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Tetrix subulata, Slender Groundhopper, seen at #RSPBMiddletonLakes 08/04/26 #groundhopper #Tetrigidae

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The cranefly Limnophila schranki in good numbers at #RSPBMiddletonLakes 08/04/26 @dipteristsforum.bsky.social #cranefly #Diptera

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Gonepteryx rhamni, Brimstone butterfly, seen at #RSPBMiddletonLakes, 08/04/26 @savebutterflies.bsky.social @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social #Lepidoptera

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We saw our first one today over at #RSPBMiddletonLakes.
Too fast for me though, it'd buggered off into some brush by the time I swung my camera up.
Was surprised at how small they are.

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The Tachinid fly Gymnocheta viridis seen at #RSPBMiddletonLakes 21/03/25 @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @chrisraper.bsky.social #Tachinidae #Diptera

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A Phaonia fly from #RSPBMiddletonLakes, 21/03/26, maybe Phaonia fuscata but can't say for sure! @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @suillia.bsky.social #Diptera @ukmuscidae.bsky.social #Muscidae

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Platyrhinus resinosus beetle seen at #RSPBMiddletonLakes 21/03/26 @colsocbi.bsky.social #Beetle #Anthribidae #Coleoptera

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Another new species for #RSPBMiddletonLakes and one also for myself, Diaea dorsata spider @britishspiders.bsky.social #Arachnid #spider seen 21/03/26

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New site record for #RSPBMiddletonLakes, Norellia spinipes
fly seen 21/03/25 @dipteristsforum.bsky.social #Scathophagidae #Diptera

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A nice fluffy Scathophaga stercoraria fly on Coltsfoot, seen at #RSPBMiddletonLakes, 11/03/26 @dipteristsforum.bsky.social #Diptera #Scathophagidae

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The tiny Moschatel, Adoxa moschatellina, is starting to flower in the woodland at #RSPBMiddletonLakes, 11/03/26 @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #wildflower

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Stunning Wood Anemone, Anemonoides nemorosa, in flower in the woodland at #RSPBMiddletonLakes 11/03/26 @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #wildflower

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Male Andrena clarkella bee from #RSPBMiddletonLakes 11/03/26 #solitarybee #bee

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I think this could be a male Andrena apicata? Seen at #RSPBMiddletonLakes 11/03/26 #solitarybee #bee @obeckett98.bsky.social

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A #Scathophaga fly, possibly Scathophaga furcata? Seen at #RSPBMiddletonLakes 11/03/26 @dipteristsforum.bsky.social #Diptera

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Heterotoma planicornis true bug, seen at #RSPBMiddletonLakes, 28/06/25 @rockwolf74.bsky.social #Miridae

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Always nice to see Rutpela maculata! #RSPBMiddletonLakes, 15/06/25 @colsocbi.bsky.social #Coleoptera

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Male Eupeodes luniger hoverfly on a Bramble flower, seen at #RSPBMiddletonLakes 15/06/25 @dipteristsforum.bsky.social #Syrphidae #Diptera

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Female Megachile willughbiella Leafcutter bee with leaf! 15/06/25, #RSPBMiddletonLakes #Megachile #solitarybee

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The Longhorn beetle Grammoptera ruficornis, seen at #RSPBMiddletonLakes, 15/06/25 @colsocbi.bsky.social #Coleoptera

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A small #Sarcophagidae fly, Nyctia halterata, from #RSPBMiddletonLakes, 15/06/25 @dipteristsforum.bsky.social #Diptera

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Leptogaster cylindrica robberfly, what a lovely delicate fly! Seen at #RSPBMiddletonLakes, 15/06/25 @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social #Diptera

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Female Anasimyia contracta hoverfly from #RSPBMiddletonLakes 15/06/25 @dipteristsforum.bsky.social #Syrphidae #Diptera

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Zygaena filipendulae, Six-Spot Burnet moth seen at #RSPBMiddletonLakes, 15/06/25 @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social #Lepidoptera

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Female Andrena haemorrhoa bee, seen at #RSPBMiddletonLakes, 27/04/25 #solitarybee #bee #Andrena

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Chalcosyrphus nemorum hoverfly seen 11/05/25 at #RSPBMiddletonLakes, @dipteristsforum.bsky.social #Syrphidae #Diptera

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A lovely Xylota sylvarum seen at #RSPBMiddletonLakes, 11/05/25 @dipteristsforum.bsky.social #Syrphidae #Diptera

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Winter birding at RSPB Middleton Lakes #rspb #rspbengland #rspbmiddletonlakes #greattit #bluetit #chaffinch #nuthatch #birdphotography #nature #winter

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A couple of hours at #RSPBMiddletonLakes yesterday in the hope of adding a couple more species to my year list. Managed Pochard but failed with Goldeneye (as I did earlier this year). Other highlights GWE, Egyptian Goose, Water Rail. Thrushes and finches conspicuous by their absence…🪶

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Rob's chosen #Outstretched for #BirdOfTheDay.
This is from last Sunday's very brief outing to #RSPBMiddletonLakes

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