Common name: Black Redstart Latin name: Phoenicurus ochruros Family: Chats and thrushes (Turdidae) This photo: Stratton near Bude, Cornwall Gallery: British birds Insight: With fewer than 100 pairs breeding in the UK, it is more commonly seen around our coastlines … Read More
A Red Admiral butterfly was on the pavement outside The Packet Quays in Falmouth, soaking up the winter sun. For the latest information on the Red Admiral Butterfly and caterpillar Insight: This common migrant butterfly undertakes a partial re-migration back … Read More
A Common Marbled Carpet was attracted to the lounge light. Our first moth species since moving to Falmouth last week. Insight: A very common moth found throughout the UK. The colour of the species can be extremely variable with some … Read More
Common name: Common Marbled Carpet Latin name: Chloroclysta truncata Family: Geometridae » Larentiinae Flies: May to June and August to November This photo: Falmouth, Cornwall Gallery: British moths
Common name: Redwing Latin name: Turdus iliacus Family: Chats and thrushes (Turdidae) This photo: Marsland valley, Cornwall Gallery: British birds Insight: The UK’s smallest true thrush. Related images:
Common name: Little Crake Latin name: Porzana parva Family: Rails (Rallidae) This photo: WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre, Gloucestershire Gallery: British birds Insight: This is a small waterbird of the rail family. It breeds in the reed beds of Europe and … Read More
Common name: Greylag Goose Latin name: Anser anser Family: Swans, ducks and geese (Anatidae) This photo: Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, Gloucestershire Gallery: British birds Related images:
Common name: Grey Phalarope Latin name: Phalaropus fulicarius Family: Sandpipers and allies (Scolopacidae) This photo: Ashton Court Estate near Bristol Gallery: British birds Related images:
Common name: Snow Bunting Latin name: Plectrophenax nivalis Family: Buntings (Emberizidae) This photo: clifftop fields south of Crackington Haven, North Cornwall Gallery: British birds Related images:
Common name: Brent Goose Latin name: Branta bernicla Family: Swans, ducks and geese (Anatidae) This photo: Northam Burrows Country Park, North Devon Gallery: British birds Related images:
Common name: Pale Tussock Latin name: Calliteara pudibunda Family: Lymantriidae Type: Moth larva or caterpillar This photo: Northam Burrows Country Park, North Devon
Common name: The Vestal Latin name: Rhodometra sacraria Family: Geometridae » Sterrhinae Flies: April to November This photo: Marsland valley, Cornwall and Devon county boundary Gallery: British moths