Damselfly Eating Cranefly

 I was surprised to see a Large Red Damselfly catch and consume a Cranefly that was almost as big as itself. The three images above are taken with G12 compact in macro setting - pretty good effort for small camera. I then fetched my 5D with 50mm macro lens and flash. First taken without ring flash 180th sec f6.7; the second with ring flash 180th sec f19.

Swallowtails

 We had gone to Strumpshaw on Monday hoping to see the Swallowtails as the afternoon was forecast to be the best weather of the 3 days that I am spending in Norfolk. No Swallowtails then despite the bright sunshine - too cold and windy. Yesterday was much stiller and a bit warmer. Still no sightings in the morning but, just as we were about to leave, rumour had it that they had arrived in the cottage garden area. Two beautiful freshly emerged butterflies entertained us for about an hour before the sun went in and the wind picked up.

Bird Images

Images of Oystercatcher, Avocet, Redshank and Dunnocks  for El as I have been posting a lot of buildings and people pictures.

Underwater images

Here are some underwater  images for Matt who would enjoy the challenge. The Seals were great fun as people were encouraged to move objects around to play with them. They are quicker in their movements than cats. The  Four-Eyed Fish (Anableps anableps) have no swim bladders so tend to stay near the surface as they can't dive without using energy. The eyes are specially adapted to see above and below the water. The birds are Guillemot and Tufted Puffin.