Blue tailed damselfly
Last year I was photographing a cooperative blue tailed damselfly at Wat Tyler Country Park
Scarce chaser dragonfly, greek marsh frog, mammoth wasp and beautiful demosielle
On a trip to a reservoir in kefalonia we saw some interesting stuff. There were scarce chaser dragonflies flying around. There were greek marsh frogs. This mammoth wasp was on a flower. A blue tailed damselfly perched nicely. As did this beautiful demoiselle.
Rock partridge
In Kefalonia we came across a rock partridge. It had some youngsters with it!
Black headed gull breeding colony, Minsmere
Also at Minsmere I went to the hide that is usually good for photographing nesting Avocets. Sadly the water level was so high only a few black headed gulls were left on the remaining tops of the islands. Some were bringing in nesting material.
Rabbit kit at Minsmere
A couple of weekends ago I visited a very wet Minsmere RSPB nature reserve in Suffolk. There was not much about but in the car park I photographed some rabbits, including a cute little kit. Another was grooming
Argostoli, Kefalonia: yellow legged gull, woodchat shrike and loggerhead turtle
On my visit to Kefalonia 2 years ago I spent a half day in the capital Argostoli. In the harbour there were a number of yellow legged gulls. Walking along the shore path I came across the first shrike I had ever seen, a woodchat shrike. The harbour is famous for the tame loggerhead turtle.…
Palapares and Eurolean antlions, ringed plovers and balkan wall lizard
A quick post with the other photos from Mounda beach. There was a large antlion, probably Palapares sp. And the smaller Euroleon sps. There was an individual of both the ringed plover species on the beach. Ringed plover Little ringed plover It was a beautiful sunny day. The balkan wall lizards were basking.
Latice brown and cleopatra butterfly, swallowtail caterpillar tiger beetle and house martin on Mounda beach, Kefalonia
A couple of years ago I went to Kefalonia, staying in Skala at the south of the island. A decent walk away was Mounda beach near Katelios. This beach is one of the last breeding sites for loggerhead turtles on Kefalonia, a species that is under threat from expanding tourism. However there is a group…
Speckled Wood Butterfly and Bluebells
The weekend before last I headed up to one of my favourite parts of my local patch, Bedfords Park. I didn’t take many photos but I did get my first speckled wood of the year. This was before all the recent rain and the bluebells were looking a bit flat. I did take a couple…
Red Kites and Raven at Gigrin
The main attraction at Gigrin, is of course the Red Kites. There are lots of them! Its hard to get them with a clean background, by which I mean one with no other kites in the background – not a common problem with BOP! I got a few though: I also managed an ok shot…