Norfolk part two.

 A visit to Hickling Broad was a must while we were in Norfolk for Swallowtail Butterfly. We were over the moon to see at least three as a Swallowtail is a first for me. There were loads of Southern Hawker and Brown Hawker flying around but only the former stayed still for any length of time. As well as loads of Dragonflies I have never seen as many Gatekeeper Butterflies in one place. When we got back to the cottage we went for a walk and I found some other photo opportunities’.

Swallowtail Butterfly.

Painted Lady.

Gatekeeper.

Wall Butterfly.

Southern Hawker.

Ruddy Darter.

I’m going for Common Darter.

Black-tailed Skimmer with what looks like a Horse Fly for lunch.

Shieldbug Digger Wasp with lunch.

Mining Bee.

Anthocomus rufus Beetle.

Dock Bug, we found a few along a lane near to the cottage.

Box Bug nymph.

There were also quite a few Crickets along the lane.

Horse Fly.

Harvestman.

A farmer was cutting his field with a combined harvester and before it got chewed to bits this Brown Hare did a runner 

Then stopped to have a look around. It’s only a shame I had the wrong settings and lens on the camera.

Norfolk part one

 Just back from a week in Norfolk. It will take me ages to go through all of the images on my external hard drive but here are the first few.

Gatekeeper Butterfly from just outside the cottage we were staying in.

I heard a noise coming from the garden behind me while I was taking pictures of the Gatekeeper, I turned and saw this Muntjac Deer walking up the road away from me.

Instar nymph of a Box Bug.

Frit Fly?

The larval case of a Bagworm Moth.

Sphaerophoria rueppellii Hoverfly.

Ingoe

 Went to see a cracking Turtle Dove at Ingoe at the beginning of the month. Many thanks to the villages for being so helpful with the location of the bird, it was a pleasure to be there.

Turtle Dove.

Spotted Flycatcher.

Song Thrush.