Wasp beetle and common crab spider
Back in May a wasp beetle was found and I got a few photos.
It is a type of longhorn beetle that mimics a wasp to fool predators into thinking its dangerous.
Also found was this common crab spider.
Cream spot ladybird eating a mayfly
When at Goring back in the summer I came across this mayfly (presumably already dead) being eaten by a cream spot ladybird.
They normally feed on aphids and psyllids but this one obviously fancied a bigger meal!
More on the cream spot ladybird on the UK ladybird survey website
Oh yes, yet more whimbrels!
As I slowly but surely work my way through editing my photos from Lanzarote, I’m starting to realise that I took a lot of whimbrel photos! That said these will be among my best as the eveing light was beautiful. I caught this one with a drip on the tip of the beak,…
50 pond challenge
Over the last weekend I was lucky enough to be involved in a record breaking/setting attempt to build 50 ponds at least 1m squared in size on a site near Wickford. Im pleased to say it was completed in 8 hours. I was there on the first day when we managed 44 in 6.5hrs, so…
Adder – Vipera berus
Over the weekend at an Essex site I was shown an adder.
I didn’t quite get the shot I waas after, but I did get my best ever shots.
Puffin in flowers
A quick pic from Skomer earlier in the year.
Desert grey shrike eating a gecko
On day 4 of my trip we were walking along the seafront when I spotted the desert grey shrike calling from a TV aerial. It was way to high up for a photo and we were looking for somewhere to eat. Walking back the other way to head the resturant we fancied I couldn’t believe…
Wheatear
Here is the last batch from my encounter with the wheatear, all of which were taken with the 300mm lens
This one is uncropped
I took some in different poses, although bits of grass detract from some of the shots.
Red veined darter dragonfly, bath white butterfly, ringed plover and swift flying bee
Day 3 of my trip to Lanzarote I went for a walk along an area in front of the sea wall that had some low scattered scrub. Here I found my first dragonflies of the trip: a red veined darter dragonfly. There were also some bath white butterflies feeding on the limited number of flowers.…
Wheatear with weevil on its beak
While photographing the wheatear at Wat tyler CP, I noticed something on its beak.
I seems to be some sort of weevil.
Possibly Sitona lineatus or s imilar weevils species.
