Holkham

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Ruddy Darter (Sympetrum sanguineum)

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Elm branch

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Oak Knopper Gall (Andricus quercuscalisis)

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Oak Apple Gall Wasp (Biorhiza pallida)

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Oak Mildew (Erysiphe alphitoides)

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Peacock (Aglais io)

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Perennial Sowthistle (Sonchus arvensis)

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Lesser Dung Fly Sp? (Sepsis Sp?) on seed heads of Upright Hedge-parsley (Torilis japonica)

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Red-banded Sand Wasp (Ammophila sabulosa)

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Shieldbug Stalker (Astata Boops)

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Beewolf (Philanthus triangulum)

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Ruddy Darter (Sympetrum sanguineum)

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Small Spotty-eyed Dronefly (Eristalinus sepulchralis)

Hairs on the lower half of the eye.

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Broad-leaved Everlasting Pea (Lathyrus latifolius)

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The Footballer (Helophilus pendulus)

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Long-winged Conehead (Conocephalus fuscus)

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Wasp Spider (Argiope bruennichi)

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Carline Thistle (Carlina vulgaris)

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Mottled Grasshopper (Myrmeleotettix maculatus)

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Blue Fleabane (Erigeron acer) seedheads

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Dune Robberfly (Philonicus albisceps)

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Sea Holly (Eryngium planum)

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Spider Sp?

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Sea Holly (Eryngium planum)

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Sea Spurge (Euphorbia paralias)

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Beewolf (Philanthus triangulum)

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Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus)

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Sea Lavender (
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Grass-leaved Orache (Atriplex littoralis)

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Glasswort (Salicornia europea)

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Sea Purslane (Sesuvium portulacastrum)

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Orache Sp

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Conops quadrifasciatus

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Spaerophoria Sp

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Araneus diadematus

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Wasp Plumehorn (Volucella innanis)

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Hylaeus Sp?

Given the very small white markings
on the face and the large size
possibly

Large Yellow-face Bee (Hylaeus signatus)

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Buff-tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus terrestris)

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Megachile Sp?

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Grimston Heath

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An beautiful extensive grassland restoration with lots to find.

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A belt of Pampas Grass surrounding a small copse of Pines.

The leaves were quite broad thus Cortaderia selloana

There is a another species with long, thin razor edged leaves that grows to 7m

Cortaderia jubata

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Broad-margined Mining Bee (Andrena dorsatta)

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Amaranth Sp?

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Basil Thyme (Clinopodium acinos)

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Burnet Saxifrage (Pimpinella saxifraga)

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Field Bugloss (Lycopsis arvensis)?

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Puccinia Sp?

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Puccinia recondita?

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The larvae of the Blackberry Leaf Midge (Dasineura plicatrix) cause galls to form on Bramble.
The young leaf is creased, pleated or buckled with thickened veins.
The larvae are present in the creases briefly in late spring and early summer.

from
Naturespot


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Brown Argus (Aricia agestis)

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Night-flowering Catchfly (Silene noctiflora)

with six petals rather than five.

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Common Centaury (Centaurium erythraea)

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Chicory (Cichorium intybus)

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Thick-headed Fly Sp (Conopid Fly Sp) attacked by a fungus.

Physocephala rufipes

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Dock sp

Becuase of the red colour and the shape of the leaves this gives a clue to the hybrid

Rumex crispus x obtusifolius

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Dusky Sallow (Eremobia ochroleuca)

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Small-flowered Evening Primrose (Oenathera cambrica)

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Euphrasia pseudokerneri

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Cross between E pseudokerneri & E confusa

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Eyebright Sp (Euphrasia pseudokerneri)

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Field Pansy (Viola arvensis)

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Field Scabious seed head (Knautia arvensis)

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Forester Moth (Ascita statices) on one of its favourite flowers Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis)

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Upright Hedge-parley (Torilis japonica)

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Knapweed (Centaurea nigra)

Some discussion about whether this could be a hybrid?

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Gold-tailed Melitta (Melitta haemorrhoidalis)

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Wild Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa)

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Aphids on Wild Parsnip

Willow - Parsnip Aphid (Cavariella theobaldii)

Alternates seasonally between two distantly related host plant species.
In this case the woody (Willow) host species , where sexual reproduction takes place and a
herbaceous host (Wild Parsnip) where reproduction is asexual

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Fodder Radish (Raphanus sativus. oleiformis)

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Wild Clary (Salvia vernbenaca)

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White blister rust on Shepherd's Purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)

Although apparently it's not actually a rust.

It is an oomycete. Albugo candida

A thick white layer of sporangia that smother contorted and, often, enlarged parts of the plant.

More closely related to Brown Algae than to fungi.

Smothered in white

from

White Knights Biodiversity


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Small Scabious Mining Bee (Andrena marginata)

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Hoary Mullein (Verbascum pulverulentum)

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Great Mullein (Verbascum thapsus)

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Dark Mullein (Verbascum nigrum)

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White Bryony (Bryony dioica)

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Wild Basil (Clinopodiun vulgare)

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Willowherb Sp?

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