Showing posts with label skimmer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label skimmer. Show all posts

Wednesday, 20 June 2018

Kibblesworth on the 18th

A couple of days ago I had a walk around Kibblesworth Brick Ponds, (nice to meet up with Alan M and his mate) and it was a canny day. Here in no particular order are the images from the walk.

Small Heath

Ringlet, my first of the year

Burnet Moth, again my first of the year

Silver Y

Common Blue Butterfly

Yellow Shell

Speckled Wood

Brimstone Moth

Emperor Dragonfly

Mating Blue-tailed Damselfly

The injured Mute Swan seems to be doing o.k.

Four-spotted Chaser

Emperor Dragonfly

Black-tailed Skimmer

Head on

Noon-fly

Record shot of a Banded Demoiselle hiding among the nettles next to the small pull in at Lamesley
 

Wednesday, 12 July 2017

Just a few of…

…the images I have taken, at various locations, over the last couple of weeks.

Found a couple of pairs of mating Skippers




Black-tailed Skimmer

I haven’t a clue as to what is going on here

Blue-tailed Damselfly (violacea?)

Blue-tailed Damselfly (rufescens-obsoleta)

Black-tailed Skimmer

Four-spotted Chaser

Broad-bodied Chaser

Red Admiral

Willow Warbler

Lattice Moth

Big crop and not very good but first time I have caught a Swift drinking

Swallow pulling shapes

Common Sandpiper

Curlew

Silver Ground Carpet

He might be a small Toad but I certainly would not like to meet it on a dark night it looks to be a right ruffun

Mating Ringlet Butterflies



 

Thursday, 23 July 2015

Kibblesworth

A trip to Kibblesworth brick works today. It was nice to meet up with Michael and have a good crack. Loads of Common Darter and Four-spotted Chaser as well good numbers of Damselflies but the star of the show was a female Black-tailed Skimmer that dropped right in front of me to eat its lunch. A male Black-tailed Skimmer seemed to be skirmishing with the Four-spotted Chasers and landed briefly.


Female Black-tailed Skimmer with lunch.

A rubbish shot of a male Black-tailed Skimmer but it was all I could get.

Four-spotted Chaser

Common Darter





Emerald Damselfly

Damselfly

Damselfly

Mating Flies

This is probably the worst shot you are ever likely to see of a Purple Hairstreak (it might have been a little better had I set the camera correctly)

Micro Moth