Southern Hawker (Explored 22 September 2020)
I always have a resident Southern Hawker around my pond this time of year and 2020 is no exception. I was happy to be able to capture this male in flight a couple of weeks ago.
Common Blue ♂️
A male Common Blue butterfly roosting on a Bird's Foot Trefoil flower in my local meadow
Jay
Lovely to see this Jay in my garden last week
Marbled White (Explored 24 July 2020)
I went back for a second visit to the Marbled Whites, early morning, to catch some open winged shots. They were already quite active but I managed a few shots of them sunning themselves.
Chaffinch (juvenile)
One of several young Chaffinches in my garden recently. This one looks like a male as it's starting to develop the chest colouration
Small Copper
Taken in a local meadow
Marbled White (male)
A male Marbled White from my recent shoot in my local meadow, resting on a Heath Spotted Orchid.
PS. spot the Crab Spider!!
Marbled White (female)
A solitary female Marbled White butterfly, resting on a Heath Spotted Orchid, from the shoot at my local meadow last week.
Marbled Whites (Explored 5 July 2020)
A pair of Marbled White butterflies roosting on a Heath Spotted Orchid in a local meadow.
Great Spotted Woodpecker (juvenile)
Another shot of one of the juvenile Great Spotted Woodpeckers in my garden recently.
Goldfinches
Another flight shot of one of the juvenile Goldfinches in my garden recently with an adult flying through as an added bonus.
Greenfinch (juvenile)
Another juvenile in my garden recently.
Great Spotted Woodpecker (juvenile)
The Woodpeckers have been conspicuous by their absence over the last few weeks but this weekend two juveniles and a male adult appeared. This youngster showed well for me, allowing me to capture lots of shots, this being my favourite.
Blue Tit (juvenile)
A juvenile Blue Tit in my garden
Goldfinch (juvenile)
There are good numbers of juveniles of varying species in my garden at the moment including this Goldfinch flying around.
Stonechat (male)
A second shot of the male Stonechat out on the Moors last week.
Stonechat (male)
A male Stonechat out on the Moors this week.
Meadow Brown
These butterflies emerged especially early this year in the lovely warm Spring weather. This one posed nicely on an Osteospermum for me.
Common Blue ♀️
A female Common Blue butterfly resting on a Sorrel flower spike in my local meadow.
Green Hairstreak
I was delighted to find these in my local woods for the first time this year. They're not so easy to spot so I decided to attempt to photograph them early afternoon while they were still on the wing. Luckily this one landed and sat up nicely for me.
Large Skipper (Explored 4 June 2020)
A Large Skipper resting on Bracken in my local woods
Common Blue ♀️
A female Common Blue open wing to complete the set.
Common Blue ♂️
Another of the Common Blues in my local meadow, a male looking a little worse for wear now.
Common Blue ♂️
A male Common Blue from the same location as my previous female. A small colony but close to home.
Common Blue ♀️ (Explored 19 May 2020)
I found a small colony of Common Blues in a meadow just 2 minutes from my house over the weekend and spent a happy hour and a half photographing them. This first shot is a female, the only one I could find, the remainder being all males.
Broad-bodied Chaser ♂️
Another shot of the male Broad-bodied Chaser on my garden pond.
Broad-bodied Chaser ♂️
A lovely mature male Broad-bodied Chaser settled around my garden pond for a few hours, posing nicely for me. The Smoke Bush provided the background for this shot.
Large Red Damselfly ♂️
Nice to see some action on my garden pond over the last couple of weeks including a few Large Red Damselflies.
Green-veined White revisited
The same Butterfly as my previous post but from the other side and a wider view.
Green-veined White
I was lucky to find this Green-veined White roosting on a Bluebell in the woods on my daily walk this week.
Orange Tip ♀️ (Explored 30 April 2020)
After several weeks of very warm weather and active Orange Tips I finally found a female roosting on a Bluebell in my garden.
Coal Tit
Another welcome visitor to my garden during lockdown. I hadn't seen much of them recently, hopefully raising a brood somewhere nearby.
Orange Tip ♂️
The Orange Tips have been around in my garden for a while now but this is the only one I've seen land, fortunately I had the camera at the ready, extender and all!!
Wren
This little fella has been visiting my garden regularly over the lockdown period so plenty of photo opportunities. This is my favourite shot so far.
Have a good weekend and stay safe and well.
Bullfinch ♂️
One of the 2 male Bullfinches frequenting my garden at the moment. A female was appearing too so hopefully some offspring will be on their way.
Speckled Wood
Another garden Butterfly to add to my list of species this Spring. So far I've seen Holly Blues, Orange Tips, Small and Large Whites, Peacock, Brimstone, Red Admiral and several of these Speckled Woods.
This one is nectaring on a flowering Skimmia Japonica.
Wren
A regular visitor to my garden over the past couple of weeks, hopefully get some youngsters to photograph in the coming weeks.
Holly Blue ♂️
A second shot of one of the male Holly Blues in my garden. Still waiting to find a female.
Holly Blue ♂️ (Explored 13 April 2020)
I believe this is a male Holly Blue Butterfly in my garden today, one of 2. I managed a record shot with the wings partially open and showing the thinner dark wingtips characteristic of the male. Hopefully a female will show up too.
Robin
Having built myself a feeding table for the garden I’m quite pleased with the results so far. First up the obligatory Robin.
Greenfinch ♂️
A rather handsome cock Greenfinch from my garden vigil this week. I've built a new bird table to get some different shots other than bird-on-a-stick so watch this space.
Chaffinch ♀️ (Explored 1 April 2020)
Here's a female Chaffy to go with the male I posted previously. Lots of Finches in my garden at present.
Chaffinch ♂️
Lots of Finches around the garden this week including this handsome cock Chaffy. More shots to come soon.
Great Tit
I spent some time in my garden hide in between homeschooling this week and was rewarded with this handsome Great Tit. More shots to come over the following days and weeks.
Common Redstart ♂️
I was looking forward to catching up with the Redstarts again this year but not looking good at the moment so here's a shot from last season on my local patch on Dartmoor.
Goldfinch
I'm finally back in the saddle after a long break from using my camera so I thought I'd get some practice in with the garden birds before the Moorland birds return
Goldcrest
I'm lucky to have these lovely little birds frequenting my garden (this one back in November). There were at least 4 flitting around yesterday but couldn't get my camera in time.
Long-tailed Tit
A LTT from last year, although there were several flitting around in my garden today but I wasn't able to get any new shots.
Nuthatch
A shot from the archives, one day I'll get out with my camera again!!!
Hummingbird Hawk Moth
It's always nice to see these fascinating insects and I'm lucky to get them in my garden every summer. This one enjoyed nectaring on a white Buddleia.
Andy,Had a look at your web,some cracking images,love the layout of your web,clean and easy to navigate,did you design it yourself?
John
Hi John,
Many apologies for the delayed reply, don’t check my website as often as I should. Thanks for taking the time to have a look and leave a comment. Yes I did design the layout, it’s a WordPress theme using Nextgen Gallery for the images, really glad you like it, it’s nice to get some feedback. I must admit it’s due for an overhaul and would like to include a marketplace for selling prints (work in progress).
Thanks again and see you back on Flickr, Andy