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Emperor dragonfly in flight at Bedfords Park

Today I popped into Bedfords Park for a break and to have look for red eyed damselflies. But what caught my attention were the many emperor dragonflies spread along the lake margin, each patrolling their territories and scrapping with each other where they crossed paths. Occasionally one would hover, and this one did at a…

July 12, 2013 1 CommentBedfords Park, Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, hoverfly, insect, odonata, ostracodBy Neil-UKWildlife

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…

April 25, 2012 1 CommentBedfords Park, butterflies, Essex, insectBy Neil-UKWildlife

Common toad and moorhen at Bedfords Park Lake

After visiting Epping Forest and Cornmill Meadows (see the last post) we headed for Bedfords Park. It rained for the first couple of hours before beautiful sunshine emerged. A quick look for wasp spiders was fruitless but we found this lovely common toad (Bufo bufo) crawling across the path. I sadly don’t see toads often,…

August 30, 2011 1 Commentamphibian, Bedfords Park, bird, EssexBy Neil-UKWildlife