The Garden

A mixture from the Garden yesterday

 

Common Hawkers

All taken at Coed y Dinas yesterday

 

The Garden

This spider was more than happy to pose as it had just caught a meal

 

 

Wasps, Bees and hover flies all enjoying the few blooms I have

 

This Common Hawker was Taken at Pwll Penarth

yesterday

Pwll Penarth

Red Ants

 

 

Not sure what kind of fly this is!

 

or this one

 

A Longhorn Beetle

 

A Mayfly

 

and a female and male Beautiful Demoiselle

 

Butterflies

A couple of butterflies seen this weekend, please correct me if I get them wrong, its not my area of expertise!

Speckled Wood at Penarth.

Large White on the apple tree in the garden. 

Finally

 Finally a bit of good weather to get out with the Macro.

 

A Long Horn Beetle

 

 

Large Red

 

 

 

Four Spotted Chaser

 

5 Adult Frogs in the Garden pond Yesterday

 

Jumping Spider

Found this at Pwll Penarth Not sure what kind of jumping spider it is though

 

Spider

This is one of them spiders which most people see in the house up by the ceiling just wanted to have a better look and this one sat for some time and let me snap him.

Common Lizard

Had few reports of common Lizard in areas known butt his one was photographed at the Elan Valley yesterday

Fox at Pwll Penarth

Was coming out of the second hide walking back towards the first hide and coming up the track towards me was this amazing looking Fox it was chasing birds and only when I pressed the button on the camera was it bothered by me.

Odd thing at Pwll Penarth

A Yellow Bellied Slider was at Pwll Penarth today. Looked to be in good health and one of the biggest I have seen.

 You just never know what will show up!

 

Salmon on the Weir

Just a few record shots of the salmon on the weir at Pwll Penarth will try again next weekend

 

Dolydd Hafren

 

Plenty of these about at Dolydd Hafren earlier today

Mochdre

6 Toads and 3 Sloworms were seen in Mochdre yesterday

Contact

Had a message that someone was trying to get hold of me and this person was a Birder but no name, sorry been away.
contact details are phil_d_owen@yahoo.co.uk or Mob 07980681196

LCyD Dragonfly

Migrant Hawkers we believe - very 'active' today

Flutterbies

Not my speciality but loads of Peacocks up the Ridgeway today - heather just out, lovely light, works for me!

And from the garden when got home - a rather nice Gatekeeper/Hedge Brown

Sloworm

3 female Sloworms at Pwll Penarth today it was nice to see them all very close together should be seeing young ones soon