Tag Archives: British Damselflies

Friday Flyers

Photos from our walk on 15th June 2026. Butterflies weren’t so much scarce, as shy of the camera. Damselflies made up for the lack. Enjoy these few that I managed to snap 🔼 Broad-bodied Chaser, the first I’ve ever seen, so … Continue reading

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Friday Flyers

Butterflies and damsels from our walk on 10th June 2026. Enjoy 🔼 Where else would you expect to find a Meadow Brown? 🔽 🔽 Speckled Wood 🔼 Painted Lady on Breydon path 🔽 🔼 Tortoiseshell 🔽 🔽 It’s a moth. I don’t know … Continue reading

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Friday Fliers

A few more photos that overflowed from Tuesday’s post. Theme: Wings! Enjoy From the top, from big fliers to little fliers we have 🔼 Mute Swan 🔽 Canadian Geese 🔼 Egyptian/Spectacle Goose 🔽 Song Thrush 🔼 Painted Lady 🔽 Female Common Blue Damselfly … Continue reading

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Friday Flyers: Birds, Bees, Butterflies and Damsels

Photos of winged beings… as seen on our walk on 8th May 2026 Butterflies… 🔼 Green-veined White 🔽 Painted Lady, looking rather faded having survived the winter 🔼 Peacock 🔽 Small White AND a ladybird 🔼 Speckled Wood 🔽 Male … Continue reading

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Tuesdays Treats: Belles and Butterflies

A collection of photos from our walk on 29th April 2026. Enjoy… 🔼 While some blossoms have bloomed and now are dying, others are just beginning to open 🔽 this holly is a joy to see! Nature waves her yellow … Continue reading

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Friday Fliers

A selection of butterflies, damsels and dragons. And a treat from our archived walk on 13th June 2022. Enjoy 🔼 Small Tortoiseshell 🔽 Two moths’ caterpillar: A rather fussy-looking yellow-tailed moth 🔼🔽 and a mullein moth Butterflies: comma and 🔼🔽 … Continue reading

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Friday Fliers

Some of the butterflies, damsels and dragons seen on our walk on 25th July 2025. Enjoy 🔼Small white and Green-veined whites 🔽 ⏬ 🔼 Gatekeepers 🔽 🔼 Wall, showing underwing pattern 🔽 male wall ⏬female wall 🔼 Common blue male … Continue reading

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Friday Fliers

Butterflies and Damsels and Dragons photographed on our walk 8th July 2025, part 2. Enjoy Gatekeepers are everywhere 🔼🔽 meadow browns less so Once we’d seen one green-veined white, it seems they too are everywhere 🔼🔽 We get so excited … Continue reading

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Tuesday Treats: Last Pics of June

A muddled medley of shots from our visit to Whitlingham Country Park on 4th June 2025. Enjoy Pollinators come in many species, some are beautiful, some are fragile, all are welcome for they keep our wild flowers alive and thriving, … Continue reading

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Tuesday Treats: All Kinds of Everything

It is what it says in the title, photos from our walk on 30th August 2024. Enjoy… Not much variety amongst the baked grasses in the new reserve. But who can resist poppies? Above: not a wild rose but a … Continue reading

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