Tilgate park

A quick afternoon walk
to the pools near the second lake
with pond skaters crayfish and a few birds
around....
Crayfish

 Pond skater

 Grey Heron

 Mandarin

 Casings of dragonfly's

 White-legged Damselflie

Pulbourgh Brooks

Pulbourgh Brooks

started looking for the wood sandpiper at Nettley's hide
found a green sandpiper & a common sandpiper
5 dunlin 1 ruff 4 LRP's then moved on to.
The black pool in the woods loads of Dragonflies
around & Damselflies.

Emerald Damselfly

 female Black Darter

 male Black Darter

 Southern Hawker

 Ruddy Darter

Lynford Arboretum

Today was a Norfolk trip
l went for the Two-Barred Crossbill's at
Lynford Arboretum.
Mist the female by 20min's but saw the juv's
a few times. sorry about pic's only a record shot
not easy as they feed 60ft above you in and out of view
my only two shots.

 2 of john's pic's from today one above and one below.

 

my worst record shot

Buchan park

Had a walk at Buchan park
looking for Dragonflies & Damselflies
found red-eyed Damselfly blue-tailed Damselfly
Common blue Damselfly Emperor Dragonfly Brown Hawker
Downy Emerald. A Bat out in day time to.

 BAT feeding

 Red-eyed Damselfly

 Red-eyed Damselfly

 Black-tailed skimmer

 Downy Emerald

Common Blue Damselfly

 young frog

Dorset day

Me & Matt

Headed to the new forest an saw 21 Bog Orchid
then Lulworth cove looking for the lulworth skipper
after that we moved on to Lodmoor rspb and saw
the White-rumped sandpiper and the Great white egret
heading on to Portland bill for more lulworth skippers
and other butterflies & Orchids.

 Bog Orchid

 Lulworth Cove

 Lulworth skipper

 

 Pyramidal Orchid's

 Marbled white

 Gatekeeper

 Marbled white

 Bombus Humilis

 Bombus Pascuorum

 Small skipper

 White-rumped sandpiper

 The White horse of Osmington hill

Purple Emperor

Headed back to Southwater
for another look at the Purple Emperors
saw 5 but 1 landed and so happy most shots
are blurry & then another a White-legged Damselfly
a very nice day a southwater..

 Purple Emperor

 White-legged Damselfly

 Large skipper

 Essex skipper

 Common blue Damselfly