Saturday, August 1, 2009

I've Been Out Walking

With much patience and some luck, I finally managed to get some shots of the southern hawkers at work this week ...

Southern hawker

Southern hawker

Southern hawker

Southern hawkers

On Friday, I made my first July foray onto the patch. Birds seen included common buzzard, sparrowhawk and yellowhammer, whilst butterflies on the wing consisted of large white, meadow brown, speckled wood, green-veined white and gatekeeper.

One Eddie Stobart truck was spotted from the motorway bridge - Ysabel Sophie, taking the year's tally to 153.

Here are a few random pics from the patch ...

Deadly nightshade

Deadly nightshade

Wasp thing

Wasp thing

Harlequin ladybird

Harlequin ladybird

Blackberries

Blackberries

1 comment:

midlands birder said...

thanks for posting the pic of the hawker i think i saw one today at my local patch,i got a pic of it flying and will post it on birdfourum later.please tell me if im right.