Wistman's Wood

High altitude Oakwood on Dartmoor festooned with mosses, lichen & ferns.























































Buzzard (Buteo buteo)

Tag CloudLandscape, Buzzard, Fern, Bryophytes, Moss, Lichen

Juvenile Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)





Common Mallow (Malva sylvestris)









White Bryony (Bryonia dioica)) Male flowers



Black Tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)



Green Veined White (Pieris napi)

Green Sandpiper
Hobby
Peregrine

Tag CloudWhiteBryony, GreenVeinedWhite, LittleGrebe, BlacktailedGodwit

Bar Headed Goose (Anser indicus)




















Black Tailed Godwit - Juvenile (Limosa limosa)









Teal (Anas crecca)

Tag CloudBarHeadedGoose, BlacktailedGodwit, Teal

More than a little distant but recognisable as a Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus)

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Horned Poppy seed heads. (Glaucium flavum)






Sea Kale (Crambe marítima)



Sea Sandwort (Honckenya peploides)

A very different perspective.
All of the above taken with the 500f4 + 1.4 converter.

30+ Little Gulls (I superb juvenile)
Spotted Redshank
Green Sandpiper
Whimbrel overhead
1 Whinchat

&
Semi Palmated Sandpiper

Tag CloudLandscape, HornedPoppy, SeaSandwort, SeaKale

Avocets (Recurvirostra avosetta) and Black Tailed Godwits (Limosa limosa) spooked by a Sparrowhawk.
















Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) landing manoeuvres.

Tag CloudSpoonbill, Avocet

Rook (Corvus frugilegus)











Juvenile Willow Warbler's (Phylloscopus trochilus) passing through,



Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)

Tag CloudRook, Kestrel , WillowWarbler

Juvenile Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)

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The Spotted Crake was not so obliging today but wonderful to see nonetheless. It's been a very long time!








Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficolus)





Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)









Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)







Spotted Crake (Porzana porzana)







Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)

Tag CloudSpottedCrake, WaterRail, LittleGrebe, Snipe, Moorhen

Black Tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)























At least 4 Green Sandpipers (Tringa ochropus)



Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta)

At leat 400 Black Tailed Godwit
A young Peregrine
Sparrowhawk
5 Summer plumage Golden Plover
Dunlin
Common Sandpiper
Curlew
Greenshank
Curlew
Lots of Ruff
Little Ringed Plover

Tag CloudBlacktailedGodwit, LittleEgret, GreenSandpiper

Somewhat out of place on the pond by the Iron Road - Whistling Duck?? Very fine bird though.







































Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)















Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)





Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)





Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba yarelli)



Reed Bunting (Emboriza schoeniclus)





Yellow Legged Gull (Larus michahellis)

Tag CloudReedBunting, CommonSandpiper, GreenSandpiper, YellowLeggedGull

A very well worn Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)

Tag CloudMeadowPipit

Avocet (Recurvirostra avocetta)



Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)











Clearly shows the state of the bird's moult. Five old outer primaries. One missing or in pin and four new feathers at different stages.

Doesn't seem to have dropped any secondaries yet only the greater coverts.





























Green Sandpiper (Trinag ochropus)








Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)



Pied Wagtail - (Motacilla alba yarelli)

Tag CloudGreenSandpiper, Avocet, PiedWagtail, LittleEgret, CommonSandpiper

Chalk Hill Blue (Polyommatus coridon)







Brown Argus (Aricia agestis)

Tag CloudChalkHillBlue, BrownArgus

A young Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) skulking about in the Elder.
also
Whitethroat.

Tag CloudLandscape, ReedWarbler

Bee Sp?



Probably Eristalsis nemorum. Dark hind metatarsus thinner than tibia. Sharp edged wing stigma?







?





Gasteruption jaculator

Explanation of the wonderful name from the Game & Wildlife Trust



Probably Marmalade Fly (Episyphus balteatus)



Spaerophora Sp female





Syritta pipiens

A very common hoverfly, commonly seen in gardens. Disitnctive enlarged hind femora, which can be seen very clearly in the photographs.

Tag CloudHoverfly, Syrittapipiens, EristalsisSp, Gasteruptionjaculator, SpaerophoraSp, MarmaladeFly

Essex Skipper (Thymelicus lineola)



?



Probably Marmalade Fly (Episyphus balteatus)



?

Tag CloudEssexSkipper, MarmaladeFly

Marmalade Fly (Episyrphus balteatus)







Sphaerophora Sp Female

Tag CloudMarmaladeFly, SphaerophoraSp

Young Shellduck bathing. (Tadorna tadorna)





Mallard bathing. (Anas platyrhynchos)





Green Sandpiper (Tringa ocheropus)

&
Wood Sandpiper
Little Ringed Plover
Spoonbill

Tag CloudMallard, Shellduck, GreenSandpiper

A party of Golden Plover in summer plumage.

3 Curlew Sandpiper
2 Little Stint
2 Whimbrel
Green Sandpiper
Spotted Redshank

&

Bonaparte's Gull
on the mud

Tag CloudLandscape, GoldenPlover