Friday, July 06, 2012

May 2012 in the garden

A selection of photos taken during May in the garden.
apple-blossom
Apple Blossom
baby-chaffinch
Juvenile Chaffinch
baby-siskin
Juvenile Siskin
bee
Common Carder Bee
bluebells
Bluebells in the woods behind our garden
bluebell-seat
Path to the seat
bluetit-1
Bluetits from the nestbox on the garage being ringed
bluetit-2
Smile!
bugle
Bugle
bumblebee-on-bluebells
Bumblebee on bluebells
cherry-blossom-2
Cherry Blossom
crab-spider
Crab Spider Xysticus cristatus
damselfly
Common Blue Damselfly
frog
Large Common Frog in the pond
great-diving-beetle-larva
Great Diving Beetle Larvae…
great-diving-beetle-larva-2
…munching there way through all our tadpoles Sad smile
greenfinch
Greenfinch
greylags
Distant shot of Greylags with goslings in the field opposite
hoverfly Sericomyia silentis
Hoverfly Sericomyia silentis
hoverfly-and-daisy
Hoverfly over Ox-eye Daisy
large-red-damselflies
Large Red Damseflies mating
large-red-damselfly
Lrge Red Damselfly in the greenhouse
Large-red-damselfly-1
large-red-damselfly-2 (2)
large-red-damselfly-2 (3)
Large-red-damselfly-2

Linnet
Linnet in the front garden
longhorn-1
Two-banded Longhorn Beetle
longhorn-2
longhorn-face
Marsh-Marigold
Marsh Marigolds or King Cups
newt
Newt in the pond
Nicrophorus-humator
Shore Sexton Beetle (Necrodes littoralis)
Ox-eye-Daisy-2
Ox-eye Daisy
Palmate-Newt
Palmate newt…
Palmate-Newt-underside
…look at those webbed feet!
Peacock-Butterfly
Peacock Butterfly
pheasant-chick
Pheasant chick, we only saw one this year and it wasnt about for very long!
pine-weevil-Hylobius-abietis
Pine Weevil Hylobius abietis
pine-weevil-Hylobius-abietis-face
pne-weevil-Hylobius-abietis-top
red-campion
Red Campion
scorpion-fly
Scorpion Fly
shrew
Dead shrew
snail
Snail
sparrow
House Sparrow babies from the nestbox at the back of the shed..
sparrows
…ready to be ringed
spider-1
Metellina merianae
spider-2

spotted-flycatcher-1
Spotted Flycatcher
spotted-flycatcher-2

squirrel-tail
Red Squirrel in feeder
Stenodema-calcarata
Mirid Bug Stenodema-calcarata
tipula-maxima-1
Crane-fly Tipula-maxima
water-boatman
Water Boatmen
weevil
Weevil

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