Lee Harrison's Nature Photography.: Common Blue Butterfly

So here we go, Insects, Moths and Butterflies... I hope that you enjoy them, all these pics where taken on a walk around Marshsides sandplant not, with my main quarry being the Six Spot Burnet Moth, such a beautiful moth that I can't stop taking pictures of:-

Six Spot Burnet

On my way around I also came across a number of other butterflies and creepy crawlies which I though gave a good opportunity for a few more pictures, I hope that you like them and they don't make you itch to much:-

Yellow Dung-Fly

Cratichneumon Sp.

Seven-spot Ladybird

Field Grasshopper

The next generation of Painted lady Butterflies

Peacock butterfly

Common blue

Green-Veined White

Gatekeeper

Well I hope that you like that my pictures and I hope that you will visit again,

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:-