Lee Harrison's Nature Photography.: Brimstone Butterfly

Well I had a day out with my Dad today, with no specific species in mind that I wanted to photograph, so I just snapped what ever I came across, which included one of my favourite birds the Peregrine falcon, that came swooping over head chasing an unsuspecting little Ruff stunning it into a nearby dyke that luckily surviving the terrifying experience with nothing but bad memories and I also managed capture not quite my favourite butterfly but a stunning one none the less in the form of a Brimstone,

I hope that you like them...

Brimstone Butterfly

Peregrine Falcon

After looking at these photos, I noticed that this particular bird is ringed with a red ring on its right leg and what looks like a gold ring on its left leg, I don't no if this will have been ringed locally or somewhere else but if anyone has any info. I would love to know

Anyway I hope that you enjoy the blog,

thanks always Lee Harrison

Hello again, I've bin busy over the last week so I've not had any time to update.... so here we go:-

Had a day out a Moore Nature Reserve yesterday, in hope of seeing what would have only been our second ever Lesser Spotted Woodpecker in Britain but unfortunately we didn't have any look there although we saw many other birds to keep us amused which included 4 Black Necked Grebes and a possible laughing gull.

Here's a few pics that I took on my way around:-

Whitethroat

Blackcap

For me, the highlight of the day, was seen these four beautiful Black Necked Grebes which was only the second time that we'd every seen them :-

Black Necked Grebe

Also on our way around, we came across this very conspicuous looking gull, after watching and clocking all its distinguishing features, I came to the conclusion that it was a laughing gull, so I went home and cross referenced my pics with others and checked all the details (dusty grey head that extended down the neck...dark wing feathers that stretched almost half way down its back... long slightly curved beak and dark features all along the back of the wings slightly bigger that a close by blacked gull) and I was sure woo hoo first rarity of the year.

Unidentified?

As you can see from these the pics don't really do justice to the description but I'll let you make your own mind up, others had mixed opinions but I guess I'll never know 100% although I was pretty sure...

On the way around, I decided to take a few snaps of butterflies n bus that I see as I'm trying to get more into them but I'm have some trouble identifying... but here they are:-