Wednesday
and I have not had much time for photography this week. In fact I think that
perhaps I have been suffering from withdrawal so delighted to be able to
capture this large skipper. I believe that it is a large skipper because I am
informed that the antennae are distinctly hooked as this ones are.
Saturday,
12 July, and I do not seem to have managed to keep up with the diary very
well this week. It has been extraordinarily busy and the creatures that I
have attempted to photograph when there has been time have not been terribly
co-operative. Having said which I managed to take a picture of this
bumble-bee, bombus lucorum (I think) feeding on a hebe which during the day
is attracting an enormous amount of insects with its strong perfume of
nectar. I also managed this morning, more by luck than judgement, to take
this photo of the wood pigeon struggling to balance on the feeder for which
it is really too large. It regularly has to maintain its balance by fluttering
its wings. I think it is one of the more incongruous sights we see.
Having
not had a very good week for photography, managed to catch up today with time
out in Hatfield Forest where we saw many butterflies, a few of whom were
obliging. To the left we have a ringlet and to the right what we believe to
be an Essex skipper with black spots underneath it's antennae which is the
way to distinguish them.
I
was so excited to see this grasshopper that I managed to miss the antennae
off the photo. We believe that it is a meadow grasshopper as the wings are
insufficiently developed for the insect to fly. Also there were many soldier
beetles around.
The
butterfly is a green-veined white and the bee is a very small solitary bee
covered in pollen.
Finally
I was quite pleased with the photo of the beautifully striped hover fly.
Wednesday
and I have not had much time for photography this week. In fact I think that
perhaps I have been suffering from withdrawal so delighted to be able to
capture this large skipper. I believe that it is a large skipper because I am
informed that the antennae are distinctly hooked as this ones are.
Saturday,
12 July, and I do not seem to have managed to keep up with the diary very
well this week. It has been extraordinarily busy and the creatures that I
have attempted to photograph when there has been time have not been terribly
co-operative. Having said which I managed to take a picture of this
bumble-bee, bombus lucorum (I think) feeding on a hebe which during the day
is attracting an enormous amount of insects with its strong perfume of
nectar. I also managed this morning, more by luck than judgement, to take
this photo of the wood pigeon struggling to balance on the feeder for which
it is really too large. It regularly has to maintain its balance by fluttering
its wings. I think it is one of the more incongruous sights we see.
Having
not had a very good week for photography, managed to catch up today with time
out in Hatfield Forest where we saw many butterflies, a few of whom were
obliging. To the left we have a ringlet and to the right what we believe to
be an Essex skipper with black spots underneath it's antennae which is the
way to distinguish them.
I
was so excited to see this grasshopper that I managed to miss the antennae
off the photo. We believe that it is a meadow grasshopper as the wings are
insufficiently developed for the insect to fly. Also there were many soldier
beetles around.
The
butterfly is a green-veined white and the bee is a very small solitary bee
covered in pollen.
Finally
I was quite pleased with the photo of the beautifully striped hover fly.