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Post by NellyDee on May 2, 2020 11:18:49 GMT
This short spell of good weather has certainly got life in the pond going. The red damsels have started to emerge, There are a few Great Diving beetles, Wolf Spiders, Little tadpoles swimming around. lots of tiny insects wandering around the sandy area. Lots of palmate newts, small and large. A wren keeps appearing around the edge of the pond. There are Whirly Gigs and Pond Skaters. It is a joy. As well as the Marsh Marigolds coming up big time around the pond there is also lots of Hawksbit which, for some reason seem to be a favourite of the Red-tailed Bumblebees which I only see here  Red Tailed Bumblebee May 2020 4 by Helen Skelton, on Flickr |
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Post by aeshna5 on May 2, 2020 12:03:14 GMT
That's something much scarcer than a Red-tailed Bumblebee- it's a Bilberry Bumblebee-Bombus monticola- one I don't recall seeing but quite widespread up your way.Red-tailed Bumblebees have less extensive red +only the males have a yellow collar & they won't have emerged yet.
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Post by NellyDee on May 3, 2020 15:55:11 GMT
What i thought were red damsel flies emerging are not. Very difficult to photograph as everything is wet and they tend to glitter in the sunlight. Not a good photo but I am wondering if this one is a female emerald damsel fly? It did appear to have a green head and the body was more russet than red The legs llooked almost white, but that might have been reflected light. I will try and get a better photo, but it has been too cloudy overcast and drizzling, but have you any idea?  Damsel 1 by Helen Skelton, on Flickr |
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Post by aeshna5 on May 3, 2020 19:22:36 GMT
You were right first time- it's a Large Red Damselfly.
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Post by kleftiwallah on May 4, 2020 12:28:45 GMT
Good afternoon everyone, well I have some good news, a baby newt was spotted in our corner bath pond. I'm going to call it Tiny...well, it is minute!
Cheers, Tony.
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