CATCHING UP .

I HAVE BEEN OUT AND ABOUT LOCALLY WITH THE 

SMALL CAMERA THIS WEEK, LOTS OF INSECTS 

AROUND AND OF COURSE BUTTERFLIES.

THIS BEAUTIFUL DEMOISELLE HAD JUST CAUGHT A MAYFLY.

BEAUTIFUL DEMOISELLE

BEAUTIFUL DEMOISELLE

BEES

BEES

BRIMSTONE

BRIMSTONE

COMMON BLUE

COMMON BLUE

LIZARD sp.

MOTH sp.

PAINTED LADY

PEACOCK

SILVER Y

SMALL COPPER

SMALL TORTOISESHELL

MIGRANT HAWKER, female

MIGRANT HAWKER, male

SOUTHERN HAWKER

SMALL RED-EYED DAMSELFLY

SMALL RED-EYED DAMSELFLY

 WE WERE IN BRISTOL LAST WEEK-END VISITING FAMILY SO 

WE STOPPED AT HAMWALL NR, INITIALLY FOR BROWN HAWKER

 WHICH WE SAW BUT THEY NEVER SETTLED FOR A PHOTO. 

WE DID GET THESE SMALL RED-EYED AS A CONSOLATION.

AROUND TRURO

THIS IS A COLLECTION OF SHOTS TAKEN DURING THE LAST WEEK.

ALL WERE TAKEN IN AND AROUND THE TRURO AREA.

SIX-SPOT BURNET

SIX-SPOT BURNET

BUMBLE BEE

BUMBLE BEE

BUMBLE BEE

COMMON BLUE

COMMON BLUE

COMMON DARTER

GOLDEN-RINGED

PAINTED LADY

SMALL COPPER

SMALL COPPER

SMALL SKIPPER

WASP SPIDER

WASP SPIDER

SOUTHERN HAWKER

SOUTHERN HAWKER

THIS LAST PICTURE OF A SOUTHERN HAWKER WAS

TAKEN AT OUR GARDEN POND. SHE WAS LAYING IN 

THE MOSSY PATCH THAT WE LAID AT ONE END.

In search of Dragons

We went to Ventongimps NR for the first time on Friday and were not disappointed. It is a great place for Dragonflies etc, with a couple of great ponds and heathland. One of the ponds was created when a WW2 Bomber was discovered and excavated.

The Grayling were taken in the woods at Croft Pascoe, on The Lizard, as was the Wall Brown.

We have never seen them there before and they kept landing on us and the 'scope. In the first picture the wings are open slightly showing the rarely seen splash of colour.