David

A tiny insect, perhaps a bee, searching for pollen as it wandered over a thistle flower.

Another unexpected species showing on the RSPB Bowling Green Marsh reserve in summer: some godwits. These were just sitting and standing by the shore, resting.

Two mallard ducklings by the water’s edge at the RSPB Bowling Green Marsh reserve, directly under the hide and straight in front of me.

The one picture I managed to get of a heron in flight during the conflict at the RSPB Bowling Green Marsh reserve (see recent post). I think this was the aggressor bird.

Even when seen almost directly from behind, this butterfly feeding on a thistle flower couldn’t be anything else but a comma.

Another of the bird species on the RSPB reserve at Bowling Green Marsh. Two herons. Every few minutes, one started chasing the other. They both circled briefly, landed in different spots from the one they had started. After a pause, the cycle repeated.