European Birds, Mammals, Flowers, Butterflies and Dragonflies, Reptiles and Amphibians

ORCHIDS

Pyramid orchids

Southern Marsh Orchid

Lady Orchid

Tongue Orchids

Lizard Orchid

                                                               Lizard Orchid - flower head

Sunset over River Thames

Dawn mist

Bluebell wood

MAMMALS

Mink

Fox

Red Deer hinds

Roe deer buck - summer coat

Roe deer buck - winter coat, antlers "in velvet"

Roe Deer - female with winter coat ( above )

Female Roe Deer - summer coat

Muntjac stag

BIRDS

Blackbird - male

Song Thrush

Fieldfare

Redwing

Wood Pigeon

Rook

Carrion Crow

Jackdaw

Magpie

Starling

Wren

                                                  

Tree Creeper

Meadow Pipit

Barn Swallow ... chasing its prey

 Reed Bunting - male above, female below

Chiffchaff

Willow Warbler

Blackcap - male

Blackcap - male above, female below

Reed Warbler

Whitethroat

Sedge Warblers

 

Cetti's Warbler

Grasshopper warbler

Long-tailed Tits

Male Penduline Tit

Robin

Great Bustard

Lesser Black-backed Gull - adult

Black-headed Gull

    

                                                                        Water Rail

Heron

collecting nest material

                                                                    Cattle Egret

Little Egret - below

Avocet 

 

Avocet

Avocet (juvenile )  above, 

Black-tailed Godwit ( adult female, summer ) below

Black-tailed Godwit - winter plumage ( above )

Little Ringed Plover - female above, male below

Little Ringed Plover ( juvenile ) below

Oystercatcher 

Common Sandpiper

Redshank - juvenile

Greenshank - juvenile 

( above and below )

Greenshank, juvenile ( above )

Ruff - male  winter plumage

Ruff - adult winter, above

Ruff - non-breeding adult, above

                                                                                Snipe

                                                                        Lapwing

Kingfisher ( male )

Kingfisher

Dipper

Great Crested Grebe

Pair in courtship display - above

 Female Great Crested Grebe on nest

Little Grebe - juvenile

Cormorant

Nuthatch ( male )

Green Woodpecker - male above, female below

Great-spotted Woodpecker - male above, female below.

Hedge Sparrow

Hedge Sparrow

 Alpine Accentor

Goldfinch  

                                                                          Yellowhammer

Bullfinch ( male )

Redstart - male, above and below

Black Redstart ( female )

Juvenile Black Redstart

Black Redstart - juvenile

Male wheatear

Whinchat - female above, juv. male below

Stonechat - male

Male Stonechat

Female Stonechat below

Cuckoo - male

Great Grey Shrike

Buzzard in autumn light - above

 A selection of pictures of buzzards feeding on carrion

Barn Owl

Barn Owl - above, back-lit by evening sunshine

Barn Owl - above

Little Owl

Kestrel - juvenile

Kestrel - juvenile above and female below

Kestrel, male with Field Cricket prey, above

 Juvenile Sparrowhawk

Adult male sparrow hawk

Black Kite

Red Kite - below

Black-winged Kite

Mute swans

Bewick's Swan

Greylag Goose

Female Goosander

Mallard - female

Pintail - drake below

Shelduck

Tufted Duck - male

Pied wagtail

Grey wagtail

Goldcrest

Firecrest

Blue tit

English Lake District

INSECTS

BUTTERFLIES

Silver-washed Fritillary

Large Skipper ( male ) -  above and below

Heath Fritillary (France)

Spotted Fritillary

Queen of Spain Fritillary 

Meadow Fritillary (France)

Ringlet

Brimstone buttefly

Marbled white

Berger's  Clouded Yellow (France )

Wood White

Green-veined White

Orange Tip - male on Garlic Mustard plant

Male Orange Tip on Dwarf Thistle

Long-tailed Blue

Silver-studded Blue (France)

Meadow Brown

Gatekeeper

Red Admiral

Scarce Swallowtail



Swallowtail

Jersey Tiger moth

DRAGONFLIES

Black-tailed skimmer - male

Four-spot chaser

Broad- bodied Chaser - female ( above )

Common Darter - female, above



Ruddy  Darter -  female,  above and below

Above - Ruddy Darter  ( male )

Emperor Dragonfly ( male ) - above

Banded Demoiselle - male

Above - Beautiful Demoiselle  ( female )

Paper Wasp - France

Rose Sawfly caterpillar

Caterpillar of Red Underwing moth - camouflaged on willow twig


REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS

Grass snake

Male Slow-worm ( shedding skin )

Common Frog

Stripeless tree frog ( France )

Pool Frog ( France ) 

 

    

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