Seven Barrows - Marsh Fritillaries etc

27 May - An afternoon visit to Seven Barrows reserve at Lambourn, in hot weather with some sunny intervals. Three Marsh Fritillaries seen in a half hour walk, including one that settled for the camera (5). Also seen - 2-3 Dingy Skippers (2), 2 Small Coppers (3), up to 10 Brown Argus (4) and 20+ Small Heath (1).

A cool spring so far....

12-13 May - A sunny w/e in this dismal spring, but still very cool with a NW breeze. I saw a handful of butterflies - Comma (pic), Peacocks and an Orange tip.

Orange tips....

13 April - 2 Very smart, fresh Orange tips seen today in cool but sunny weather, including one in the garden briefly. Photo taken at CWP.

2012 season

1 April - I saw my first Orange-Tip of the year today, and Brimstones and Small Tortoiseshells have been around for a couple of weeks now, largely due to the recent fine weather.

Autumn Dragonflies

2 October - A couple of Migrant Hawkers and about 10 Common Darters (photo) seen in CWP in hot sunny autumn weather. The autofocus doesn't cope very well with flight shots, this is the best I could do.

CWP dragonflies

2 Sept -

Southern Hawker

1 Sept - A good brief view of a flypast Southern Hawker while visiting Braydon, I've still not managed to photograph this species which never seems to settle.....