Abberton Reservoir, Weds 17th july

Loads of double acts,  mainly escapees. Red Breasted Geese.   The Osprey Kept dodging me, annoying.

Those Ruddy Shield ducks

Common Terns

A Barnacle Goose

More Purple Hairstreaks, mon 15th july

Purple Hairstreak

Butterflies are having fun in the sun, Thursday 11th july

Purple Hairstreaks in the evening sun.

Skippers were out in force today.

Marbled White and Clouded Yellow still at Ingrebourne Valley

Marbled White.

Clouded Yellow.

Oooh!  A bird.

Flora and Fauna from the past week in the Valley

Besides this Clouded Yellow I saw a Marbled white today,   the first one that I have seen in the Valley,  but it would not settle.  12 White-Letter Hairstreaks were in the Elms.   All the Skippers are out.

Broad-Bodied Chaser.

White-Letter Hairstreak on Oak.

White-Letter Hairstreak flitting above Elms.

White-Letter hairstreak in Elms

Small Tortoiseshell

Broad-Bodied Chaser.

Essex Skipper.

Small Skipper

Meadow Brown.

Strange Bee Orchids of the Belgarum Type?

Emporer Dragonfly

Buzzards over the Ingrebourne, fri 9.30am

Are these 2 adults with juv in the middle with no missing flight feathers?.  They moved towards Bonnets.

Juv?

A few local juveniles and a few adults

Fledgeling LTT    The Valley.

Baby Water vole,  RSPB

Large Skipper,  RSPB

Drinker Moth Caterpillar, RSPB

Green Finch, RSPB

Pyramidal Orchids