Name Date Where etc
Grass snake 27/8/2005 and 10/9/2005 Rodental. I saw another two grass snakes earlier in the same (27th) day, one of which was much bigger. This was around 1m long. Apparantly the cloudy/blue eye means it's about ready to shed its skin. Little video clip (6MB) from 17/9/2005 (same place) - 2 out of the 4 snakes in one heap
Addersnake 14/4/2007 Woods near Newtown, Isle of Wight
Female scorpion fly 10/9/2005 Rodental. The male has an upturned tail that looks like a scorpion tail.
Great GreenBush Cricket 5/8/2005 Coburg
Roesel's Bush Cricket 21/8/2005 Hacksberg near Coburg
Pond Skater 27/8/2005 Rodental
Eurygaster testudinaria (Maybe) 19/8/2005 Woods behind Coburg castle
Forest Bug 23/7/2005 Rodental
Graphosoma italicum 21/8/2005 Coburg
Violet Ground Beetle

Carabus violaceus

6/6/2007 Inside house, Isle of Wight.
Frog with tail 7/8/2005 Rodental. He was pretty small, but there were other frogs around smaller than him without tails... so it seemed a bit odd he still had his.
Harvestman 14/8/2005 Coburg (my flat). NOT a spider
Hornet 16/10/2005 Coburg
Bumble Bee 23/7/2005 Rodental
Hover Fly 5/8/2005 Woods behind Coburg castle. I thought this was a bee - but a real bee has long antennae.
Hover Fly 24/7/2005 Rodental
Crane fly (daddy long-legs) 30/8/2005 Untermerzbach
Rhagonycha fulva 8/6/2007 Nettles near Roslin, Isle of Wight
7-Spot Ladybird Larva 8/6/2007 Nettles near Roslin, Isle of Wight
Ladybird larva. This had its bottom stuck to the leaf, and would raise its body and legs. 13/6/2007 Nettles by Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight
Ladybird pupa 8/6/2007 Nettles near Roslin, Isle of Wight
10-Spot Ladybird 8/6/2007 Undercliff near Niton, Isle of Wight. The pattern is very variable.
Oyster Catcher 8/5/2003 Isle of Arran (Scotland). Didn't realise at the time, but this Oyster-catcher (or carrot), had a nest nearby and was doing all sorts of tricks to distract us - pretending to have broken a wing and lying down in front of us for example.
Oyster Catcher Nest 8/5/2003 Isle of Arran (Scotland). Not exactly comfortable to sit on, I imagine!
Waxwing 14/1/2006 Staffelberg
Raven nest (with me standing below) 9/5/2003 Isle of Arran (Scotland)
Crow 27/5/2006 Frankfurt am Main
Jay June/July 2006 Some of the 4 jays that regularly come to my balcony in Offenbach. Video on YouTube.
Blackbird 7/4/2006 My balcony in Offenbach
Mandarin duck (female) 9/4/2006 Frankfurter Stadtwald
Kingfisher 10/6/2006 Muehlheim
Red Squirrel 15/5/2006 My balcony in Offenbach
Unknown (Please let me know if you can ID!) 13/6/2007 Nettles by Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight
Unknown (Please let me know if you can ID!) 13/6/2007 Nettles by Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight
Unknown (Please let me know if you can ID!) 8/6/2007 Nettles near Roslin, Isle of Wight


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