Saturday 22 June 2013

Heath Fritillary at Luckett Wood.

Finally caught up with the Heath Fritillary at Luckett Wood, we saw 5 or 6 in total.
Earlier in the week we also got the Scarce Chaser at Grand Western Canal.

HEATH FRITILLARY





HEATH FRITILLARY

HEATH FRITILLARY

HEATH FRITILLARY

BUTTERFLY ORCHID


BEE ORCHID

SCARCE CHASER


SCARCE CHASER

Thursday 13 June 2013

IT'S A SMALL WORLD.

Just a few shots taken during the week.
Here's hoping for a good week-end.

LARGE RED DAMSELFLY

LARGE RED DAMSELFLY

LARGE RED DAMSELFLY

BEAUTIFUL DEMOISELLE

BROAD-BODIED CHASER

FOUR-SPOT CHASER

LEAF BEETLE

LARGE SKIPPER

FROG HOPPER

SNIPE FLY

Sunday 9 June 2013

Butterflies

We have been out after Butterflies over the last few days. Today we went to Breney Common were we saw around a dozen Marsh Fritillaries.

Marsh Fritillary

Marsh Fritillary

Common Blue


Common Blue, Female


Orange-Tip


Orange-Tip

Small Pearl-Bordered Fritillary


Small Pearl-Bordered Fritillary



Sunday 2 June 2013

A Long Weekend in Finland.

Here are a few pictures from our recent trip to Finland. Some of these were taken in the forest so the lighting is not great (Tengmalm's) or at a great distance (Blue-tail and Siberian Jay).
We packed our thermals but the first two days were like being in the Med. and the permanent daylight took some getting used to.

Pygmy Owl

Pygmy Owl

Tengmalm's Owl

Hooded Crow

Pied Flycatcher

Bluethroat, juv.


Red-flanked Blue-tail

Wryneck

Siberian Jay

Siberian Tit

Willow Grouse

Elk