26 June 2022 - Hollingworth Lake

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Bullfinch, Song Thrush, Willow Warbler

Not much to report on the bird front today; a Song Thrush was feeding in the dappled shade of some trees near the main gate, and a male Bullfinch was by the Big Hedge.  Apart from a couple of Willow Warblers feeding at the bottom of Turnough Lane, that was about it for birds.  Instead I spent a little time photographing other things - some water droplets on a Yellow Flag leaf, and a flower which it turns out is Nipplewort.

On the far side of the lake, close to the Beach Hotel, I came across the feeding signs of Epinotia abbreviana on an Elm by the water's edge.  The larva burrows into a young leaf bud and when the leaf opens, this leaves a distinctive oval pattern of holes.  By this time the larva is long gone however.  Also on the same tree were several distinctive galls created by an aphid, possibly Tetraneura ulmi, though I'm not 100% sure of that ID.

Song Thrush, 1/640 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 1600 (view full size image)

Bullfinch, 1/500 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 5000 (view full size image)

Water Droplets, 1/500 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 1000 (view full size image)

Willow Warbler, 1/640 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 125 (view full size image)

Nipplewort, 1/640 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 400 (view full size image)

Epinotia Abbreviana Feeding Signs, 1/640 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 640 (view full size image)

Gall On Elm (view full size image)