Twizell Woods

 A visit to Twizell Woods, in the middle of last month, to see what Dragonflies were about, the answer was not many but there is always something to photograph.

A male Broad-bodied Chaser with only three wings.

It was still able to fly about.

A female Broad-bodied Chaser ovipositing.

Azure Damselfly.

A pair of Azure Damselfly.

A pair of Large Red Damselfly.

I think this is a species of Cuckoo Bumblebee in flight.

Cuckoo Bee with Helophilus pendulus Hoverfly hovering close by.

Cuckoo Bee.

Common Carder Bee.

Banded General Soldierfly.

Syrphus Sp. Hoverfly.

Eristalis Sp. Hoverfly in flight.

Male Orange-tip Butterfly.

Just before I left for Twizell Woods Red Kite S2 was flying over the garden.

Scotland part one

07.05.22 A couple of weeks ago we had a few days in Scotland staying in a cottage in a small place called Lettoch which is just outside Pitlochry. It’s a place we have stayed in many times before and will definitely stay there again. Here is day one of our stay and all of the images were shot around the cottage.

Red Squirrel.

Buzzard.

House Martin.

Swallow.

House Sparrow.

You can just see the fly the House Sparrow is after.

Green Tiger Beetle.

Mating Weevil.

A Beetle which unfortunately I can’t identify.

Large Red Damselfly.

Cranefly.

Spider,

Another Beetle I can’t identify.

Snipefly.

This plane flew down the valley at the same height as the cottage it was so close, I haven’t had to crop the image (300mm lens).

Insects etc.

02.06.22 I probably walked around a hundred yards from the car and then back again on this walk and the amount of wildlife I found in that short distance was incredible. Here is part one and as always please correct any of my identification.

Common Carder Bee.

Buff-tailed Bee.

The nearest I can get is Bumblebee Cheilosia.

Male Common Scorpionfly.

Female German Scorpionfly.

Robberfly.

Yellow Clusiid.

Common Greenbottle.

?

Cranefly.

Grass Bug?

Common Yellow Sally.

Mayfly.

Large Red Damselfly.

I’m probably missing the obvious but I can not find this spider on the web (no pun intended) or anywhere else.

Common Garden Spider.

Grasshopper, my first of the year.