A few images taken on a camera club outing at Byron's Pool, Grantchester, yesterday evening as the sun set. It had very much an 'oil painting' feel rather than the usual soft watercolour scene with the waterlilies taking pride of place.
Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Monday, July 7, 2025
Paxton Open Day
On Sunday, Friends of Paxton Pits celebrated their 30th Anniversary with an Open Day. Everything went to plan with Walks around the Reserve, Art and Photographic Displays, Pond Dipping demos, Treasure hunts etc etc EXCEPT the weather - we had almost continuous rain all day which kept many visitors at home. It was great that the local MP Ian Sollom and local Mayor Cllr Richard Slade and several Councillors and officers from HDC all who braved the weather for a guided walk around the reserve - many thanks!! Here are a few of the invertebrates I photographed during a short walk in one of my breaks during the day.
Saturday, July 5, 2025
Shieldbugs etc from RSPB Sandy
This is the final set of images from our trip to RSPB Sandy on Wednesday featuring Green Shieldbugs from the tiny 1st instar nymph to 4th stage instars, Stenotus bug, Hairy Shieldbugs and the Red-legged Forest Bug and several other photogenic species. Identifications in final image
Friday, July 4, 2025
Butterflies etc at RSPB Sandy
Wednesday stayed cloudy till lunchtime so any butterflies we found were resting like this delicate Essex Skipper with its ink-dipped antennae When the sun broke through the lavender revealed Large Skipper and Small Skipper along with Brown Argus. Wonderful to see Gatekeepers and Large Whites in good numbers along with an obliging Purple Hairstreak on an Oak branch and two moths - a Mint Moth and a Scarlet Tiger. There were also lots of Emperor and other Large Dragonflies - too fast to capture in the lens and so I finish on two Blue-tailed Damselflies from the morning's dull and sometimes rainy conditions.
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