Abbott's Wood

The management of Abbott's Wood is generating a range of different habitats. I saw these Roe Deer in an area that had been completely cleared about ten years ago, and is now regenerating.

Common Figwort, Scrophularia nodosa. The unpleasant smelling flowers attract wasps and flies.

Song Thrush, still singing like mad.

A female Nursery Web Spider, Pisaura mirabilis.

I think this is a female Great Green Bush Cricket, Tettigonia viridissima. The short wings are confusing, as this species has characteristically long wings, but I think it could be an immature individual.