Latest Images ......

Jay
Blue Tit
Goldfinch - feeding on seed head
Muntjac Deer
Honey Bee - honeycomb in tree
Honey Bee - honeycomb in tree
Kestrel - female
Kestrel - female
Kestrel - female
Redwing - feeding on Hawthorn berries
Redwing - feeding on Hawthorn berries
Redwing - feeding on Hawthorn berries
Song Thrush - feeding on Hawthorn berries
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Blackbird - feeding on Hawthorn berries
Water Rail
Water Rail
Green Sandpiper
Ruff - female, winter plumage
Temmink's Stint - 1st winter
Temmink's Stint - 1st winter
Temmink's Stint - 1st winter
Green Woodpecker - a male feeding on ants in autumn leaves
Black Redstart - female
Black Redstart - female
Green Sandpiper
Spoonbills - in flight
Little Grebe
Southern Hawker - adult male
Southern Hawker
Spotted Flycatcher
Pied Flycatcher - juvenile
Praying Mantis
Striped Hawk-moth
Adonis Blue
Common Blue
Common Blue
Dingy Skipper
Small Heath
Long-tailed Blue
Geranium Bronze - South West France
Woodland Grayling
Great Banded Grayling
Little Blue
Little Blue
Little Blue
Long-tailed Blue
Brown Argus
Brown Argus
Common Winter Damselfly - female
Blackcap - juvenile
Booted Eagle
Broad Scarlet Dragonfly - female
Broad Scarlet Dragonfly - female
Broad Scarlet Dragonfly - female
Queen of Spain Fritillary
Queen of Spain Fritillary
Keeled Skimmer - female
Silver-washed Fritillary
Wall Brown
Gatekeeper - mating
Gatekeeper
Gatekeeper
Dingy Skipper
Mazarine Blue
Swallowtail
Swallowtail
Swallowtail
Common Blue - mating
Common Blue - female
Sooty Copper
Sooty Copper
Adonis Blue
Small Copper
Red Admiral
Comma Butterfly
Comma Butterfly
Ringlet Butterfly
Ringlet Butterfly
Great Spotted Woodpecker - adult feeding young
Harlequin Ladybird - larva
Harlequin Ladybird - pupa
Harlequin Ladybird
Seven-spot Ladybird
Drone Fly
Emperor Dragonfly - male
Emperor Dragonfly - female; egg-laying
Emperor Dragonfly - female; egg-laying
Common Blue Damselfly
Black-tailed Skimmer - female
Black-tailed Skimmer - male; resting in sunshine
Painted Lady
Hogweed
Whitethroat - male
Whitethroat - female
Early Bumble Bee - female - Bombus pratorum
Tree Bumble Bee - Bombus hypnorum
Banded Demoiselle - female
Banded Demoiselle - male
Beautiful Demoiselle
Diving Beetle
Silver-ground Carpet Moth
Cuckoo
Marmalade Hover Fly
Orchard Ermine Moth - caterpillars on Blackthorn
Orchard Ermine Moth - caterpillar
Orchard Ermine Moth - caterpillar; ballooning or descending to the ground on silken thread
Common Blue Damselfly - female
Common Blue Damselfly - male and female, paired
Downy Emerald Dragonfly
Downy Emerald Dragonfly
Common Carder Bee - Bombus pascuorum
Dryad's Saddle
Four-spot Chaser
Four-spot Chaser
Four-spot Chaser - nymph exoskeleton on Great Horsetail with the beetle Coccidula rufa
Hairy Dragonfly - exuvia - nymph exoskeleton
Red-eyed Damselfly - male and female, paired
Blue-tailed Damselfly - male
Blue-tailed Damselfly - male
Red-eyed Damselfly - male
Common Blue Damselfly - male
Brimstone Butterfly
Four-spotted Chaser
Grass Snake - male
Grey Wagtail
Grey Wagtail
Grey Wagtail
Common Tern
Common Tern
Common Tern
Chiffchaff
Hobby
Hobby - hawking after dragonflies
Avocet
Avocet
Avocet
White-spotted Bluethroat - male
Common Carder Bee - Bombus pascuorum - female worker in spring
Common Carder Bee - Bombus pascuorum - female worker in spring
Wren
Goosander - male
Goosander - male
Goosander - female
Goosander - female
Goosander - female, preening
Goosander - female
Grey Wagtail
Grey Wagtail
Grey Wagtail
Pied Wagtail
Ash - a seedling takes root after the devastation of Ash die-back
Bracken - new fronds emerging
Ramsoms - Wild Garlic
Ramsoms - Wild Garlic
Bluebell
Cormorant - in breeding plumage at an inland nest-site
Lesser Scaup - drake; a North American diving duck - occasional visitor to UK
Lesser Scaup - drake; a North American diving duck - occasional visitor to UK
Pine Processionary Moth - nest of the caterpillars in pine tree
Snakes-head Fritillary - Gloucestershire
Orange-tip Butterfly - male on cuckoo flower
Orange-tip Butterfly - male on cuckoo flower
Curlew
Little Egret
Short-toed Eagle - South West France
Short-toed Eagle - South West France
Kestrel - male
Kestrel - male
Black-winged Kite - pair mating, SW France
Black-winged Kite - SW France
Blushing Bracket Fungus
Grey Heron - full breeding plumage
Grey Heron
Grey Heron
Grey Heron - well-grown nestlings, a couple of months later
Mute Swan
Goldcrest
Goldcrest
Sparrowhawk - male
Ruff
Wigeon - immature drake
Wigeon - drake
Dunlin
Dunlin
Dunlin
Dunlin
Dunlin
Dunlin
Golden Plover
Whooper Swan
Teal - drake
Moorhen
Spoonbill - juvenile
Spoonbill - juvenile
Spoonbill - juvenile
Spoonbill - juvenile
Spoonbill - juvenile
Spoonbill - juvenile
Song Thrush
House Sparrow - on a Cotswold cottage roof
Kestrel - female
Kestrel - male
Kestrel - male
Kestrel - male
Greenfinch - male
Greenfinch - Male
Black-headed Gull - adult in winter plumage
Black-headed Gull - adult in winter plumage - preening
Cormorant
Cormorant - adult of the continental form, in breeding plumage, with white showing on head and neck
Red-crested Pochard
Stonechat
Roe Deer - winter group
Goldcrest
Goldcrest - finding a small maggot under leaves near a puddle
Green Woodpecker - a male probing soft grass during heavy rain
Blackcap - male over-wintering in Gloucestershire
Blackcap - male over-wintering in Gloucestershire
Long-tailed Tit - always a delight
Chiffchaff - over-wintering in Gloucestershire
Moorhen - on the ice
Sanderling - feeding on an incoming tide on a sandy beach
Sanderling - on an incoming tide on a sandy beach
Sanderling - on an incoming tide on a sandy beach
Great Northern Diver - juvenile in winter
Great Northern Diver - juvenile with shore crab
Great Northern Diver - juvenile with shore crab
Turnstone
Curlew
Curlew - with a juicy lugworm
Redshank
Redshank
Sanderling
Grey Seal - female
Grey Seal - female
Grey Seal - female
Redwing
Rabbit
Green Woodpecker
Green Woodpecker
Jelly-ear Fungus - on elder
Muntjac Deer - stag
Golden Plover
Golden Plover

Jay
Blue Tit
Goldfinch - feeding on seed head
Muntjac Deer
Honey Bee - honeycomb in tree
Honey Bee - honeycomb in tree
Kestrel - female
Kestrel - female
Kestrel - female
Redwing - feeding on Hawthorn berries
Redwing - feeding on Hawthorn berries
Redwing - feeding on Hawthorn berries
Song Thrush - feeding on Hawthorn berries
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Blackbird - feeding on Hawthorn berries
Water Rail
Water Rail
Green Sandpiper
Ruff - female, winter plumage
Temmink's Stint - 1st winter
Temmink's Stint - 1st winter
Temmink's Stint - 1st winter
Green Woodpecker - a male feeding on ants in autumn leaves
Black Redstart - female
Black Redstart - female
Green Sandpiper
Spoonbills - in flight
Little Grebe
Southern Hawker - adult male
Southern Hawker
Spotted Flycatcher
Pied Flycatcher - juvenile
Praying Mantis
Striped Hawk-moth
Adonis Blue
Common Blue
Common Blue
Dingy Skipper
Small Heath
Long-tailed Blue
Geranium Bronze - South West France
Woodland Grayling
Great Banded Grayling
Little Blue
Little Blue
Little Blue
Long-tailed Blue
Brown Argus
Brown Argus
Common Winter Damselfly - female
Blackcap - juvenile
Booted Eagle
Broad Scarlet Dragonfly - female
Broad Scarlet Dragonfly - female
Broad Scarlet Dragonfly - female
Queen of Spain Fritillary
Queen of Spain Fritillary
Keeled Skimmer - female
Silver-washed Fritillary
Wall Brown
Gatekeeper - mating
Gatekeeper
Gatekeeper
Dingy Skipper
Mazarine Blue
Swallowtail
Swallowtail
Swallowtail
Common Blue - mating
Common Blue - female
Sooty Copper
Sooty Copper
Adonis Blue
Small Copper
Red Admiral
Comma Butterfly
Comma Butterfly
Ringlet Butterfly
Ringlet Butterfly
Great Spotted Woodpecker - adult feeding young
Harlequin Ladybird - larva
Harlequin Ladybird - pupa
Harlequin Ladybird
Seven-spot Ladybird
Drone Fly
Emperor Dragonfly - male
Emperor Dragonfly - female; egg-laying
Emperor Dragonfly - female; egg-laying
Common Blue Damselfly
Black-tailed Skimmer - female
Black-tailed Skimmer - male; resting in sunshine
Painted Lady
Hogweed
Whitethroat - male
Whitethroat - female
Early Bumble Bee - female - Bombus pratorum
Tree Bumble Bee - Bombus hypnorum
Banded Demoiselle - female
Banded Demoiselle - male
Beautiful Demoiselle
Diving Beetle
Silver-ground Carpet Moth
Cuckoo
Marmalade Hover Fly
Orchard Ermine Moth - caterpillars on Blackthorn
Orchard Ermine Moth - caterpillar
Orchard Ermine Moth - caterpillar; ballooning or descending to the ground on silken thread
Common Blue Damselfly - female
Common Blue Damselfly - male and female, paired
Downy Emerald Dragonfly
Downy Emerald Dragonfly
Common Carder Bee - Bombus pascuorum
Dryad's Saddle
Four-spot Chaser
Four-spot Chaser
Four-spot Chaser - nymph exoskeleton on Great Horsetail with the beetle Coccidula rufa
Hairy Dragonfly - exuvia - nymph exoskeleton
Red-eyed Damselfly - male and female, paired
Blue-tailed Damselfly - male
Blue-tailed Damselfly - male
Red-eyed Damselfly - male
Common Blue Damselfly - male
Brimstone Butterfly
Four-spotted Chaser
Grass Snake - male
Grey Wagtail
Grey Wagtail
Grey Wagtail
Common Tern
Common Tern
Common Tern
Chiffchaff
Hobby
Hobby - hawking after dragonflies
Avocet
Avocet
Avocet
White-spotted Bluethroat - male
Common Carder Bee - Bombus pascuorum - female worker in spring
Common Carder Bee - Bombus pascuorum - female worker in spring
Wren
Goosander - male
Goosander - male
Goosander - female
Goosander - female
Goosander - female, preening
Goosander - female
Grey Wagtail
Grey Wagtail
Grey Wagtail
Pied Wagtail
Ash - a seedling takes root after the devastation of Ash die-back
Bracken - new fronds emerging
Ramsoms - Wild Garlic
Ramsoms - Wild Garlic
Bluebell
Cormorant - in breeding plumage at an inland nest-site
Lesser Scaup - drake; a North American diving duck - occasional visitor to UK
Lesser Scaup - drake; a North American diving duck - occasional visitor to UK
Pine Processionary Moth - nest of the caterpillars in pine tree
Snakes-head Fritillary - Gloucestershire
Orange-tip Butterfly - male on cuckoo flower
Orange-tip Butterfly - male on cuckoo flower
Curlew
Little Egret
Short-toed Eagle - South West France
Short-toed Eagle - South West France
Kestrel - male
Kestrel - male
Black-winged Kite - pair mating, SW France
Black-winged Kite - SW France
Blushing Bracket Fungus
Grey Heron - full breeding plumage
Grey Heron
Grey Heron
Grey Heron - well-grown nestlings, a couple of months later
Mute Swan
Goldcrest
Goldcrest
Sparrowhawk - male
Ruff
Wigeon - immature drake
Wigeon - drake
Dunlin
Dunlin
Dunlin
Dunlin
Dunlin
Dunlin
Golden Plover
Whooper Swan
Teal - drake
Moorhen
Spoonbill - juvenile
Spoonbill - juvenile
Spoonbill - juvenile
Spoonbill - juvenile
Spoonbill - juvenile
Spoonbill - juvenile
Song Thrush
House Sparrow - on a Cotswold cottage roof
Kestrel - female
Kestrel - male
Kestrel - male
Kestrel - male
Greenfinch - male
Greenfinch - Male
Black-headed Gull - adult in winter plumage
Black-headed Gull - adult in winter plumage - preening
Cormorant
Cormorant - adult of the continental form, in breeding plumage, with white showing on head and neck
Red-crested Pochard
Stonechat
Roe Deer - winter group
Goldcrest
Goldcrest - finding a small maggot under leaves near a puddle
Green Woodpecker - a male probing soft grass during heavy rain
Blackcap - male over-wintering in Gloucestershire
Blackcap - male over-wintering in Gloucestershire
Long-tailed Tit - always a delight
Chiffchaff - over-wintering in Gloucestershire
Moorhen - on the ice
Sanderling - feeding on an incoming tide on a sandy beach
Sanderling - on an incoming tide on a sandy beach
Sanderling - on an incoming tide on a sandy beach
Great Northern Diver - juvenile in winter
Great Northern Diver - juvenile with shore crab
Great Northern Diver - juvenile with shore crab
Turnstone
Curlew
Curlew - with a juicy lugworm
Redshank
Redshank
Sanderling
Grey Seal - female
Grey Seal - female
Grey Seal - female
Redwing
Rabbit
Green Woodpecker
Green Woodpecker
Jelly-ear Fungus - on elder
Muntjac Deer - stag
Golden Plover
Golden Plover