Tag Archives: British Dragonflies

Friday Fliers and Fungi

Posted on October 10, 2025 by crispina kemp

Being amongst the wetlands on 24th September 2025 I was able to take a few shots of the late flying dragonflies. And to my delight I also found fungi. Enjoy Late romance leads to late egg laying. But first they … Continue reading →

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Friday Fliers

Posted on August 29, 2025 by crispina kemp

Butterflies, Dragons and Damsels encountered on our walk to Tunstall Mills 26th August 2022. Enjoy It’s a white, large or small, I couldn’t say 🔼🔽 ⏬ but this one’s a speckled wood, undeniable 🔼 Comma 🔽 Apologies, I can’t identify … Continue reading →

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Friday Fliers

Posted on August 22, 2025 by crispina kemp

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

Posted on August 8, 2025 by crispina kemp

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

Posted on August 1, 2025 by crispina kemp

More butterfly pics, these from our walk on 17th July 2025. Enjoy Peacock, of course 🔼 🔼 Small Copper (my favourite) 🔼 Small Skipper 🔼 Red Admiral (notice a maritime theme here?) 🔼 Small Tortoiseshell 🔼 Gatekeeper, very prolific this … Continue reading →

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Friday Fliers

Posted on July 25, 2025 by crispina kemp

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: All Sorts of Everything

Posted on October 15, 2024 by crispina kemp

A few of the details from our walk on 21st September 2024. Enjoy Berry season: spindle and sloes make for a prolific and colourful display While holly and lord and ladies colour us red Chestnuts and acorns provide the nuts … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treats: A Mishmash Miscellany

Posted on October 8, 2024 by crispina kemp

A miscellany of photos from our walk 21st September 2024 in the order they came off my camera. Can you match them to the photos in Sunday Picture Post? Regardless, enjoy… Yellow toadflax, a reliable late flowerer Flowers amidst the … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treats: A Mixture of Everything

Posted on October 1, 2024 by crispina kemp

The seasons are changing, the riot of summer flowers gone, the rich harvest of berries and fungi now beginning. And of course, there are dragonflies within reach of the water. Enjoy… Ivy, the great attractor of bees, though not when … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treats: All Kinds of Everything

Posted on September 24, 2024 by crispina kemp

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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