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Athena Nature Training

GALLERY

When we go on our courses, we naturally see a variety of interesting plants and animals. Below are a range of flora and fauna seen on our events. If you have a photograph from one of our events, and you want to showcase it here, get in touch.

Leaves and berries on a wild privet bush, Ligustrum vulgare. Growing in a hedgerow in Derbyshire.

A Viper's Bugloss, Echium vulgare flower growing in the car park at St Cyrus Head, Angus, Scotland

A species of eyebright, euphrasia sp, flower, growing in Scottish sand dunes.

Bell Heath, Erica cinerea, growing in a pine woodland at Loch Garten RSPB reserve, Abernethy, Strathspey, Cairngorms.

A drake Pochard, Aythya ferina at Cley Marshes, Norfolk Wildlife Trust reserve.

Brent geese, Branta bernicla on the coast at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk.

Mediterranean Gull. Larus (Ichthyaetus) melanocephalus, a species of seagull at Sea Cliff Road car park, South Bay, Scarborough.

A dolichopodid (Dolichopodidae) fly at Bestwood Country Park, Nottinghamshire.

Great White Egret, Egretta (Ardea) alba on Clifton Pit, Attenborough Nature Reserve, Nottinghamshire.

Northern Pintail, Anas acuta with Mallards, Anas platyrhynchos on the River Trent at Stoke Bardolf, Nottinghamshire.

European Robin, Erithacus rubecula, at Carr Vale Nature Reserve, Derbyshire.

Seven-spot ladybird, Coccinea septempunctatum (7-punctatum) on a Bramble leaf, Rubus sp.

A Drone Fly, Eristalis pertinax, a type of hoverfly similar to Eristalis tenax.

Blue Tit, Cyanistes (Parus) caeruleus at Kirk Hallam Meadows and Lake, Derbyshire.

Holly, Ilex aquifolia in Morley Hayes Wood, Derbyshire.

Macrosiphum rosae, a species of aphid/greenfly on an ornamental rose in a private garden.

A Yellow Dung Fly, Scathophaga stercoraria feeding on an unidentified fly near EllesmereShropshire

Marsh Marigold, Caltha palustris, on the Nottingham Canal between Trowell and Cossall, Nottinghamshire.

Common Field Speedwell. Veronica persica, at Long Eaton Gravel Pits, Derbyshire.

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