It’s a very grey morning here in London, so here are some pictures of Butterflies from the Butterfly house to brighten up the day
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A flurry of Butterflies
Posted: October 13, 2020 in Butterflies and Moths, Natural HistoryTags: Butterflies
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Sevenoaks and friends
Posted: July 16, 2020 in Birds, Butterflies and Moths, Dragonflies, Kent, Natural History, UKTags: Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve
On Monday Sue and I travelled down to Sevenoaks Nature Reserve to meet our friends Keith and Elaine for a, socially distanced, picnic lunch. It was the first time we had been able to meet up this year. After lunch Keith and I went for a walk around the reserve.
Photo by Keith
Blackcaps and Chiffchaffs provided most of the musical accompaniment as we searched each of the lakes that make up this reserve. Although the number of bird species present was low (not surprising at this time of year) we managed 6 species of Butterfly and 5 species of Dragonfly. it was a lovely summer afternoon and a lovely walk around the lakes.
Brimstone 
Red Admiral 
Damselfly 
Grey Heron 
Comma
Oare Marshes, Kent
Posted: July 6, 2020 in Birds, Butterflies and Moths, Insects, Natural HistoryTags: Oare Marshes
Come with me to one of the best Nature Reserves in the country as we visited Oare Marshes last week. The best bird was a Little Gull, sadly to far away to photograph
London Wetland Centre -June 2020
Posted: June 26, 2020 in Birds, Butterflies and Moths, Dragonflies, Natural HistoryTags: London Wetland Centre
Revisiting the Picos
Posted: May 26, 2020 in Birds, Butterflies and Moths, Landscape, Natural History, SpainWhat a fantastic butterfly
First Butterflies of the year in the garden last week. Holly Blue, Small/Green-veined White and a Brimstone. No Orange Tips around Tarn this year which is usually the first butterfly we see – second year running they have had a bad year.
Brimstone 
Small White 
Holly Blue
Photos by Pete Beard
(https://www.flickr.com/photos/postmanpetecoluk/48594669922/)
West Country Wildlife
Posted: November 11, 2019 in Birds, Butterflies and Moths, cornwall, Devon, Gloucestershire, Natural History, UKTags: West Country Wildlife
Some wildlife pictures from our recent trip to the West Country
Brimstone 
Meerkat 
Kestrel 
Barn Owl
Painted Lady 
Otter 
Painted Lady 
Fallow Deer 
Wallaby
Little Egret 
Grey Heron 
Black-tailed Godwit 
Flamingos 
Greylag Goose 
Coot 
Robin
West Country 2019 (1)
Posted: October 1, 2019 in Birds, Butterflies and Moths, Natural History, UK, WiltshireTags: Brimstone, Painted Lady, Winterbourne Downs
Day one of our trip to Cornwall and Devon saw us making an afternoon stop at the RSPB reserve at Winterbourne Downs. This reserve is on disused farmland and is being allowed to revert to Flower Meadow with additional planting to support seed-eating birds, which have seen a decline due to modern farming techniques. It also supports a population of Stone Curlew, a rare breading bird which is only found in East Anglia and in this area of central England.
Arriving at the reserve we made our way along the old railway bank to the screen overlooking the area where the Stone Curlews are found. We were encouraged by the news that 6 had been counted this morning, but always aware that Stone Curlew are one of the best-camouflaged bird species and once they are lying on the ground it is almost impossible to see them. We spent an hour looking over the fallow field but could not locate any Stone Curlews. Whilst we were there a Corn Bunting called and flew into a tree behind us. The Corn Bunting is a species which was once common on farmland but which has been very much impacted by the changes in farming.
Photo by Steve Riall ( https://www.flickr.com/photos/sriall/ )
On our way back to the car park, we spotted a Painted Lady on the vegetation and this was the highlight amongst the numerous butterflies that we saw on this sunny afternoon.
Also got some good pictures of Brimstone Butterfly
British Butterflies: Red Admiral
Posted: September 13, 2019 in Butterflies and Moths, Natural HistoryTags: Red Admiral
Video by Paul Dinning ( https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPJXfmxMYAoH02CFudZxmgg )
