I haven’t been to Chapman’s Well Nature Reserve for a while so last month I thought I would put that right. However, a short walk to the pond produced only a couple of dragonflies and a couple of butterflies and not much else but it was still nice to be out in the fresh air and at some point, I will go back for another look around.
Common Hawker.
Ruddy Darter, I think this my first of the year.
Green-veined White Butterflies.
I remember many years ago someone told me of a small loch that had Black-throated Divers on it. So, no matter what time of year I was in that area of Scotland I visited that loch in the hope of seeing those Divers. My visits always seem to coincide with rain and I have never seen the Divers that is until this year. I went twice in the week we were up there and on the first occasion (once again in the rain) I saw one Diver however the images I got that day were rubbish. I went back a couple of days later (in the rain) and “get in” I saw three, a juvenile and two adults. I used the car as a back drop and an 800mm lens so I wouldn’t disturb them got the images I wanted then drove back to the cottage a happy man.
Jays were a regular visitor to the garden.
This Flycatcher on the other hand was just passing
through.
Around the middle of last month, I had a walk around Twizell Woods in the hope of seeing some Dragonfly it turned out to be a canny morning.
Common Darter.
A pair of Common Darter.
Southern Hawker.
Black-and-yellow Longhorn Beetle.
Leaf Beetle.
Common Froghopper.
Harlequin Ladybird.
Plant Bug.
Dung Fly.
Speckled Wood Butterfly.
Peacock Butterfly.
Comma Butterfly.
Green-veined White Butterfly.
Wasp.
A young Toad.
