restricted to the garden

 Not getting around much of late with a new knee so a few dove / pigeon shots from the back bedroom plus my friendly spadgers and an Elephant Hawkmoth caterpillar Julia found in the garden 

flying Speckled Wood butterflies

 More fun with the Canon R62 and its amazing AF - this time with the Canon 400 f4 DO2 and 1.4x converter

Roesel's bush cricket

 some shots from Alkborough at the weekend - also a Long-winged conehead

Common seal pup

 after a non-productive sea watch this Common Seal pup was chilling on the beach

juvenile male Kestrel

 One from this morning - portraits and a bit more of a photograph backlit by the early morning sun

Lesser Emperor

Found this male Lesser Emperor on a survey site last week - my first find in the UK but seem to be on the increase suddenly now so no doubt more to come in the next few years   

Roe Deer

 a close encounter with a pair of Roe Deer - totally relaxed as I was stood behind a gate post!