A thoroughly enjoyable week in North Norfolk in the middle of June,
knocked up a fair few species of birds, but there were a shortage of
insects most likely due to the dreadful weather conditions that the
whole country had to embrace for months on end.
Species seen:
Reptiles:
- Adder Vipera berus
- Common Lizard Lacerta vivipara
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| Male Common Lizard |
Butterflies:
- Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas
- Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria
- Swallowtail Papilio machaon ssp britannicus
- Wall Brown Lasiommata megera
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| Swallowtail |
Birds (heard only):
- Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
Birds (seen)
(There are 88 altogether but I'm just going to name a few):
- Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Cettis warbler Cettia cetti
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Common Crossbill Loxia recurvirostra
- Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Firecrest Regulus ignicapillus
- Gadwall Anas strepera
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Little Tern Sterna albifrons
- Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus
- Nightjar Carprimulgus europaeus
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
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| Male Reed Bunting |
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| Juvenile Bearded Tits |
Mammals:
- Brown Hare: Lepus capensis
- Chinese Water Deer Hydropotes inermis
- Common Seal: Phoca vitulina
- Fallow Deer Dama dama
- Grey Seal Halichoerus grypus
- Water Vole Arvicola terrestris
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| Chinese Water Deer |
Insects:
- Black Tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum
- Blue-Tailed Damselflies Ischnura elegans
- Common Blue Damselflies Enallagma cyathigerum
- Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata
- Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca
- Norfolk Hawker Aeshna isosceles
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| Four-spotted Chaser |
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| Glow-worm |
Plants (currently trying to learn these):
- Deadly Nightshade Atropa belladonna
- Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum
- Orange Hawkweed (Fox and cubs) Hieracium aurantiaca
- Oxeye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare
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