I had my first trip to…

 …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.

Closer to home

Here are a few images taken in and around the garden.

Small Tortoiseshell

Green-veined White

Wren

Collared Dove



Moth. Anyone have any ideas as to what it is

Lily Beetle

Long-tailed Tit (unfortunately not in the garden)

Old Lady

 

Number 3

Here is the third and final instalment of images taken over the last few weeks.

Grey Wagtail with lunch

Dipper the best of a bad bunch of images

Female Blackbird

Male with lunch

Grey Wagtail

Another male Blackbird with lunch

A well worn Orange-tip

Jackdaw nicking chips

Singing Spotted Flycatcher

Green-veined White

Swift with nesting material

My first Large Red Damselfly of the year

Goldfinch feeding young

Mayfly

Another Green-veined White

Froghopper

Small White

A very soggy Bee

Soldier Beetle

Female Orange-tip

Another Mayfly