A blue-tailed damselfly resting on the ground at the RSPB Mimsmere Reserve.
Ivy leaf with green-veined white butterfly
Green-veined white butterfly resting on an ivy leaf. Because the wings are closed, the darker patterns along the veins can be seen, and a definite identification of the species made.
Footprints: deer
Footprints from one of the smaller deer species, left in deep mud at the edge of a quiet Suffolk lane, which was passing through a lightly wooded area.
Barley Field butterflies
Butterflies on the margins of the Smestow Valley LNR’s Barley Field recently: a gatekeeper, meadow brown and a comma.
Orchids, 2019, Baggeridge
Orchids last month in Baggeridge Country Park. I probably missed the peak of the season, but the main patch of spotted and southern marsh orchids seemed to be less densely covered than in recent years. On the other hand, they seemed to be cropping up further than previously in the Lidyates orchard.
Wagtail, Mermaid Wharf, Wightwick
Wagtail, one of a pair living by the canal at Wightwick, hunting for insects at Mermaid Wharf.