Lakenheath Spiders

There were plenty of spiders at Lakebheath with some very colourful species including three species of Araneus  - A. marmoreus, A. quadratus and A. diadematus 

Lakenheath Minilife

I decided to give my Zeiss Touit 50mm macro lens an outing on Wednesday at Lakenheath reserve. Here a Scorpion fly, Common Froghopper, Spiked Shieldbugs, small ichneumon wasp, Robber Fly, Hoverfly, Angleshades moth and Comma butterfly.

 

Lakenheath Beetles

With a rise in temperature and even some watery sun, there were abundant insects and other small creatures to photograph yesterday at Lakenheath Fen. Here a few of the Beetles - the Coleoptera is the largest of all Insect orders, constituting almost 40% of described insects and 25% of all known animal life-forms. The largest family is the Curculionidae (weevils), with some 83,000 member species. Here a small Weevil about to take flight and a Click beetle launching. Otherwise a selction of the many species found and photographed with varying success on depth of field etc.

Lakenheath: Colour Harmony and contrast

On out visit on to Lakenheath on Wednesday, we found a good range of insects and spiders to photograph and, at the time, I was taken with the colour harmony of the Speckled Wood on its grass. Other subjects showed this harmony (Long-Jawed spider, Green shieldbug, Willow emerald, Migrant  Hawker and Spider Araneus quadratus) while some showed colour contrasts (Spiked shieldbug,  Spider Araneus marmoreus and Drinker moth caterpillar

Lakenheath Birds

My first visit to Lakenheath in 2020 and such a pleasure to be reunited with some of the birdlife including this chirpy Wren in the reeds, several Hobbies very busy hawking the abundant dragonflies or playing with the Jackdaws and an ungainly Heron. Lots of activity at  the feeders including an aberrant Pheasant, Greater Spotted woodpecker, Goldfinches and all the expected members of the Ttit family

Norfolk Tour - Lakenheath Fen RSPB

A bit cooler with more cloud and a lot more wind yesterday for our visit to Lakenheath Fen. The birds unfortunately kept their distance with only a couple of closer views of Hobbies though plenty were visible on the far side of Joist Fen. A Bittern flew up close by but too quickly down again to get it in the frame. In the sunnier intervals, lots of Mayflies, Damselflies and the Hairy Dragonflies. Otherwise the usual selection of mini beasties especially spiders