2 July 2022 - Hollingworth Lake

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Roe Deer, Tree Bumblebee, Pixie Cup lichen, Empis livida

No birds photographed today; instead a selection of other wildlife and plants.  A Roe Deer was feeding again on the reserve, but there was only a small gap in the trees to view it (shame about the beer can). A couple of plants photographed include Prickly Sow-thistle and (I think) Meadow Vetchling. In the Pavilion wood, a Tree Bumblebee was nectaring on the flowers of Comfrey.

The track from the lake to the top of Bib Knowl had a nice patch of Pixie Cup Lichen, and at Shaw Moss, a Dagger fly of the family Empididae was feeding on a thistle.  I believe it to be Empis livida.

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

Prickly Sow-thistle, 1/500 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 1000 (view full size image)

Meadow Vetchling, 1/500 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 500 (view full size image)

Tree Bumblebee, 1/1600 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 25600 (view full size image)

Pixie Cup Lichen, 1/500 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 800 (view full size image)

Pixie Cup Lichen , 1/640 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 1000 (view full size image)

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