8 August 2022 - Hollingworth Lake

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Great White Egret, Snipe

The Great White Egret is still present, but no sign of the Little Egret.  A couple of insects to photograph - firstly a 'pair' of leafhoppers of unknown ID, and secondly, the mine of Parornix finimitella on Blackthorn.  I found some of these yesterday and not knowing what they could be, collected some and took them home for ID.  However I neglected to take any photos and the leaves had wilted somewhat by the time I'd figured out what they were. Fortunately there's at least one left on the bush, which is by the second stream.  A number of Stigmella plagicolella mines were on the same bush.

On the reserve, a Snipe was standing on the pools just near the stony island, but not really close enough for a decent photo.

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

Parornix Finimitella Mine On Blackthorn, 1/500 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 8000 (view full size image)

Snipe, 1/640 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 800