It was a trip down south this weekend as I wanted to catch up with the
Grey Bush Cricket. It had taken longer than normal to arrive on site due to heavy traffic caused by the many events taking place including one around Beaulieu. We finally arrived at Hordle nearly an hour later than it usually takes. After a short walk from the car park to the cliffs, it wasn't long before I came across my target species. 8+ Crickets were seen, the majority being female. A few Field Grasshoppers were also seen and a single Long Winged Conehead. A possible
Cepero's Groundhopper was seen briefly but unfortunately I had forgotten my containers so was unable catch it to confirm!
A pair of Ravens were seen flying around the cliff top.
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| Grey Bush Cricket |
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| Grey Bush Cricket |
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| Grey Bush Cricket |
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| Grey Bush Cricket |
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| Grey Bush Cricket |
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| Grey Bush Cricket |
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| Grey Bush Cricket |
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| Grey Bush Cricket |
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| Grey Bush Cricket Habitat |
After here we then headed off to Pennington Marshes. There were quite a few waders feeding on the exposed mud, Mostly
Dunlin and
Ringed Plover but also
Redshank, Turnstone, 22 Black Tailed Godwit, 2 Curlew and a Single
Greenshank. 6
Eider were seen out at sea.
A few
Migrant Hawkers were seen flying around.
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| Turnstone |
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After we had finished at Pennington we stopped off at crockford briefly but there wasn't that much about apart from 5
Grayling. A few
Meadow and
Mottled Grasshoppers were seen here and a single
Migrant Hawker.
