Trumpington Meadows

A few of the butterflies and other invertebrates photographed during the last week at Trumpington Meadows to compare with future years. Very few butterflies on our last transect - will be interesting to see if the numbers will increase after the recent rain. Clouded Yellows and Painted Ladies still on the wing but difficult to get a good photograph!

Walk at Trumpington Meadows

A very enjoyable walk at Trumpington Meadows with sharp-eyed friends so we managed to find several Small Blues, some mating and laying for a second brood, Gatekeepers along with some Meadow Browns (mated pair) and Brown Argus and Burnet Moths everywhere, again often coupled. We also had brief views of two migrant visitors - Clouded Yellow and Painted Lady. The last two are images are of two of the many spiders - Misumena  vatia and Enoplognatha ovata. The bee took my eye as being different but the conclusion seems to be that it is too worn and faded to be identified!! Update - as Ann T had a good face shot, it is now identified as Bombus ruderatus