Showing posts with label Common Blue. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Common Blue. Show all posts

Monday, 5 August 2019

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.


Tuesday, 30 July 2019

A VISIT TO BRENEY COMMON.

WE WENT TO BRENEY COMMON ON SUNDAY HOPING FOR 
BLACK DARTER BUT DIDN'T SEE ANY. THERE HAS BEEN A 
LOT OF WORK DONE THERE IN THE PAST COUPLE OF 
YEARS SO LET'S HOPE WE HAVEN'T LOST THEM FOR GOOD.
WE DID SEE HALF A DOZEN PURPLE HAIRSTREAK.

COMMON BLUE DAMSELFLY

COMMON BLUE

COMMON DARTER

COMMON DARTER

EMERALD DAMSELFLY

EMERALD DAMSELFLY

EMPEROR

GREEN-VEINED WHITE

KEELED SKIMMER

PURPLE HAIRSTREAK

PURPLE HAIRSTREAK

SILVER-WASHED FRITILLARY

SMALL COPPER

Saturday, 23 June 2018

CORN BUNTING & GREEN HAIRSTREAK.

WE HAVE BEEN OUT AROUND THE COAST AGAIN IN THE LAST
FEW DAYS, ONCE TO THE NEWQUAY AREA AND YESTERDAY TO 
PORTHLEVEN AND ON TO GWITHIAN. 
SURPRISED AT HOW MANY PEREGRINES ARE AROUND. 
ALSO LOTS OF BUTTERFLIES AND DRAGONFLIES.

GREEN HAIRSTREAK


COMMON BLUE
LARGE SKIPPER


SCARLET-TIGER MOTH

GOLDEN-RINGED DRAGONFLY



CORN BUNTING

CORN BUNTING

LINNET


FULMAR

PEREGRINE FALCON

PEREGRINE FALCON

RAZORBILL

SAND MARTIN


Friday, 5 September 2014

CATCHING UP.

These were taken over the last couple of days, mostly by Sue. 
Give it a few more weeks and most of these will be finished. 
What a shame. 

CLOUDED YELLOW

COMMON BLUE

COMMON DARTER

EMERALD DAMSELFLY


GOLDEN-RINGED DRAGONFLY

GOLDEN-RINGED DRAGONFLY

GOLDEN-RINGED DRAGONFLY

Never seen anything like this before, three together.


LARGE WHITE


SMALL COPPER


MIGRANT HAWKER


SOUTHERN HAWKER


SOUTHERN HAWKER
This Hawker is half-way through eating a fly, you can still see its head.
The poor thing was still struggling.


Not sure about this Butterfly. I would like it to be a Brown Argus 
but I suspect it is a very brown Common Blue female.