Walked the circular route of the reserve yesterday in a clockwise direction. But before I started I spent 15 minutes or so in the wildlife garden. watching Commas, Red Admirals, Peacocks and Holly Blue butterflies.
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| Comma |
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| Red Admiral |
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| Peacock |
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| Peacock |
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| Feeding with the butterflies was Volucella zonari Hornet Mimic Hoverfly |
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| Hornet Mimic and Comma, you can see it is a big beast! |
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| Loads of Gatekeepers around the reserve |
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| Comma you can just see the 'comma' like mark on the underwing where its name comes from. |
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| Painted Lady this was on the footpath soon after leaving the visitor centre. |
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| Red Admiral looking fine and dapper! |
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| I thought this was a brown argus at first but it is not it's a female Common Blue |
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| Bearded Tits these juveniles were still feeding very low down at the 'Dragonfly Pools' and still proving tricky to photograph! |
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| juvenile male Bearded Tit |
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| From 'Butts Hide' no sign of any great whites but 6 or 7 Little Egrets entertained! |
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| Little Egret |
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| A fluffy Little Egret! |
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