Friday 29 May 2015

BUGS & BUTTERFLIES & BIRD (W/E 29/05/2015



A few images taken during trips out in the past week. I Have managed a few new species I find this  very interesting because there are thousands to find and identify.





Beetle Cantharis Rustica( St Gothian Sands NR 




Beetle Oedemera Nobilis ( St Gothian Sands NR )




Capsid Bug ( St Gothian Sands NR )
This is a new one for me, and as of yet not managed to find the specific species.



Chaffinch ( Buller Downs )




Common Blue ( St Gothian Sands NR )




Hoverfly Volucella Bombylans ( St Gothian Sands )

There are two species of this Hoverfly which mimic the Red-Tailed and White -Tailed Bumble Bee.
This is also a new species. 



Orange Tip Female ( St Gothian Sands NR 




Shield Bug Coreus Marginatus ( St Gothian Sands NR 




Wall Brown( St Gothian Sands NR )




Monday 18 May 2015

SARDINIAN WARBLER LANDS END 17/05/2015






1st Summer Male Sardinian Warbler at Lands end on Sunday Morning, this is the best I could get of about 10 shots.




Thursday 14 May 2015

ST GOTHIAN SANDS 12/05/2015





A few images from a couple of hours spent at St Gothian Sands on Tuesday Morning.




Green Veined White  (St Gothian Sands )




Green Veined White  (St Gothian Sands )




Hover Fly Eupeodes Nitens ( St Gothian Sands ).




Small Copper (St Gothian Sands )




True Fly Rhingia Campestris ( St Gothian Sands ).




True Fly Tachina Fera ( St Gothian Sands ).




Wood White ( St Gothian Sands )




Friday 8 May 2015

ST GOTHIAN SANDS 07/05/2015





Paid a visit to St Gothian Sands NR  yesterday morning. good to see some fine weather for a change.
Not much happening on the Bird front, so decided to see what I could find on the insect front, plenty of common flies around and a few not so common species.
The best of the morning for me was my first images of an Orange Tip Butterfly, and the Ichneumon Wasp was a first also.
So all in all a very enjoyable few hours and hope the weather continues to warm up and bring  out more insects for the lenses.




Cinnabar Moth




Emphid Fly




Hoverfly Syrphus Ribesii




Ichneumon Wasp




Orange Tip Butterfly




Peacock Butterfly




Six Spot Ladybird




Spider Tetragnatha Extensa




STARLING  (Breakfast Found ).