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

a few recent inverts

tis the season for dragons and butts -- seemed to have been a mass departure of vagrant dragons from Donna Nook today just one roaming Vagrant Emperor not showing well and one male Red-veined Darter also not showing well plus a few Emperors -- herewith first Brown Hawker of the season from Friday, Painted Lady, butterfly of the month, Red Admiral, Speckled Wood and a general Black-tailed Skimmer also had 3 male Broad-bodied Chasers in Broughton west Wood yesterday again my first of the year

March 29th 2019 on the patch

my first Speckled Wood of the year in 6 species of butterfly, Small White, Small Tort, Peacock, Brimstone, Comma -- a Great White Egret came in off the Humber fed in the Blow Wells ponds then headed west while the Peregrines were having a bit of a disagreement over the rights to a pigeon

butterflies

Speckled Wood

my earliest ever Speckled Woods locally this week but lots on the wing today also Orange Tips plus Comma, Peacocks galore, Brimstone, Small Torts, Green-veined Whites its almost like summer