Norfolk part four

 We crossed the border into Suffolk to visit Weeting Heath National Nature Reserve to see if we could see any Stone Curlew. We did in fact there were another couple in the hide and they had counted at least sixteen, we didn’t see that many, I think the most we saw was eight however seeing only one before that was a great result. The same couple told us that the RSPB Lakenheath wasn’t far away so we had to visit there too. Suffice to say it was a long walk around the reserve for very little reward.

A centipede in the garden of the cottage.

For some reason a blister appeared near its head.

Lauxaniids Sp. of Fly?

Box Bug instar.

Stone Curlew.

Six in this shot.

24-spot Ladybird at Lakenheath.

Great White Egret.

Little Egret.

Common Tern in a dive.

It came up with a fish.

Ruddy Darter.

Back at the cottage there were dozens of Migrant Hawker hawking over the field next door.

Wasp cleaning its self. 

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.

B.V.N.R.

 A trip to Kibblesworth Brick Ponds at the end of last month looking for Dragonflies. Black-tailed Skimmer, Emperor and Four-spotted Chaser all put on a good show and there was a canny supporting cast of butterflies, beetles etc.

Black-tailed Skimmer.

This Emperor Dragonfly flew back and forth trying to protect its patch from all threats.

However, this Four-spotted Chaser had a good go at chasing it off.

Four-spotted Chaser being harassed by an Azure Damselfly.

Four-spotted Chaser.

Burnet Moth in flight.

Five-spot Burnet Moth.

Painted Lady Butterfly.

Meadow Brown.

Small Skipper.

Ringlet.

Speckled Wood.

Dark Arches Moth?

Nursery Wed Spider.

Weevil.

Frog Hopper.

Rough-haired Darkling Beetle?

Leaf Hopper.

Common Flower Bug.

Plant Bug.

Eupeodes corollae Hoverfly.