Friday, 5 September 2014

CATCHING UP.

These were taken over the last couple of days, mostly by Sue. 
Give it a few more weeks and most of these will be finished. 
What a shame. 

CLOUDED YELLOW

COMMON BLUE

COMMON DARTER

EMERALD DAMSELFLY


GOLDEN-RINGED DRAGONFLY

GOLDEN-RINGED DRAGONFLY

GOLDEN-RINGED DRAGONFLY

Never seen anything like this before, three together.


LARGE WHITE


SMALL COPPER


MIGRANT HAWKER


SOUTHERN HAWKER


SOUTHERN HAWKER
This Hawker is half-way through eating a fly, you can still see its head.
The poor thing was still struggling.


Not sure about this Butterfly. I would like it to be a Brown Argus 
but I suspect it is a very brown Common Blue female.

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22 comments:

  1. Ela5 September 2014 at 21:04

    Such amazing photos of these wonderful butterflies ! Thanks for sharing !
    Have a nice weekend :)

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  2. Sam and Lisa5 September 2014 at 21:14

    Great set there John. The Clouded Yellow is my favourite, I haven't had much luck with these, they are on they are constantly on the move.
    Sam

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  3. FAB5 September 2014 at 21:17

    An excellent selection. Well done John and Sue.

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  4. Ken.5 September 2014 at 22:03

    JR and Sue.
    Really good variety of wildlife shots. Great picture of the triple Golden-Ringed Dragonfly, talk about right place at the right time.

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  5. Wilma5 September 2014 at 22:05

    Lovely. I especially like the arrangement of the emerald damselfly.

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  6. Anonymous5 September 2014 at 22:37

    A superb set of shots John, all of them top class.

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  7. Bobbster6 September 2014 at 08:46

    Another cracking set John and Sue, look really good especially when enlarged

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  8. Maria6 September 2014 at 10:29

    Great photo's love it.
    photo 7 is unique! And I also think that the last photo is a very bruin female Common Blue
    have a nice weekend!'
    Maria

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  9. Bob Eade.6 September 2014 at 11:55

    Those 3 Golden-ringed are amazing. I can imagine the language if they had flown off as you approached them!!!

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  10. Bas.6 September 2014 at 15:07

    je ziet de natuur de greep krijgen de herfst doet al zijn intrede.

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  11. Anouk van der Zee6 September 2014 at 19:48

    Good series of images! What a lot of different butterflies! :-)

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  12. de schoonheid van de natuur6 September 2014 at 19:50

    An excellent selection. Well done John and Sue.

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  13. Lucy @ A Natural Interlude6 September 2014 at 20:24

    Lovely set of shots - amazing to see the 3 Golden-ringed dragonflies like that! It's a shame you didn't see the underside of your final butterfly but it does seem as though the Brown Argus is having a good year, so, it's certainly very possible.

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  14. Monts8 September 2014 at 07:08

    Lovely set John,
    I see what you mean about the last image.
    Hope to see you soon.

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  15. Noushka11 September 2014 at 17:27

    These are all magnificent shots, John!
    The 3 cordulegaster together is also a sight I have never seen, what a catch!!
    It probably is the sign that few females were in the vicinity so the extra male tried his luck but grabbed the male instead of the female!!
    Enjoy the end of the week :)

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    1. Noushka12 September 2014 at 10:48

      You're welcome!!
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      Keep well!

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  16. David M. Gascoigne,11 September 2014 at 22:57

    This really is a wonderful series of pictures. It shows so many different aspects of nature and all the images are captivating - to say nothing of clear, sharp and well composed. A fine job indeed.

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  17. Ana Mínguez Corella12 September 2014 at 12:38

    Hi friend.. Thanks for your comment.. great macro of these beautiful butterflies and Dragonflies. .. Well-done..

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  18. Richard Pegler14 September 2014 at 12:55

    Hi John and Sue. Just catching up after a holiday in Dorset. I'd been hoping to see Golden Ring dragons, but didn't. Totally knocked out by your image of three of them!! The whole series of images is magnificent! I did see a few Clouded Yellow, but none of them stopped for a photo.

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  19. JRandSue15 September 2014 at 17:10

    Thank you very much for your comments.
    John and Sue

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  20. KaHolly17 September 2014 at 22:26

    Your photos are exquisite. Such clarity, and such beautiful subjects.

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  21. Andre27 September 2014 at 15:54

    Hola!! Soy Andrea, una estudiante que ha empezado a escribir un blog sobre viajes y muchas cosillas mas :) hace nada que empecé así que no tengo seguidores todavía, te invito a que le eches un ojo y escarbes un ratillo a ver si te gusta :) Aquí lo dejo
    Viajando a distancia
    Un saludo!

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