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WHITLINGHAM: May visit and lepidopterans

Mid May 2022

A clear avian highlight of the May WeBS count was a flock of four Common Sandpipers flying around the far shore of the Great Broad, sadly way out of camera range.

In terms of invertebrates there was a good range, including a case of Forest Case-bearer (Coleophora ibipennella) on Oak, Blood-vein caterpillars on Dock and the aphid Thelaxes dryophila. I also noticed some chrysalises that had emerged from cut willow stumps, but have no idea what species they might relate to.







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