The female southern hawker dragonfly featured in yesterday’s post, in flight having deposited one batch of eggs, now in search of another suitable location in the reedy pool in Baggeridge Country Park.
Watchful heron on fallen tree, West Park
Heron standing, watchful on a tree fallen from the island into the boating lake at West Park.
Comma butterfly caterpillar on a railing
Caterpillar crawling along the top of the handrail of the bridge at Compton Park pool. If it grows up, it will become a comma butterfly. The head is at the orange end.
Southern hawker dragonfly ovipositing, Baggeridge Country Park
Female southern hawker dragonfly ovipositing (laying her eggs in the water) in a pool in Baggeridge Country Park a few days ago
Greylag gosling trio by the shore, West Park
The West Parkgreylag goose family with three goslings by the shore of the lake, the young birds huddled together, while their parents watched out for danger.
Two cardinal beetle species, Northycote Farm
Two different species of cardinal beetle, noticed within a few minutes while I was walking round Northycote Farm recently. Pyrochroa coccinea, with a dark head, was resting on a sycamore leaf near the pond. Pyrochroa serraticornis, red head and an especially impressive set of antennae, on a teazle leaf in the garden.
