Woods, Meadows and Pools

That's the lovely thing about Nightingale Wood, in that there is a wide variation in habitat there. Great for the wildlife and in particular damselflies, demoiselles, butterflies and bugs.

Here are a few images from this afternoon (2:15 - 4:15pm):

The woods

The meadow

The water

And a bit of all of it - Brook Meadow with a female Roe Deer, which I suspect had a fawn very close-by, as she was very close to the path and wasn't going anywhere, despite several dogs barking.

In the pond a few tadpoles, which appeared to have the makings of their back legs.

A male Beautiful Demoiselle

A male Banded Demoiselle

A female Banded Demoiselle

I'm sure this is a Common Blue Damselfly

And another. 

A female Ashy Mining-bee

Different angle

Common Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax)

Fly sp.

And fly sp.

Cardinal Beetle

Cardinal Beetle

Green Dock Beetle

Red Admiral

A Liocoris tripustulatus a common bug that lives on nettles and is a member of the Miridae family

Eriophyes tiliae is a mite that forms the lime nail gall seen here on this leaf.

Ragged Robin

Birds Recorded: 1 Little Grebe, Mallard, 1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 2 Pheasant, 1 Red-Legged Partridge, 1 Moorhen, 1 Coot, Wood Pigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 4 adult and juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Pied Wagtail, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Garden Warbler, 2 Common Whitethroat, 2 Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff, 4 Willow Warbler, Goldcrest, Long-tailed Tit, 1 Marsh Tit, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Magpie, Rook, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, House Sparrow, Chaffinch, 2 Linnet, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Bullfinch and Reed Bunting.

Also

Butterflies: 12+ Orange-tips (males and females), 3 Green-veined White, 8 Brimstones, 3 Peacock, 2 Red Admiral and 3 Large White

Moths: Common Nettle-tap Moth (Anthophila fabriciana) and a White-pinion Spotted (Lomographa bimaculata)

Damselflies and Demoiselles: Common Blue Damselfly, Banded Demoiselle and Beautiful Demoiselle.

Bees and wasps: A female Ashy Mining-bee (Andrena cineraria) and a Hornet

Info Sheet Here

Other invertebrae: Green Dock Beetle (Gastrophysa viridula), Cardinal Beetle (Pyrochroa serraticornis), Common Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax) and a Liocoris tripustulatus

Of interest: Lime Nail Gall. More info Here

Plants: Ragged Robin

More on Liocoris tripustulatus Here