joy,today my luck was in,absolutely the find of this year for me,one of Britains most impressive insects,without doubt.
Fantastic,a day I will never forget and the shots to do it justice.A good colony here,counted around 40 individuals in about 4 hours,a good survey will produce a good number,I'm sure.Wandered back to the car and still had some energy to chase
a couple of Grayling around.
Then up to Vales Moor at the Northern end of Kingston Great common for the Heathies and a stronghold of these in the New Forest,they like short heather around those mini-gorse bushes.
It took it little while but lady luck shone on me again,this was the last grasshopper I learnt to identify "on the hoof",always struggled with these but finally got it.From above they have two dark bands across the hind formora and the black
wedges on the pronotum extend to the back of it.The field grasshopper is similar but the black wedges do not extend to the back of the pronotum.
And from above showing the pronotum wedges and dark bands across the back legs. The males are smaller and tricky little blighters,also very dark,needing to lift the exposure compensation to gain the detail. Went back to Wooton Bog to locate the freshly moulted female and once again refound my quarry. At first the yellow hew had me suspicious and I needed to consult an expert or two,but we reckon this one probably became adult within the last two days,brilliant.
That was a day for me,spent the evening at Keyhaven having a few beers and reflecting on a marvellous day for me and grasshoppers! Just to cap it a brown form Long-winged conehead female appeared as I was kicking the grass on the banks
of one of the ditch's,amazing these are always bright green with the form being "occasional",first I'd photographed. Then she tries to lay eggs into this hogweed stem which was a prop for photography,action shot,bizarre contortions! Watched the egrets for a while before wandering back to the campsite.Went to another bog on the Sunday but the weather was all foggy and dank,so no more bug hunting this weekend,went home a happy chappy. Isn't there a rare Fritillary sometimes found over that way..........another day maybe
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Bit of catching up to do..........I always put some time aside at this time of year to get down the New Forest to catch up with a couple of national rarities in the grasshopper world.
The New Forest and Purbeck around the Poole basin are the best areas in the country for Orthoptera and me, being interested in all things Grasshopper and Crickety,tend to be drawn to these areas in late summer.
Specifically these areas are the national strongholds for the Large Marsh and Heath Grasshoppers.The Large Marsh preferring the scary "quaking bogs" and the Heath preferring er Heath,a bit drier in the habitat requirements.
Just like butterflies there are colour variations within populations and one of the jewels is the purple form of the Large Marsh,and although the Purbeck colonies seem to possess greater frequency of the purple ones,the same cannot be said for
the New Forest populations,in fact I've never found one in the New Forest.
I camped at quite a popular campsite on the edge of Lymington and in rather murky conditions set about hunting the bogs and heaths of the Southern parts of the New Forest in search of my quarry.
Wooton Bog,to the South West of Brokenhurst contains a good colony of Large Marsh's and it wasn't long before specimens were located,the light was pretty poor,but I did manage to find a rather striking,freshly moulted, female Large Marsh but
photos were naff,back tomorrow for them.
Lovely Small Copper though.
Next day wizzed over to Bagnum Bog at the far Southern end of Kingston Great Common near Burley,as the sun finally broke through the male Large Marsh's started to "pop",they stridulate differently to other grasshoppers,its quite unique.
The males are striking and readily fly when approached,with their yellow and red legs trailing out behind them,its tricky to keep up and they will have flight bursts upto 10metres,also the added scariness of these bogs makes for a good
adrenaline rush,if crashing through a quaking bog is your thing.Actually that's dangerous,know your limitations!(Always check where the "quaking" begins and make sure its safe before any attempt to walk on it is made,I always check with a
birch pole!)
The females are slightly more "skulky" and will wander around the undergrowth in short hops,they are bulky insects and flight is more of an absolute necessity,than a normal reaction.So watching footfall is forever going on when searching for
the females.
Now,I've searched for a Purple one here many a time with no joy,today my luck was in,absolutely the find of this year for me,one of Britains most impressive insects,without doubt.
Fantastic,a day I will never forget and the shots to do it justice.A good colony here,counted around 40 individuals in about 4 hours,a good survey will produce a good number,I'm sure.Wandered back to the car and still had some energy to chase
a couple of Grayling around.
Then up to Vales Moor at the Northern end of Kingston Great common for the Heathies and a stronghold of these in the New Forest,they like short heather around those mini-gorse bushes.
It took it little while but lady luck shone on me again,this was the last grasshopper I learnt to identify "on the hoof",always struggled with these but finally got it.From above they have two dark bands across the hind formora and the black
wedges on the pronotum extend to the back of it.The field grasshopper is similar but the black wedges do not extend to the back of the pronotum.
And from above showing the pronotum wedges and dark bands across the back legs. The males are smaller and tricky little blighters,also very dark,needing to lift the exposure compensation to gain the detail. Went back to Wooton Bog to locate the freshly moulted female and once again refound my quarry. At first the yellow hew had me suspicious and I needed to consult an expert or two,but we reckon this one probably became adult within the last two days,brilliant.
That was a day for me,spent the evening at Keyhaven having a few beers and reflecting on a marvellous day for me and grasshoppers! Just to cap it a brown form Long-winged conehead female appeared as I was kicking the grass on the banks
of one of the ditch's,amazing these are always bright green with the form being "occasional",first I'd photographed. Then she tries to lay eggs into this hogweed stem which was a prop for photography,action shot,bizarre contortions! Watched the egrets for a while before wandering back to the campsite.Went to another bog on the Sunday but the weather was all foggy and dank,so no more bug hunting this weekend,went home a happy chappy. Isn't there a rare Fritillary sometimes found over that way..........another day maybe
Thanks
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Fascinating reports Buchan, I want to visit these quaking bogs now Beautiful Coppers too
Have a goodun
Wurzel
Have a goodun
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Those are stunning grasshoppers. Thanks for sharing.
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Great account of the Grasshoppers BB and lovely photos too. Inspirational stuff - I've never really been interested in them before but you seem to have me hooked. I'll be taking more interest in future.
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Great Shots BB of the Grass Hopper, I've seen them in the grass but never so close before.Goldie
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Sunday 5th October 2014
I'd spent good time on the ex-landfill patch to the West of Crawley,this summer.I'd noted Kestrels there and watched them all through the year,so I thought I'd have a go at getting some shots.Not a lot of cover so getting close is quite difficult,its a learning process.The morning was beautiful after a frosty night. Also learning to get close to the Goldfinch's,always wanted that shot of them on the thistle heads,still waiting,but I'm patient. I wandered around the local woods for a while,chased lapwings and buzzards around to no avail and when the sun peaked wandered back to the landfill,not really thinking of butterflies,glanced out across Fleabane,Thistles and Ragwort that have colonised and noted a couple of yellow butterflies,quick check Clouded Yellows,blimey.I had my big lens with me so I legged it home to pick up the macros and returned,early discussion suggests these are local hatch's,they were all fresh,not sure what the host plants are here.Theres some pea looking plants and possibly Lucerne,best go back and check that.Also noted were good amounts of Small Coppers and Common Blues in single figures.
Heres some photos of Crawley Clouded Yellows and friends.About half a dozen Clouded Yellows,2 females. All that in early October,apologies for not much commentary,the pictures are enough today!
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I'd spent good time on the ex-landfill patch to the West of Crawley,this summer.I'd noted Kestrels there and watched them all through the year,so I thought I'd have a go at getting some shots.Not a lot of cover so getting close is quite difficult,its a learning process.The morning was beautiful after a frosty night. Also learning to get close to the Goldfinch's,always wanted that shot of them on the thistle heads,still waiting,but I'm patient. I wandered around the local woods for a while,chased lapwings and buzzards around to no avail and when the sun peaked wandered back to the landfill,not really thinking of butterflies,glanced out across Fleabane,Thistles and Ragwort that have colonised and noted a couple of yellow butterflies,quick check Clouded Yellows,blimey.I had my big lens with me so I legged it home to pick up the macros and returned,early discussion suggests these are local hatch's,they were all fresh,not sure what the host plants are here.Theres some pea looking plants and possibly Lucerne,best go back and check that.Also noted were good amounts of Small Coppers and Common Blues in single figures.
Heres some photos of Crawley Clouded Yellows and friends.About half a dozen Clouded Yellows,2 females. All that in early October,apologies for not much commentary,the pictures are enough today!
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No worries Buchan - the pictures are brill I hope there is a massive delay in the development as that seems like a great little site
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Wow. Those Yellows are amazing - the second one in particular has such depth of colour...
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The south coast seems to be oozing Small Coppers and Clouded Yellows right now!
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Great report and photos, I echo Dave's comment about the second CY, a lovely deep colour.
Cheers,
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Cheers,
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