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Common Carder Bee - Bombus pascuorum
Common Carder Bee - Bombus pascuorum
Dandelion - seed head
Migrant Hawker - male
Comma
Comma - beautiful sculptured wings and showing the "comma" mark on the underside
Lapidary Snail
Snipe
Snipe
Snipe
Ruff - juvenile
Ruff - juvenile
Ruff - male in non-breeding plumage
Green Sandpiper
Kingfisher - juvenile
Kingfisher - juvenile
Kingfisher - juvenile
Fairy Inkcap
White-lipped Snail
Garden Snail
Harlequin Ladybird
Yellow Shell Moth - a fairly dull, faded example found in September
White-tailed Bumblebee - Bombus lucorum
Common Carder Bee - Bombus pascuorum : an older, faded worker
Common Darter - female
Common Darter
Copse Snail
Copse Snail
Kentish Snail
White-lipped Snail - pale version
White-lipped Snail - banded version
Garden Spider
Garden Spider - with prey
Sycamore Moth - caterpillar
Ruddy Darter - male
Ruddy Darter - male
Common Blue
Silver-washed Fritillary - male
Dryad - very worn male
Southern Green Shieldbug - 5th nymph instar stage - final stage pre-adult
European Striped Shieldbug
Red Shieldbug
Small Pincertail - male
Small Pincertail - male : close-up
Black-tailed Skimmer - Immature male
Black-tailed Skimmer - Immature male : close-up
Sooty Copper - male
Sooty Copper - male
Ruddy Darter - male
Hummingbird Hawk Moth
Duke of Burgundy Fritillary - female
Duke of Burgundy Fritillary - female
Praying Mantis
Hoopoe - adult
Hoopoe - adult - close up
Hoopoe - adult
Southern Emerald Damselfly - female
Stag Beetle - A magnificent male on a woodland path
Grass snake - hunting in a pool
Grass snake - hunting in a pool
Marbled white
Brown Argus
Speckled Wood - upper wings
Small Skipper
Mallow Skipper
Mallow Skipper
Dingy Skipper
Large Skipper
Large Blue
Beautiful Demoiselle - male
Banded Demoiselle - male
Banded Demoiselle - male
Water Vole - collecting reeds for its nest
Black-tailed Skimmer - female
Black-tailed Skimmer - male
Viper's Bugloss
Southern Marsh Orchid
Tree Pipit
Tree Pipit
Small Heath
Common Heath Moth - male
Swollen-thigh Beetle - female
Four Spot Chaser
Four Spot Chaser
Variable Longhorn Beetle
Wasp Orchid
Wasp Orchid - close up
Amethyst Broomrape - A parasitic plant with no chlorophyll. Its host is Field Eryngo.
Amethyst Broomrape - A parasitic plant with no chlorophyll
Distaff Thistle - Carthamus mitissimus
Meadow Brown - male
Meadow Brown - male and female
Fox Moth caterpillar
Adonis Blue - male
Adonis Blue - male
Adonis Blue - male
Adonis Blue - female
Common Blue - Male and female
Greater Butterfly Orchid
Greater Butterfly Orchid
Meadow Clary
European Owlfly
Woodcock Bee Orchid
Woodcock Bee Orchid
Long-lipped Tongue Orchid
Pyramid Orchid
Pyramid Orchid
Firebug
Bee Orchid - with white sepals
Bee Orchid
Stonechat - male
Stonechat - juvenile
Stonechat - juvenile
Wall Brown
Knapweed Fritillary
Knapweed Fritillary
Spotted Fritillary
Meadow Fritillary
Red-backed Shrike - male
Red-backed Shrike - male
Six-spot Burnet - Caterpillar
Six-spot Burnet - on pyramid orchid
Burnet Companion Moth
Little Tern
Little Tern
Black-tailed Skimmer - Female
Hobby
Hairy Dragonfly
Scarce Chaser
Brimstone
Brimstone - close up
Grizzled Skipper
Wood white
Wood white
Southern White Admiral
Swallowtail - showing wing damage - possibly from predator
Speckled Wood
Bee Beetle
Violet Limodore
Common Spotted Orchid
Southern Marsh x Common Spotted Orchid - Hybrid
Southern Marsh x Common Spotted Orchid - Hybrid
Fly Orchid
Fly Orchid - detail
Western Heath Snail
White-lipped Snail - pale version
Hairy snail
Comfrey
Comfrey
Green-winged Orchid
Green-winged Orchid
Green-winged Orchid
Blue-tailed Damselfly - male - newly emerged "teneral" stage
Common Blue Damselfly - immature female
Lords-and-Ladies
Lords-and-Ladies
Kentish Snail
Kentish Snail
Curlew
Skylark
Skylark
Skylark
Skylark
Wheatear - Male, on bilberry, in summer plumage
Wheatear - adult male
Wheatear - Male, 1st summer plumage
Stonechat - Female on ling heather
Stonechat - female
Stonechat - male in summer plumage
Meadow Pipit
Meadow Pipit
Meadow Pipit
Meadow Pipit - on ling heather
Lapwing
Lapwing - exotic colours blending with heather and bilberry
Red Grouse - male, keeping watch amid the heather
Red Grouse - male in ling heather
Red Grouse - male
Red Grouse - male
Pheasant - an impressive cock bird in full breeding plumage
Grey Wagtail
Grey Wagtail
Grey Wagtail
Pied Wagtail - adult male
Pied Wagtail - adult female
Goosander - male
Goosander - male
Goosander - female
Goosander - Female
Goosander - female
Goosander - Female
Goldfinch
Coal Tit
Tree creeper
Blackbird - male ....any perch will do to sing from !
Bluebells - just emerging in mid-April
American Skunk Cabbage
Peacock Butterfly
Morel - Associated with St George's Day ( April 23rd ) this one found on April 20th.
Hairy-footed flower bee - male on lungwort
Hairy-footed flower bee - female on lungwort
Tawny Mining Bee
Bee fly
Bee fly
Holly Blue - male on ivy
Cuckoo Flower
Butterbur
Cowslip - with early morning dew on the petals
Cowslip
Kingfisher - Male
Kingfisher - male
Kingfisher - male, close-up
Kingfisher - Female with fish
Kingfisher - male
Kingfisher - male
Kingfisher - male
Kingfisher - male - taking a break from digging a nest hole
Great Spotted woodpecker - male
Great tit - male
Great tit - first winter female
Grey squirrel
Water Vole
Water Vole
Water Vole
Reed Bunting - male
Collared Dove
Early Dog Violet - a very pale example of this early-flowering violet
Marsh Marigold
Little Owl
Little Owl
Little Owl
Little Owl - a little sleepy !!
Rock Pipit
Kestrel - Juvenile male
Black-tailed Godwit
Redshank - Winter plumage
White-rumped Sandpiper - 1st winter
Wood Pigeon
Lapwing - Adult male - summer plumage
Lapwing - Adult male - summer plumage
Dunlin - Winter plumage
Teal - Male - displaying
Teal - Male - displaying
Pintail - Male - preening
Sabine's Gull - Adult - summer plumage
Sabine's Gull - Adult - summer plumage
Sabine's Gull - Adult - summer plumage
Sooty Copper - male
Carrion Crow
Carrion Crow
Long-tailed Tit
Blue Tit
Tree Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Whooper Swan - adult
Whooper Swan - close up
Candlesnuff - or Stag's Horn Fungus
Candlesnuff - or Stag's Horn Fungus
Jelly-ear Fungus - found on elder
Jelly-ear Fungus - found on elder
Velvet Shank Fungus - on ash tree
Velvet Shank Fungus - on ash tree
Bewick's Swan
Bewick's Swan
Robin
Velvet Bolete
Purple Brittlegill
Purple Brittlegill
Beechwood Sickener
False Chanterelle
False Chanterelle
Charcoal Burner
Charcoal Burner
Frosty Funnel
Frosty Funnel
Frosty Funnel
Upright Coral
Parasol - newly emerging
Shaggy Inkcap - dripping ink !!
Dartford Warbler - Female
Dartford Warbler - Male
Dartford Warbler - Male
Long-tailed Tit
Little Egret
Little Egret
Brown Rollrim
Collared Earthstar
Oyster Mushroom
Brittlestem - Psathyrella prona
Black Milking Bonnet
Spotted Redshank - Adult - winter plumage
Snipe
Green Woodpecker - Female
Common Inkcap
Magpie Inkcap
Honey Fungus
Turkeytail Fungus
Trooping Funnel Cap
Trooping Funnel Cap
Fool's Funnel - A pure white mushroom - highly toxic with no known antidote
Lurid Boletus
Migrant Hawker - Male
Common Blue - Male
Red Admiral
Robin's Pincushion Gall ( on a dog rose ) - caused by the larvae of a gall wasp
Otter
Dotterel - Juvenile
Dotterel - Adult male
Dotterel - Adult male
Dotterel - Adult male
Wheatear - Female or 1st year male
Common Darter - Adult female
Common Darter - Adult female
Migrant Hawker - Female
Migrant Hawker - Female
Migrant Hawker - Male
Migrant Hawker - Male
Migrant Hawker - Male
Woodland Grayling
Great Banded Grayling
Great Banded Grayling
Western Demoiselle - Female - Replaces Banded Demoiselle in South Western Europe
Western Demoiselle - Male - Replaces Banded Demoiselle in South Western Europe
Keeled Skimmer
Small Pincertail
Copper Demoiselle - Male
Painted Lady
Common Blue - Male
Cattle Egret
Small Heath
Gannet
Gannet
Gannet
Gannet
Guillemot
Guillemot
Kittiwake
Puffin
Razorbill
Fulmar
Linnet - Male
Barn Owl
Barn Owl
Skylark
Chalk Fragrant Orchid
Bee Orchid
Pyramid Orchid
Pyramid Orchid
Marsh Harrier - Male
Common Tern
Black-tailed Godwit - Non-breeding Plumage
Little Grebe - Breeding plumage
Spoonbill - Adult

Common Carder Bee - Bombus pascuorum
Common Carder Bee - Bombus pascuorum
Dandelion - seed head
Migrant Hawker - male
Comma
Comma - beautiful sculptured wings and showing the "comma" mark on the underside
Lapidary Snail
Snipe
Snipe
Snipe
Ruff - juvenile
Ruff - juvenile
Ruff - male in non-breeding plumage
Green Sandpiper
Kingfisher - juvenile
Kingfisher - juvenile
Kingfisher - juvenile
Fairy Inkcap
White-lipped Snail
Garden Snail
Harlequin Ladybird
Yellow Shell Moth - a fairly dull, faded example found in September
White-tailed Bumblebee - Bombus lucorum
Common Carder Bee - Bombus pascuorum : an older, faded worker
Common Darter - female
Common Darter
Copse Snail
Copse Snail
Kentish Snail
White-lipped Snail - pale version
White-lipped Snail - banded version
Garden Spider
Garden Spider - with prey
Sycamore Moth - caterpillar
Ruddy Darter - male
Ruddy Darter - male
Common Blue
Silver-washed Fritillary - male
Dryad - very worn male
Southern Green Shieldbug - 5th nymph instar stage - final stage pre-adult
European Striped Shieldbug
Red Shieldbug
Small Pincertail - male
Small Pincertail - male : close-up
Black-tailed Skimmer - Immature male
Black-tailed Skimmer - Immature male : close-up
Sooty Copper - male
Sooty Copper - male
Ruddy Darter - male
Hummingbird Hawk Moth
Duke of Burgundy Fritillary - female
Duke of Burgundy Fritillary - female
Praying Mantis
Hoopoe - adult
Hoopoe - adult - close up
Hoopoe - adult
Southern Emerald Damselfly - female
Stag Beetle - A magnificent male on a woodland path
Grass snake - hunting in a pool
Grass snake - hunting in a pool
Marbled white
Brown Argus
Speckled Wood - upper wings
Small Skipper
Mallow Skipper
Mallow Skipper
Dingy Skipper
Large Skipper
Large Blue
Beautiful Demoiselle - male
Banded Demoiselle - male
Banded Demoiselle - male
Water Vole - collecting reeds for its nest
Black-tailed Skimmer - female
Black-tailed Skimmer - male
Viper's Bugloss
Southern Marsh Orchid
Tree Pipit
Tree Pipit
Small Heath
Common Heath Moth - male
Swollen-thigh Beetle - female
Four Spot Chaser
Four Spot Chaser
Variable Longhorn Beetle
Wasp Orchid
Wasp Orchid - close up
Amethyst Broomrape - A parasitic plant with no chlorophyll. Its host is Field Eryngo.
Amethyst Broomrape - A parasitic plant with no chlorophyll
Distaff Thistle - Carthamus mitissimus
Meadow Brown - male
Meadow Brown - male and female
Fox Moth caterpillar
Adonis Blue - male
Adonis Blue - male
Adonis Blue - male
Adonis Blue - female
Common Blue - Male and female
Greater Butterfly Orchid
Greater Butterfly Orchid
Meadow Clary
European Owlfly
Woodcock Bee Orchid
Woodcock Bee Orchid
Long-lipped Tongue Orchid
Pyramid Orchid
Pyramid Orchid
Firebug
Bee Orchid - with white sepals
Bee Orchid
Stonechat - male
Stonechat - juvenile
Stonechat - juvenile
Wall Brown
Knapweed Fritillary
Knapweed Fritillary
Spotted Fritillary
Meadow Fritillary
Red-backed Shrike - male
Red-backed Shrike - male
Six-spot Burnet - Caterpillar
Six-spot Burnet - on pyramid orchid
Burnet Companion Moth
Little Tern
Little Tern
Black-tailed Skimmer - Female
Hobby
Hairy Dragonfly
Scarce Chaser
Brimstone
Brimstone - close up
Grizzled Skipper
Wood white
Wood white
Southern White Admiral
Swallowtail - showing wing damage - possibly from predator
Speckled Wood
Bee Beetle
Violet Limodore
Common Spotted Orchid
Southern Marsh x Common Spotted Orchid - Hybrid
Southern Marsh x Common Spotted Orchid - Hybrid
Fly Orchid
Fly Orchid - detail
Western Heath Snail
White-lipped Snail - pale version
Hairy snail
Comfrey
Comfrey
Green-winged Orchid
Green-winged Orchid
Green-winged Orchid
Blue-tailed Damselfly - male - newly emerged "teneral" stage
Common Blue Damselfly - immature female
Lords-and-Ladies
Lords-and-Ladies
Kentish Snail
Kentish Snail
Curlew
Skylark
Skylark
Skylark
Skylark
Wheatear - Male, on bilberry, in summer plumage
Wheatear - adult male
Wheatear - Male, 1st summer plumage
Stonechat - Female on ling heather
Stonechat - female
Stonechat - male in summer plumage
Meadow Pipit
Meadow Pipit
Meadow Pipit
Meadow Pipit - on ling heather
Lapwing
Lapwing - exotic colours blending with heather and bilberry
Red Grouse - male, keeping watch amid the heather
Red Grouse - male in ling heather
Red Grouse - male
Red Grouse - male
Pheasant - an impressive cock bird in full breeding plumage
Grey Wagtail
Grey Wagtail
Grey Wagtail
Pied Wagtail - adult male
Pied Wagtail - adult female
Goosander - male
Goosander - male
Goosander - female
Goosander - Female
Goosander - female
Goosander - Female
Goldfinch
Coal Tit
Tree creeper
Blackbird - male ....any perch will do to sing from !
Bluebells - just emerging in mid-April
American Skunk Cabbage
Peacock Butterfly
Morel - Associated with St George's Day ( April 23rd ) this one found on April 20th.
Hairy-footed flower bee - male on lungwort
Hairy-footed flower bee - female on lungwort
Tawny Mining Bee
Bee fly
Bee fly
Holly Blue - male on ivy
Cuckoo Flower
Butterbur
Cowslip - with early morning dew on the petals
Cowslip
Kingfisher - Male
Kingfisher - male
Kingfisher - male, close-up
Kingfisher - Female with fish
Kingfisher - male
Kingfisher - male
Kingfisher - male
Kingfisher - male - taking a break from digging a nest hole
Great Spotted woodpecker - male
Great tit - male
Great tit - first winter female
Grey squirrel
Water Vole
Water Vole
Water Vole
Reed Bunting - male
Collared Dove
Early Dog Violet - a very pale example of this early-flowering violet
Marsh Marigold
Little Owl
Little Owl
Little Owl
Little Owl - a little sleepy !!
Rock Pipit
Kestrel - Juvenile male
Black-tailed Godwit
Redshank - Winter plumage
White-rumped Sandpiper - 1st winter
Wood Pigeon
Lapwing - Adult male - summer plumage
Lapwing - Adult male - summer plumage
Dunlin - Winter plumage
Teal - Male - displaying
Teal - Male - displaying
Pintail - Male - preening
Sabine's Gull - Adult - summer plumage
Sabine's Gull - Adult - summer plumage
Sabine's Gull - Adult - summer plumage
Sooty Copper - male
Carrion Crow
Carrion Crow
Long-tailed Tit
Blue Tit
Tree Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Whooper Swan - adult
Whooper Swan - close up
Candlesnuff - or Stag's Horn Fungus
Candlesnuff - or Stag's Horn Fungus
Jelly-ear Fungus - found on elder
Jelly-ear Fungus - found on elder
Velvet Shank Fungus - on ash tree
Velvet Shank Fungus - on ash tree
Bewick's Swan
Bewick's Swan
Robin
Velvet Bolete
Purple Brittlegill
Purple Brittlegill
Beechwood Sickener
False Chanterelle
False Chanterelle
Charcoal Burner
Charcoal Burner
Frosty Funnel
Frosty Funnel
Frosty Funnel
Upright Coral
Parasol - newly emerging
Shaggy Inkcap - dripping ink !!
Dartford Warbler - Female
Dartford Warbler - Male
Dartford Warbler - Male
Long-tailed Tit
Little Egret
Little Egret
Brown Rollrim
Collared Earthstar
Oyster Mushroom
Brittlestem - Psathyrella prona
Black Milking Bonnet
Spotted Redshank - Adult - winter plumage
Snipe
Green Woodpecker - Female
Common Inkcap
Magpie Inkcap
Honey Fungus
Turkeytail Fungus
Trooping Funnel Cap
Trooping Funnel Cap
Fool's Funnel - A pure white mushroom - highly toxic with no known antidote
Lurid Boletus
Migrant Hawker - Male
Common Blue - Male
Red Admiral
Robin's Pincushion Gall ( on a dog rose ) - caused by the larvae of a gall wasp
Otter
Dotterel - Juvenile
Dotterel - Adult male
Dotterel - Adult male
Dotterel - Adult male
Wheatear - Female or 1st year male
Common Darter - Adult female
Common Darter - Adult female
Migrant Hawker - Female
Migrant Hawker - Female
Migrant Hawker - Male
Migrant Hawker - Male
Migrant Hawker - Male
Woodland Grayling
Great Banded Grayling
Great Banded Grayling
Western Demoiselle - Female - Replaces Banded Demoiselle in South Western Europe
Western Demoiselle - Male - Replaces Banded Demoiselle in South Western Europe
Keeled Skimmer
Small Pincertail
Copper Demoiselle - Male
Painted Lady
Common Blue - Male
Cattle Egret
Small Heath
Gannet
Gannet
Gannet
Gannet
Guillemot
Guillemot
Kittiwake
Puffin
Razorbill
Fulmar
Linnet - Male
Barn Owl
Barn Owl
Skylark
Chalk Fragrant Orchid
Bee Orchid
Pyramid Orchid
Pyramid Orchid
Marsh Harrier - Male
Common Tern
Black-tailed Godwit - Non-breeding Plumage
Little Grebe - Breeding plumage
Spoonbill - Adult