Thursday, 9 May 2019

Alice Holt Forest, 28 April 2019

We took a looping walk from Bentley, across the Wey valley and then via the Butterfly Conservation meadow.
Nine lapwing were in a bare field near Bentley Station - a really good count these days.
Orange Tip on Lady's Smock:


Plenty of orchids now in leaf in the meadow.

This parasitic wasp Gasteruption jaculator was investigating dead wood. An impressively large insect.

At the other extreme, this Dark Bush Cricket (?) nymph was tiny. It was found along the footpath from Bentley to the Wey.

Sycamore in flower with the first keys coming through - first sign on Autumn ?

Hairy Shieldbug, Dolycoris baccarum: