tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21635852394795176522024-02-19T08:19:54.693-08:00Elizabeth MillsWelcome to my blog. I live in the beautiful Forest of Bowland and get to spend a lot of time outside as part of my work. I hope you will agree it's a lovely place to be and maybe come and visit the area.
My website is www.elizabeth-mills.co.ukElizabeth Louise Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13450735288239062889noreply@blogger.comBlogger245125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2163585239479517652.post-83441650966665462492019-08-04T09:40:00.000-07:002019-08-04T09:40:20.270-07:00Walk around TagglesmireSaturday afternoon walk and it was scorching, hadn't taken a hat and was starting to curl up and go crispy so got my umbrella out and looked a prat but didn't care. Lots of butterflies about, Small Heath, Small Skippers, Peacocks and antler moths and hover fly bumble bee mimics.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from Tagglesmire</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sawfly probably Tenthredo arcuata</td></tr>
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<br />Elizabeth Louise Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13450735288239062889noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2163585239479517652.post-34054924720884483192019-07-12T10:57:00.001-07:002019-07-12T10:59:26.861-07:00Friends of Bowland Wildlife Wander 15/07/19Went along to a wildlife wander held by the Friends of Bowland. The walk started and finished at Dalehead Chapel and took in a visit to Bottom Laithe, a damp meadow with several interesting plant and insect species.<br />
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Elizabeth Louise Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13450735288239062889noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2163585239479517652.post-49649941808601476002019-06-07T11:16:00.001-07:002019-06-07T11:16:16.108-07:00Fly attacked by fungus<br />Found this poor fly attached to a leaf stem in the garden, I looked up what was the cause and its probably infected with the fungus Entomophthora muscae and releasing spores that will infect other flies. It devours the flies body fluids over the course of a week before hijacking its brain and making it climb to a perch where its own drool is used to attach it (I assume mine has swung round in the breeze) to a stem. The zombie apocalypse begins.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />Elizabeth Louise Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13450735288239062889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2163585239479517652.post-70531421233022142542019-06-07T11:02:00.001-07:002019-06-07T11:02:30.584-07:00Dock BeetleI love looking for these lovely shiny beetles in summer. The raggedy holes on dock leaves are a giveaway, turn the leaves over and you will find the black larvae that have done the damage and possibly clumps of yellow eggs. The actual beetles are green with a golden sheen and the females abdomens become hugely distended when they are ready to lay their eggs.<br />
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Elizabeth Louise Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13450735288239062889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2163585239479517652.post-5705676392481264962019-04-12T01:39:00.000-07:002019-04-12T01:39:08.855-07:00Ingleborough Archaeology Group WalkHad a wander around the Ingleton Nature reserve looking at some of the features in a leaflet by the Ingleton Archaeology Group. The path above Southerscales gives a really good view of the village and its now thought it could be up to 1,100 years old. The Neolithic Long Cairn would have housed burials 6,000 years ago, though the rubble on top shows its been dug into probably in the 19th century.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Elizabeth Louise Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13450735288239062889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2163585239479517652.post-86762472810048383462018-09-26T03:14:00.000-07:002018-09-26T03:14:25.227-07:00Autumns here and I am trying to appreciate it although all I can really think is winter is coming. Its not helped by having a bad cold for over a week and having hurt my back sneezing. We have had a couple of frosts this week so I have had to harvest the Uchiki Kiri squashes which make a delicious soup with leeks and onions. The first fire of the year has had to be lit usually we wait till October. There is still plenty of colour in the garden and on a sunny afternoon, plenty of butterflies and ladybirds although a lot seem to be Harlequins. Yesterday I saw crows mobbing a bird above Slaidburn and they sounded pretty wound up, looked up and it was a Red Kite with really distinctive black wing tips and a deeply forked tail. The Medlar seems a bit confused about the seasons, flowering and fruiting at the same time. I think the cat has the best idea, stay in bed and forget about the weather.<br />
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<br />Elizabeth Louise Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13450735288239062889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2163585239479517652.post-22194817924006509102018-08-05T11:34:00.000-07:002018-08-05T11:34:42.931-07:00Caterpillars and waspsWe seem to have had an invasion of butterflies recently particularly Large Whites and Small Whites and now they are munching their way through my nasturtiums which to be honest I sow to distract them from my vegetable plot, although the deer and voles have mainly eaten everything there apart from the courgettes, which Barrie says proves courgettes are inedible.<br />
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Elizabeth Louise Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13450735288239062889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2163585239479517652.post-50749494431260541622018-08-05T11:21:00.005-07:002018-08-05T11:21:48.297-07:00Growing Sweet PotatoesI never had sweet potatoes until recently and when I found out how delicious they were in soups and roasted with other veg, I naturally wanted to grow some. Then I looked in the plant catalogues for plants and like my Dad before me on seeing what to me were ridiculous prices shrieked how much and decided to see if I could do it myself, ie grow plants from the tubers for sale in the shops to eat.<br />
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<br />Elizabeth Louise Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13450735288239062889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2163585239479517652.post-71099087550340672152018-06-11T05:57:00.001-07:002018-06-11T05:57:22.133-07:00Derwent Inktense PencilsDon't know why but watercolour pan paints always go mouldy on me. I bought myself some Derwent Inktense Pencils that are water soluble to see if they might be a substitute. I did a quick painting of a Tree Peony Flower today and I am reasonably happy with the result although I found it hard to mix enough colour at a time and with watercolour you need to work quickly so some hard edges have occurred and lifting the colour was starting to damage the paper.<br />
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<br />Elizabeth Louise Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13450735288239062889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2163585239479517652.post-23901432856406075892018-06-10T03:09:00.001-07:002018-06-10T03:09:27.484-07:00This is the time of year when often quite expansive areas of webs appear in some of our hedgerows. They are produced by species of small ermine moths who are seeking safety in numbers and also trying to disguise their prescence from anything that might like to eat them. I also imagine any bird trying to peck at them would get cobwebs stuck all over its plumage and beak. The webs slowly disintegrate over the summer and usually the hedgerows recover. The adults can be found on the wing later on and all are white or greyish with many small black dots, hence the ermine name.<br />
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<br />Elizabeth Louise Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13450735288239062889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2163585239479517652.post-74864505391432337752018-06-10T02:48:00.000-07:002018-06-10T02:48:17.624-07:00The dry spell we have been having has suited the climbing and shrub roses in the garden, most were inherited with the garden or bought from the "sick plant" sections at garden centres cheap ( usually just bone dry) so no labels. The peachy poppies papery petals (phew- glad I'm not saying that) look lovely in the sun against the fat pink spikes of the Bistort.<br />
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<br />Elizabeth Louise Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13450735288239062889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2163585239479517652.post-36224814632269746612018-05-17T08:48:00.000-07:002018-05-17T08:48:49.021-07:00Flies and BeesWent for a walk around Whitewell. There were lots of black flies on nettles and flying clumsily around with long legs dangling - these were the St Mark's flies. There were also lots of Noon flies sunning themselves on leaves.They mate on cow pats and the female lays one egg in a different cow pat which hatches out quickly and feeds voraciously on any other larvae in the pat. The adults feed on flower pollen. There were plenty of Green Bottles and depending on the direction the light hit them they could appear almost bright copper in the sunshine.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />Elizabeth Louise Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13450735288239062889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2163585239479517652.post-3886495274425687022018-04-22T01:36:00.001-07:002018-04-26T01:30:24.090-07:00Newton RambleHad a spring walk around Newton, following the river, lots of flowers in bloom and plenty of bees and the occasional peacock and small tortoiseshell butterfly.<br />
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<br />Elizabeth Louise Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13450735288239062889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2163585239479517652.post-64360094233295226082018-04-22T01:20:00.001-07:002018-04-26T01:30:01.383-07:00Tawny Mining BeesSaturday was really warm and sunny and we had a gentle walk along the riverbank in Newton. Wood anemone , primrose, celandine, marsh marigolds all in flower and lots of Bumble bees, Red Tailed, Buff and Early flying around. Also noticed some really rich red insects flying around and finally managed to photograph one. It was a female Tawny Mining Bee, its dense, rich ginger coloured coat glowing in the sunlight, very glam. The males are usually smaller and not so densley haired and duller but they make up for it with a patch of white hair on their faces, that looks like a moustache.<br />
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This is one of the species that can be parasitized by beeflies. If you see a small hole in the ground with a little volcano of soil around it , then you may have found a Tawny Mining bee nest.</div>
Elizabeth Louise Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13450735288239062889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2163585239479517652.post-34575655686063871252018-04-22T00:34:00.002-07:002018-04-26T01:29:44.633-07:00Bee-flies and springAs soon as the "Lollipop Primroses" (Primula Denticulata) start to flower and we get some warm sunny days, I start listening out for a high pitched whine in the garden and looking out for quickly darting and hovering golden furry flies. For me it means spring is definitely underway when the Bee Flies are back in the garden. For a start they apparently don't feel inclined to fly if the temperature is below 17 degrees c. so sunny days are a must for them. All that hovering and zooming about must require a lot of energy. It also means that the solitary bees whose nests and larvae they parasitize have had time to get their breeding cycles underway. The adult beeflies have a really long proboscis that sticks out from their face to reach deep into flowers for nectar. It looks like it could do you an injury if it decided to, but beeflies are totally harmless, to us at least.<br />
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Female beeflies look out for solitary bee nests and when they find one they hover outside the entrance and flick their egg in. Sometimes they collect dust or sand on the tip of their abdomens and coat the eggs with this perhaps to disguise them or add a bit of weight to get them deeper into the nests.When her larva hatches, its a skinny little thing that crawls in and feeds on the provisions the solitary bee has laid in for her own offspring. Eventually it changes into a larger, fatter grub that attaches itself to the solitary bees larva and sucks it dry - and then moves on to the next one as there are usually several to be had in one burrow. Sounds awful but beeflies don't seem to make a dent in the solitary bee populations and to be honest they are one of many insects that prey on them. Lifes rich tapestry I guess, and I love them all.Elizabeth Louise Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13450735288239062889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2163585239479517652.post-38932188596550525462017-08-14T02:05:00.000-07:002017-08-14T02:05:13.040-07:00Lost ButterfliesAt last we are getting butterflies in the garden, we had Large Whites and Green veined Whites at the start of the summer then the occasional Meadow Brown and Gatekeeper but only the occasional Tortoiseshell. Now that the buddleia and teasels are flowering we are happy to see Red Admirals, Peacocks and Commas coming into the garden. I hope the Commas might be from caterpillars I found on the hops I grew, as I knew they were a plant their caterpillars like to feed on. We grow lots of plants specifically for their nectar, borage and echiums are a real hit with the bees and hoverflies and we don't use any pesticides, we also leave plants to die back naturally and only cut back in the spring so there are lots of places for overwintering insects. We stock firewood in the outbuildings and often find butterflies and moths hibernating in there (and sometimes in the house). It makes me sad to remember the numbers of butterflies I used to see as a child and ladybirds, I've hardly seen any of those this year.<br />
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<br />Elizabeth Louise Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13450735288239062889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2163585239479517652.post-64648557120759680062017-08-09T10:48:00.000-07:002017-08-09T10:48:29.503-07:00Stocks ReservoirWent for a coffee after work at the cafe at Stocks Fly Fishery. It was lovely, warm and sunny but very breezy which made photographing insects quite challenging. My little camera was up for it though and I got some lovely photos and saw my favoutite fly Tachina grossa.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I think this is Sericomyia silentis</td></tr>
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<br />Elizabeth Louise Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13450735288239062889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2163585239479517652.post-31618665057307662392017-07-26T03:20:00.000-07:002017-07-26T03:20:12.897-07:00July is a lovely month in the garden, a colourful, buzzing celebration of life ( I'm like Ned Stark though, even in high summer, I keep thinking "Winter is coming!") I spent ages trying to photograph this cute little bee, it has really fluffy front legs which whenever it settles it hides under its chin, like its embarrassed by its fashion choices. I think its a male Willughby's Leafcutter Bee. I also noticed neat little semi-circles had been nibbled out of the leaves of the climbing rose by the kitchen window, probably by a female Leafcutter Bee, wish I could spot a nest.<br />
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<br />Elizabeth Louise Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13450735288239062889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2163585239479517652.post-67530301569828027232017-06-22T00:31:00.002-07:002017-06-22T00:34:48.511-07:00Greendale WoodHad an enjoyable evening "walk"(273m) arranged by Clitheroe Naturalists around Greendale Wood, Grindleton. I think the poor weather forecast put people off as only three of us turned up. The weather threatened all the time with the odd spot of rain and roll of thunder but we managed a good couple of hours searching for plants, insects and birds. We now have a nice initial list of species that hopefully will allow naturalists in 20, 50 or even 100 years time to see how the woodland has changed and developed over time. More importantly for me I got to see some really lovely insects. All identifications are merely my best stab at it, please feel free to say if they are wrong.<br />
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<br />Elizabeth Louise Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13450735288239062889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2163585239479517652.post-24834120557506323682017-05-01T07:59:00.002-07:002017-05-01T07:59:33.928-07:00Bluebells Spring Wood<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On Friday evening we went for a walk around Spring Wood in Whalley, the bluebells were fantastic and the wild garlic is starting to show too.</div>
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The pond we made from an old header tank with the holes filled in has been a great hit with the frogs, there were four in it this afternoon. We think they are avoiding all the rowdy teenagers (tadpoles) in the main pond. There are lots of jobs to do in the garden now so the only one who gets to sit down and enjoy the warmth is the cat. Its a hard life.</div>
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<br />Elizabeth Louise Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13450735288239062889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2163585239479517652.post-62609602119950218852017-04-24T08:37:00.000-07:002017-04-24T08:37:13.450-07:00While out walking noticed lots of bees buzzing around a sandy bank. I think they are Ashy Mining bees.There was also another different type of bee but it flew into its hole and wouldn't come out again, just kept coming to the entrance to peer at me.<br />
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<br />Elizabeth Louise Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13450735288239062889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2163585239479517652.post-37860947609112057412017-03-25T11:51:00.000-07:002017-03-25T11:51:10.416-07:00A beautiful day in the Forest of Bowland<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
We went for a walk around Stocks reservoir and then up to Cross o Greets.We could hear lots of male toads croaking for females and some females with males clinging to their backs were heading for the water. I had some dried up honey in the cupboard and put it out for early flying Queen bumblebees and wasps, this one seems to have the same approach as I have with cake - in with the face and begin.</div>
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Elizabeth Louise Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13450735288239062889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2163585239479517652.post-59828207320423577842017-03-14T10:05:00.001-07:002017-03-14T10:05:20.384-07:00Fabulous FreddieJust finished a portrait of a really sweet natured black labrador which I hope I've captured in this portrait - and his odd coloured eyes.<br />
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