Bufferfly Porn At Oakenshaw NR
Posted on | July 2, 2009 | 13 Comments
The mutts and I extended our walk at the nature reserve today from our current recovery circle for Bud. I felt it was time to build Bud up a bit more. I’m taking it slow with Bud. He’s still limping except when he is walking really slow or standing. I’m hoping that soon he will start using the leg fully. But until then he’s following a gradual build up of the distance he walks. It was on this extended section that I came across this fungi. I’m going to have to “crowd source” this picture of the fungi. I just haven’t been able to find it in my book of fungi.
Below Left: caddis fly (?) Below Right: This is a brown of some sort.
Ok here is is the butterfly porn, not been able to identify these either. I’ve not done very well with my Readers Digest ‘What is that?’ book today. I like it when the butterflies have been caught in the act like this. It makes them soooo much easier to photograph. Robs them of their privacy and dignity as a camera in super macro mode is shoved in their faces. But hey the nature reserve is public place, if they wanted privacy they should of got a room. I have to admit these small butterflies are a right pain to take photos of. They are constantly moving, never in a single place for more than a second. You need a lot of patience and a little bit of luck to get a picture of them.
Above Left: Large heath (?) Above Right: Dragonfly.Ok it’s blurry and not in focus, but it took me fifteen minutes to get this shot. These things move bloody fast.
I think the upshot of today is I need some better books to help me identify butterflies better.
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July 2nd, 2009 @ 7:24 pm
Great butterflies! I have plenty of blue streaks of dragonflies but no photos to share
Waiting for more on how the tadpoles are coming along…
Cheers,
Rob
July 2nd, 2009 @ 8:49 pm
I think the brown ones are ‘Ringlets’ – female actually lays her eggs in flight. Five spots on each hind-wing three on the fore-wing.
Good luck with getting Bud fit again.
July 2nd, 2009 @ 10:32 pm
I think they’re Ringlet butterflies – Aphantopus hyperantus.
Have a look at http://www.butterfly-conservation.org/Butterfly/17/Butterfly.html?ButterflyId=44&Country=en&Size=&Colour=&Features=Eye%20spots&Family=
July 3rd, 2009 @ 1:23 am
I recommebd the Colling Gem guide books for this type of stuff! Carrying a Fungi one, a bird one and a Butterflies one is not heavy and if you get them by online order they are often cheaper than bookshops at http://www.dvd.co.uk Is where I buy a good lot of books these days.
July 3rd, 2009 @ 10:36 pm
A camera and the internet are sometimes better than books these days:
http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species.php?vernacular_name=Ringlet
July 4th, 2009 @ 9:02 pm
Thanks everyone for the help identifying and the suggestions for books or websites.
July 6th, 2009 @ 4:17 am
It’s flippin hard trying to identify that fungi there Darren, next time please try to get a shot of the underside of the cap too can you please. Makes identification so much easier!
July 6th, 2009 @ 4:30 am
I reckon it is of the Ink Cap family anyways. Likely a Common Ink Cap. Also quite possibly an older specimen of a Glistening Inkcap, where the top of the cap’s grooved margin often splits and turns up as here. It is with the colouring and arrangement of the gills within the cap that the identification definite is found.
July 6th, 2009 @ 4:33 am
I should add here that if it is the latter type it is not good eating as the taste is poor. If it is the former then it is not recommended one mix consumption with any alcohol! As sickness/nausea and hot flushes may well result!
July 6th, 2009 @ 4:35 am
Always be sure of the positive exact identification of any fungi before you eat it folks! People die or get very ill every year here in the UK, and elsewhere, through eating incorrectly identified poisonous fungi! If you are unsure then do not eat it!
July 7th, 2009 @ 7:21 pm
A useful little identification guide showing one the best of the edible UK/European fungi is the Gem guide FOOD FOR FREE
July 7th, 2009 @ 8:15 pm
Way too scary!
Blackberries – fine. Risk of death stuff – leave to the pros! I’d stick with just taking photos of them!!!
Rob
July 8th, 2009 @ 2:26 am
Trouble is some of the pros have been caught out as well in recent years by badly misidentified fungi too even, lol! I agree though to some extent, and remember the identification rhyme for when filling a foragers basket with any wild foods. ‘If in any doubt, leave it out!’ Comes down to knowing one’s fungi knowledge really essentially, same as any other survival outdoors knowledge. As the great survival skills guru and instructor ‘Jungle’ Eddie McGee would say, ‘Never bluff, know your stuff!’