16 July 2022 - Hollingworth Lake

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Buzzard, various insects and moths

Warm and sunny today; walked down Ealees Valley to the pond and just beyond, then around the lake and down to Shaw Moss.  Not many birds about, but lots of invertebrates to be seen;  Rather than describe the whole trip, I'll just let the photos speak for themselves.  Highlights are perhaps a couple of Argyresthias in the shade of the wood behind the visitor centre; very small and in shadow so they're quite high on the ISO.  A nursery web spider was a nice find at the bottom of Ealees Valley car park by the stream; and a couple of Comma butterflies were my first of the year I think.  

A couple of species I couldn't identify - a fairly large orange fly, and a leafhopper of some kind. In the middle of the Visitor Centre car park there are some White Campion seed pods with evidence of larval feeding; orange frass being ejected from a hole in the pod.  Probably Campion (the moth) or perhaps the Lychnis.

Argyresthia Goedartella, 1/640 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 12800
Argyresthia Goedartella, 1/640 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 12800 (view full size image)

Argyresthia Bonnetella, 1/500 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 20000
Argyresthia Bonnetella, 1/500 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 20000 (view full size image)

Phyllonorycter Nicellii Mine, 1/500 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 8000
Phyllonorycter Nicellii Mine, 1/500 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 8000 (view full size image)

Leafhopper, 1/500 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 5000
Leafhopper, 1/500 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 5000

Stigmella Aurella Mine, 1/500 sec, f/7.1, 167 mm, ISO 20000
Stigmella Aurella Mine, 1/500 sec, f/7.1, 167 mm, ISO 20000 (view full size image)

Orange Fly Sp, 1/500 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 8000
Orange Fly Sp, 1/500 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 8000 (view full size image)

Scorpion Fly - Panorpa Germanica, 1/640 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 250
Scorpion Fly - Panorpa Germanica, 1/640 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 250 (view full size image)

Straw Dot, 1/640 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 1000
Straw Dot, 1/640 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 1000 (view full size image)

Udea Lutealis, 1/640 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 800
Udea Lutealis, 1/640 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 800 (view full size image)

Athripsodes Bilineatus, 1/500 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 160
Athripsodes Bilineatus, 1/500 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 160 (view full size image)

Nursery Web Spider Pisaura Mirabilis, 1/640 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 500
Nursery Web Spider Pisaura Mirabilis, 1/640 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 500 (view full size image)

Ringlet, 1/640 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 320
Ringlet, 1/640 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 320 (view full size image)

Small Skipper, 1/500 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 400
Small Skipper, 1/500 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 400 (view full size image)

White Campion Larval Signs, 1/640 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 200
White Campion Larval Signs, 1/640 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 200 (view full size image)

Comma, 1/640 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 500
Comma, 1/640 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 500 (view full size image)

Araniella Cucurbitina, 1/640 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 2000
Araniella Cucurbitina, 1/640 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 2000 (view full size image)

Small Tortoiseshells, 1/640 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 250
Small Tortoiseshells, 1/640 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 250 (view full size image)

Buzzard, 1/2000 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 500
Buzzard, 1/2000 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 500

Seven-spot Ladybird, 1/640 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 200
Seven-spot Ladybird, 1/640 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 200 (view full size image)

Young Swallow, 1/640 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 160
Young Swallow, 1/640 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 160 (view full size image)

Comma , 1/640 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 250
Comma , 1/640 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 250 (view full size image)

Comma , 1/640 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 200
Comma , 1/640 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 200 (view full size image)