Tuesday, 29 September 2015

BISSOE VALLEY

We spent a lovely couple of hours at Bissoe Valley on Sunday. 
This Golden-Ringed Dragonfly dropped into a pond and struggled desperately to get out
 but its wings were covered in algae. John managed to scoop it out with the tripod and
 after cleaning off what we could, we hung it out of site still flapping like mad. 
When we checked later, it had gone so we will never know if it 
managed to clean itself up and fly off or if it got eaten.









MIGRANT HAWKER

SOUTHERN HAWKER

Friday, 25 September 2015

CATCHING UP.

 This is our first posting for six weeks and are just some local shots taken over the last few days.
 Although we have had a few technical issues, it must be said that since our return
 from Bulgaria we are finding it hard to get back into it. Must try harder!!

BLACK-TAILED GODWIT
BLACK-TAILED GODWIT
COOT
JACKDAW

LITTLE GREBE

SANDWICH TERN

SANDWICH TERN
SANDWICH TERN

LIZARD sp.
LIZARD sp.
 We saw this Lizard basking on a log at Croft Pascoe, it was no more than an inch and a half long.


Saturday, 8 August 2015

LAST FROM BULGARIA.

 This is the last of our pictures from Bulgaria.
 It is mostly insects which we hope we have identified correctly.
The first picture is an Ant-lion, the first we have seen. 
They can grow very large and look like a Dragonfly  when flying.
The Mammoth Wasps are huge but apparently 
harmless, didn't put it to the test though.

ANT-LION

SHIELDBUG sp.

MAMMOTH WASP

BLACK-VEINED WHITE MOTH
BUSH CRICKET sp.

CLEG FLY


CRAB SPIDER

FIELD CRICKET

FIERY CLEARWING

FRUIT FLY

GREEN LIZARD

HARLEQUIN LONGHORN

BABY HERMANN'S TORTOISE

HUMMINGBIRD HAWK-MOTH


MUSK BEETLE

NINE SPOTTED MOTH
PYGMY LOCUST

RED LONGHORN

ROESEL'S BUSH CRICKET

SHIELDBUG sp.
STINK BUG sp.

WART BITER

TWO-SPOT LADYBIRD

VINE WEEVIL
WALLCREEPER

WALLCREEPER

Sunday, 26 July 2015

BULGARIA'S BUTTERFLIES.


Here are a few shots of some of the Butterflies we saw in Bulgaria.
Not sure how many species we saw in total but somewhere around 75-80 would not be far out.
There were many types of Fritillary and as we all know, many look very similar with
 their wings open and totally different with them closed so that was a challenge. 


EASTERN FESTOON

BLACK-VEINED WHITE

CHESTNUT HEATH

PEARLY HEATH

EASTERN LARGE HEATH

GREAT BANDED GRAYLING


GLANVILLE FRITILLARY


KNAPWEED FRITILLARY


SPOTTED FRITILLARY
BLACK HAIRSTREAK
SLOE HAIRSTREAK

LITTLE TIGER BLUE


MAP

PURPLE-SHOT COPPER

POPLAR ADMIRAL


POPLAR ADMIRAL

QUEEN of SPAIN FRITILLARY

QUEEN of SPAIN FRITILLARY


SCARCE COPPER

SCARCE COPPER

SCARCE SWALLOWTAIL


SCARCE SWALLOWTAIL


SOOTY COPPER

WOOD WHITE