Please refer to the Introduction Page to understand the context behind the monthly photographs.
Animals
Brown Hare
Birds
Yellow Hammer
Green Woodpecker (Juvenile)
Red Kite
Butterflies
Small Skipper Butterfly
Red Admiral Butterfly
Gatekeeper Butterfly
Speckled Wood Butterfly
Common Blue Butterfly
Common Blue Butterfly
Spotted a Small White Butterfly continually visiting the leaves of a small patch of Radish plants. As it could not be feeding I suspected it was egg laying on the underside of the leaves. The egg are about 1mm in size and glued in place. In about a week the caterpillars will emerge and feed on the leaves.
Small White Butterfly Eggs
Small White Butterfly Eggs - Close up
Two weeks later the well camoflaged caterpillar on the same plant now 10mm in length.
Small White Butterfly Caterpillar
Damselflies
Banded Demoiselle Male Damselfly
White-Legged Damselfly Male
Common Blue Damselfly
Dragonflies
Southern Hawker Female
Common Darter Male
Fungi
Dryad's Saddle (Polyporus squamosus)
Hoverflies
The Footballer (Helophilius pendulus)
Moths
Blood-vein Moth (Timandra comae)
Knot Grass Moth Caterpillar (Acronicta rumicis)
Ones that escaped the camera lens this month
a) Rabbit.
b) Red Kite Pair.
c) Muntjac Deer & Roe Deer..