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. 

Chapman’s Well

 I haven’t been to Chapman’s Well Nature Reserve for a while so last month I thought I would put that right. However, a short walk to the pond produced only a couple of dragonflies and a couple of butterflies and not much else but it was still nice to be out in the fresh air and at some point, I will go back for another look around.

Common Hawker.

Ruddy Darter, I think this my first of the year.

Green-veined White Butterflies.

Twizell Ponds

Another visit to Twizell Woods to visit the ponds and this time the water levels were a little higher which was great to see. Good numbers of dragonfly, damselfly and butterflies around the ponds made it a canny afternoon out. 

Southern Hawker.

Female Southern Hawker laying eggs on a bulrush.

She tried a few different locations.

Male Black Darter.

Male Ruddy Darter.

Common Darter.

A pair of Emerald Damselfly.

Two pair of Emerald Damselfly.

Hairy/Sloe Shieldbug. This is one of only two I saw.

Large While Butterfly

Comma Butterfly.