…Twizell Woods this year last Sunday and what a canny trip it was. I saw at least three newly emerged Broad-bodied Chasers, quite a few Azure Damselflies and numerous Large Red Damselflies. I also got my first Speckled Wood butterfly of the year. I am still going through my Scotland images however, I hope to have some processed soon.
Broad-bodied Chaser.
A second BBC.
And a third.
The Large Red on the right is newly emerged however, I am not sure what species the other Damselfly is.
Azure Damselfly.
Dragonfly nymph.
Green-veined White Butterfly.
Speckled Wood Butterfly.
Silver-ground Carpet Moth
Caterpillar.
I might be miles out here but could this be a Gypsy Cuckoo Bumblebee? As I said in an earlier post, I am not good at Bees.
Carder Bee?
A couple of Dippers were on the stream.
Blocking our path back to the car was this Roe Deer.
Great set of dragon pics Ron, never seen emerging BB Chaser before so a bit jealous. The other damsel is also a Large Red (female) not long emerged either, and as in previous post, I'm not much good with bees either. Cheers.
ReplyDeleteThanks Alan. I was there again yesterday and saw at least ten BBC emerging but not many pics as they were all low down in the grasses and reeds.
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