Yesterday morning i started at my favourite area of Castor Hanglands by the ponds. Very quiet and hardly a bird to be seen. However i found this lovely example of marsh woundwort. A favourite of mine as the flowers are very orchid like.Also i managed to get this shot of a blue tailed damselfly perched on a floating dead reed.
Moving on to the woodland rides i headed for the area where i normaly see white admirals this time of year. I hung around for about 20 mins watching 2 flitting around the oak leaves above my head. Finally i got lucky and one landed on the main track opening its wings long enough for me to take this picture.
It was infact to be my lucky day as about half hour later i spotted a male silver washed fritillary in a clearing. The male is recognised by the the ridges of black scent scales on its forwings. Again i had to be patient for maybe 15 mins before i was able to get close enough to get a shot. As you can see from his damaged wing and dull colouring he is a bit the worse for wear.
Returning by the pool area i was greeted with a fairly close sighting of a willow warbler searching in the leaves for insects.
All in all a very pleasant morning.
It was infact to be my lucky day as about half hour later i spotted a male silver washed fritillary in a clearing. The male is recognised by the the ridges of black scent scales on its forwings. Again i had to be patient for maybe 15 mins before i was able to get close enough to get a shot. As you can see from his damaged wing and dull colouring he is a bit the worse for wear.
Returning by the pool area i was greeted with a fairly close sighting of a willow warbler searching in the leaves for insects.
All in all a very pleasant morning.
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