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Saturday 27 July 2013

Sweltering Summer...

It's been a great Summer for fieldwork and wildlife this year!

The view towards Dancing Ledge on our popular walk to the coast

The Six-spot BurnetZygaena filipendulae


Bee Orchid Ophrys apifera have been a common sight during field work this summer.
The name "Ophrys" derives from the Greek word 
ophrys, meaning "eyebrow", while the Latin apifera means "bee-bearing" and refers to the bee-shaped lip of the orchid.

Large Elephant Hawkmoth's Deilephila elpenor
 have been dominating some of the moth trapping at Leeson.