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  • Pardosa palustris - female with egg sac. A common wolf spider found hunting on the ground in arable fields and other more natural, open, grassy habitats.
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  • Wasp Spider - Argiope bruennichi<br />
female guarding egg sac
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  • Wasp Spider - Argiope bruennichi - Female. Now frequent in southern counties of Britain on grassland in brown field sites, heathland, road verges, and coastal grassland.
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  • Wasp Spider - Argiope bruennichi
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  • Wasp Spider - Argiope bruennichi
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  • Wolf Spider - Pardosa lagubris
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  • Wasp Spider - Argiope bruennichi
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  • Paddleworm eggs - Phylum phyllodocidae
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  • Robin Erithacus rubecula L 13-14cm. Distinctive bird. Garden-dwellers are bold and inquisitive. Sexes are similar. Adult has orange-red face, throat and breast, bordered by blue-grey on sides but with sharp demarcation from white belly. Upperparts are buffish brown with faint buff wingbar. Juvenile has brown upperparts, marked with buff spots and teardrop-shaped streaks; pale buff underparts have darker spots and crescent-shaped markings. Voice Song is plaintive and melancholy. Alarm call is a sharp tic. Status Widespread resident, commonest in S. Observation tips Easiest to find in gardens and parks.
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  • Egg sac of Theridiosoma gemmosum
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  • GREATER BUTTERFLY-ORCHID Platanthera chlorantha (Orchidaceae) Height to 50cm. Tall and elegant orchid of undisturbed woodland, scrub and grassland, mostly on calcareous soils. FLOWERS are greenish white with a long, narrow lip, a long spur (15-25mm) and pollen sacs that form an inverted ‘v’; borne in open spikes (Jun-Jul). FRUITS form and swell at the base of the flowers. LEAVES comprise a single pair at the base of the plant and a few smaller stem leaves. STATUS-Widespread but local.
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  • Marsh Frog Pelophylax ridibunda Length 11-13cm Relatively large and impressive frog, adults of which are often strikingly green with warts and dark spots. When singing (a croaking Whoa-aa-aa-aa) a male shows grey vocal sacs. Extremely tied to water, favouring still or very slow-flowing channels. Introduced to and established in coastal marshes in SE England.
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  • Marsh Frog Pelophylax ridibunda Length 11-13cm Relatively large and impressive frog, adults of which are often strikingly green with warts and dark spots. When singing (a croaking Whoa-aa-aa-aa) a male shows grey vocal sacs. Extremely tied to water, favouring still or very slow-flowing channels. Introduced to and established in coastal marshes in SE England.
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  • Marsh Frog Pelophylax ridibunda Length 11-13cm Relatively large and impressive frog, adults of which are often strikingly green with warts and dark spots. When singing (a croaking Whoa-aa-aa-aa) a male shows grey vocal sacs. Extremely tied to water, favouring still or very slow-flowing channels. Introduced to and established in coastal marshes in SE England.
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  • Marsh Frog Pelophylax ridibunda Length 11-13cm Relatively large and impressive frog, adults of which are often strikingly green with warts and dark spots. When singing (a croaking Whoa-aa-aa-aa) a male shows grey vocal sacs. Extremely tied to water, favouring still or very slow-flowing channels. Introduced to and established in coastal marshes in SE England.
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  • Clubiona corticalis. A common spider typically found in silk sacs under bark on tree trunks. It is one of only a few Clubionas with a strongly patterned abdomen.
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  • LESSER BUTTERFLY-ORCHID Platanthera bifolia (Orchidaceae) Height to 40cm. Attractive orchid of undisturbed grassland, moors and open woodland, on a wide range of soil types. FLOWERS are greenish white with a long, narrow lip, a long spur (25-30mm) and pollen sacs that are parallel; borne in open spikes (May-Jul). FRUITS form and swell at the base of the flowers. LEAVES comprise a pair of large oval leaves at the base and much smaller scale-like leaves up the stem. STATUS-Widespread but local.
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  • LESSER BUTTERFLY-ORCHID Platanthera bifolia (Orchidaceae) Height to 40cm. Attractive orchid of undisturbed grassland, moors and open woodland, on a wide range of soil types. FLOWERS are greenish white with a long, narrow lip, a long spur (25-30mm) and pollen sacs that are parallel; borne in open spikes (May-Jul). FRUITS form and swell at the base of the flowers. LEAVES comprise a pair of large oval leaves at the base and much smaller scale-like leaves up the stem. STATUS-Widespread but local.
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  • GREATER BUTTERFLY-ORCHID Platanthera chlorantha (Orchidaceae) Height to 50cm. Tall and elegant orchid of undisturbed woodland, scrub and grassland, mostly on calcareous soils. FLOWERS are greenish white with a long, narrow lip, a long spur (15-25mm) and pollen sacs that form an inverted ‘v’; borne in open spikes (Jun-Jul). FRUITS form and swell at the base of the flowers. LEAVES comprise a single pair at the base of the plant and a few smaller stem leaves. STATUS-Widespread but local.
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  • LESSER BUTTERFLY-ORCHID Platanthera bifolia (Orchidaceae) Height to 40cm. Attractive orchid of undisturbed grassland, moors and open woodland, on a wide range of soil types. FLOWERS are greenish white with a long, narrow lip, a long spur (25-30mm) and pollen sacs that are parallel; borne in open spikes (May-Jul). FRUITS form and swell at the base of the flowers. LEAVES comprise a pair of large oval leaves at the base and much smaller scale-like leaves up the stem. STATUS-Widespread but local.
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  • Marsh Frog Pelophylax ridibunda Length 11-13cm Relatively large and impressive frog, adults of which are often strikingly green with warts and dark spots. When singing (a croaking Whoa-aa-aa-aa) a male shows grey vocal sacs. Extremely tied to water, favouring still or very slow-flowing channels. Introduced to and established in coastal marshes in SE England.
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