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
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,…
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…
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.
A quick pic from Skomer earlier in the year.
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…
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.
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.…
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.
Today at Wat tyler, I got told there was a wheatear in the car park. So I grabbed my gear and headed out to have a look. I grabbed some record shots before it flew to the nearby gravel. I managed to creep quite closely by laying on my belly doing a pretty decent seal…
