More from Kibblesworth

Here are a few more images from a walk around Kibblesworth brick ponds and a small pond closer to home. I am keeping an eye on this pond, as it could potentially be a canny place for Dragonfly.

It might look like a peaceful scene of a Mute Swan resting on a the pond

Unfortunately, the swan had a damaged wing. It seemed to be feeding o.k. however I was disappointed to see a number of dogs (not on leads) jumping into the pond which must have terrified the injured swan. At one stage, there were fourteen dogs running all over the place with only two “professional” dog handlers to look after them.

I must have accidentally walked past a Lapwings nest site (they weren’t there the day before) and it was trying to distract me.

It flew close by

Oystercatcher over the pond

Male Orange-tip

Female Orange-tip

Not pin sharp but I like it

Green-veined White

Small Tortoiseshell

Syndemis Musculana I think

Moth. Looked through the book I might have missed it but I could not see it so don’t know what it is.

Does anyone know what this plane is it flew over Kibblesworth on the day of the Royal wedding?

 

And so it starts…

…my miss-identification/ none-identification season i.e. the Dragonfly & Damselfly season. I get them wrong every year even when I use the Britain’s Dragonflies book. It has already started this year. All of the images are from Kibblesworth from well over a week ago except for the last one which is from closer to home.

Four-spotted Chaser

Male Blue-tailed Damselfly

Another Blue-tailed

Common Blue Damselfly

Azure Damselfly

Female Azure?



Immature male Azure (cheers Alan)

Large Red Damselfly

In tandem

Large Red Ovipositing

 

Ouzels nearly ruined…

…by heat haze. A good worker should never blame his tools but a photographer can blame the weather for nearly ruining his shots. That’s what happened yesterday. I know we shouldn’t complain but the day was so hot it was causing a heat haze that ruined nearly all of the images I got of the Ring Ouzels.

Female Grey Wagtail with lunch for her offspring

Female Ring Ouzel

Gathering insects.

Male gathering insects.

Female with a worm

Male

 

Images from work

One of the lads found this beetle at work yesterday and hadn’t a clue what it was. I have only ever seen pictures of this beetle but told him it was a Cockchafer much to his amusement (can’t imagine why). I managed to get quite a few images before it took off and flew away. I also managed to get a better image of a Dingy Skipper.

Cockchafer

About to take off

Dingy Skipper

Soldier Beetle

Arriving at work the other morning, I saw a couple of Crows harassing a Buzzard.