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.

Twizell Woods.

 My wife and I had a walk through Twizell Woods last month to visit the ponds there for dragonfly. There are five small ponds and to be honest it was a bit of a shock when we arrived because nearly all of them had dried up and this was on the 18^th of last month. We haven’t had an appreciable rain since then so what they are like now is anybody’s guess. I will try and get back in the next days to see what they are like.

Southern Hawker.

It would not hover long enough to get any decent shots.

These are all grab shots as it flew passed me.

Common Darter.

Common Darter head on.

Emerald Damselfly.

Black-and-Yellow Longhorn Beetle.

Green Shieldbug.

Clubbed General Soldier fly.

A couple of Green-veined White and a Large White butterfly taking minerals from the decaying vegetation.

Meadow Brown butterfly.

Silver Y moth.

Not sure what these species of fly they are but I caught them mating.

Twizell Woods

 18.06.22 The main reason I go to Twizell Woods is to find Dragonflies however, it is a great place to find a variety of other fauna too. Here are a few of them and as always, it’s the same proviso about identification.

Male Broad-bodied Chaser.

Final instar Red-legged/Forest Shieldbug.

Final instar with an adult.

Black-and-Yellow Longhorn Beetle.

Speckled Longhorn Beetle.

Stratiomys chamaeleon, the clubbed general soldier fly. 

Alder leaf Beetle.

A pair of Alder leaf Beetle.

Helophilus pendulus Hoverfly.

A pair of them.

Brown China-mark.

Nemophora dageerella Longhorn Moth.

Timothy Tortrix Moth.

Green-veined Butterfly.

A different Green-veined White but a similar pose

Grasshopper doing what comes naturally.

Volucella pellucens Great Pied Hoverfly.

I like the way the Bee? is tucked up in the Iris.

Grey Wagtail with an insect for its chicks (not one I was taking a picture of).