Tuesday, 28 June 2011

Brilliant Week-End

We went out to Bissoe on Sunday (brilliant sunshine) and saw our first ever Poplar Hawk-Moth hanging in the reeds. We were surprised how big it was. Also a newly emerged Broad-bodied Chaser which clumsily flew onto John as he took a picture. I eventually took it off the top of his head and it was still shiny and slightly damp. (the Chaser not his head).






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On Saturday we went to Goss Moor and found this fantastic Emperor Dragonfly as well as a Golden-ringed. Also of interest was a single Green Hairstreak as we have never seen any there.




This gives me the creeps. Sue
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18 comments:

  1. de schoonheid van de natuur28 June 2011 at 19:52

    wat een geweldige serie.
    groetjes Herman,

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  2. Sam and Lisa28 June 2011 at 21:13

    You never fail to impress me.The colours on the Ruby Tailed Wasp are stunning.

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  3. Montanagirl28 June 2011 at 21:26

    Another fantastic set of images! Superb photography.

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  4. Chris28 June 2011 at 21:29

    That's for sure, has been a memorable week end... very nice collection of shots, and John was lucky, he almost got punched in the eye by a chaser ;-)

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  5. Bobbster28 June 2011 at 22:47

    Very good set of images John with some superb detail.

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  6. Golden Eagle28 June 2011 at 23:13

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  7. Golden Eagle28 June 2011 at 23:14

    Great photos!

    I especially like the one of the green hairstreak--it looks so delicate.

    (I made a typo in the first comment.)

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  8. Elaine29 June 2011 at 06:21

    Fantastic photos! I love the dragonflies. You have a much larger variety than we do in Alaska.

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  9. Monts29 June 2011 at 06:43

    Hi Both Fantastic set again John,love the chaser on the face (Two Portraits in one) hope to cu soon.

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  10. Bob Bushell29 June 2011 at 11:28

    A brilliant day out, wonderful dragonflies as well.

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  11. ShySongbird29 June 2011 at 12:51

    I have just caught up with your three latest posts. What stunning photos and such a lovely variety of creatures. Butterflies are in very short supply here at the moment and I have never seen a Green Hairstreak, I love the unusual shade of green. I have never seen the Pearl-bordered Fritillary either, another one on my wish list!

    Also lovely to see the Siskin, we had a couple in the garden a few years ago during the depths of Winter but never since.

    John's 'face furniture' looks very fetching :)

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  12. Anonymous29 June 2011 at 14:25

    Stunning macro work as usual, John & Sue.

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  13. Tim James30 June 2011 at 16:07

    Great images again both of you. The opening bee close-up is fab, as is the close-up of the compound eye and, of course the Labyrinth Spider – so much better than my lame attempt!

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  14. Dominic Gendron1 July 2011 at 22:23

    Like you say...brilliant week-end! Great diversity of nice images in this post ;)

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  15. Ken.1 July 2011 at 22:42

    Hi JR and Sue.
    Lovely photo's as usual. I especially like the Golden Ringed Dragonfly. One I have yet to see.

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  16. Unknown2 July 2011 at 11:26

    Beautiful collection of images as always.

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  17. SKIZO4 July 2011 at 12:56

    Excellente
    Work
    Tank you for sharing

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  18. JRandSue5 July 2011 at 17:35

    Thank you for your comments.
    John and Sue.

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