The Northern Wolds,Saturday 9th May 2020.

Today Tracey and myself completed a walk which we had devised taking in the villages of Bigby,Somerby and Searby,Searby Top,Hendale Wood and then onto New Barnetby and Melton Ross and then back home to Barnetby covering approximately 10.9 miles.It took in some really nice habitat and views of the surrounding countryside and also some of the fine historical architecture of the area.Here i have included a selection of photos of the lovely scenery and wildlife which we encountered on the walk.

Bigby.

Somerby.

Somerby.

Somerby.

Somerby.

St.Margeret's Church,Somerby.

St.Margeret's Church,Somerby.

Searby.

Hedgerow Cranesbill,Searby.

Male Yellow Wagtail,Searby Top.

Male Yellow Wagtail,Searby Top.

Male Yellow Wagtail,Searby Top.

Dark Arches Caterpillar,New Barnetby.

Garden Wildlife Pics......

As we have been spending plenty of time in the garden lately doing various jobs,i thought i would again share some more photos of the insects we have found and also some lovely cloud and sky scapes observed recently.

Female Chocolate-mining Bee

Green Bottle - Luscilia Sp.

Grey-haired Mining Bee

Green-veined White.

Fly Sp. Anthomyia procellaris.

Fly Sp. Anthomyia procellaris.

Flesh Fly - Sarcophaga Sp.

Messingham Sand Quarries,What A Cracking Reserve!.

A few recent visits here over the last week has seen a profusion of interesting insects,birds and wildflowers being recorded,the following is a selection of photos of some of those encountered.

Pherbina coryleti - This Is A Species Of Marsh Fly,Who's Larvae Develop In Fresh Water And Prey On Fresh Water Snails.

Hoverfly - Eristalis pertinax,One Of The Commonest Species Encountered In Spring.

Hoverfly - Cheilosia illustrata.

Gooden's Nomad Bee - A parasitic species of several Mining Bee's And A New Species For Me.

Hoverfly - Cheilosia variabilis.

Heath Speedwell.

Pisaura mirablis - Also Known As Nursery Web Spider.

Hoverfly - Melanogaster hirtella - A New Species For Me.

Cranefly - Tipula oleracea.

Hoverfly - Leucozona leucorum.

Wasp Beetle - Clytus arietis - A Member Of The Cerambycidae Or Longhorn Beetles.

Crowle & Thorne Moors - A Selection Of Recent Pics.

A couple of visits to the NNR due to shopping trips into Scunthorpe saw a wide array of interesting and also rare wildlife being recorded,the following is a selection of some of the species encountered.

The Nationally Rare Cranefly Tanyptera nigricornis,Crowle Moor NNR.

Brown Hares,Crowle.

Sericomyia lappona,Thorne Moors NNR.

Hoverfly Sp. Cheilosia pagana,Crowle Moor NNR.

Messingham Sand Quarries.... A Great Visit,01.05.20.

A shopping trip out for us and the in-laws,saw me popping in here for a few hours mid-afternoon to see what was about and it turned out to be another great visit.
 Bird wise,9 Swift and 3 Common Tern were both new records for the year and also present were 6 Red-crested Pochard,male Cuckoo,Hobby and a 2nd summer Med.Gull.The latter was seen over the new and main lakes,associating with the breeding Black-headed Gulls and was constantly calling as it flew about overhead.
 I managed to find a few new insects today,with me adding Hoverflies Pipiza noctiluca and Cheilosia albitarsus to my personal list and a tiny parastic wasp watched on a Knopper Gall,Torymus auratus.
 The only notable member of the Lepidoptera i saw today,was also a new species,the Tortrix Moth Argyrotaenia lijungiana which was found roosting on a Alder.
 Other new for the year species included Kidney-spot Ladybirds,Small Copper,Dasysyrphus venustus and the parastic Tachinid Fly Gymnochaeta viridis.
 A productive visit as always and great to see some new species also.

Lady's Smock.

Small Copper.

Hoverfly - Cheilosia albitarsus.

Male St.Marks Fly.

Hoverfly - Rhingia campestris.

Hoverfly - Dasysyrphus venustus.

Hoverfly - Pipiza noctiluca.

Meadow Saxifrage.

Female Common Lizard.

Tachinid Fly - Gymnochaeta viridis.

The Tiny Parastic Wasp - Torymus auratus Female.

Micro Moth - Argyrotaenia lijungiana.