My 100th Blog Post

As this is my 100th post, I thought that I would upload a selection of photo's, most of which haven't been used on my blog before.

 Baby Swallows

 Fieldfare

 Four Spotted Chaser

 Otter

 Puffin

 Orange Tip

 Adonis Blue

 Emerald Damselfly

 Dunlin

 Common Blue

 House Sparrow

 Grey Squirrel

 Purple Emperor

 Common Darter

 Jay

 Migrant Hawker

 Kingfisher

 Small White

 Silver Washed Fritillary

 Sedge Warbler

 Kingfisher

 Silver Spotted Skipper

 Waxwing

 Silver Spotted Skipper

 Stonechat

Whitecross Green Wood BBOWT Reserve,24th August

Spent an hour or so around the reserve today. Insect numbers were low and i'm just going to have to face up to the fact that the season is nearly over :-(

 Comma

 Male Dark Bush Cricket

 Female Dark Bush Cricket

 Lesser Marsh Grasshopper

 Comma

 Male Dark Bush Cricket

 Common Darter

 Lesser Marsh Grasshopper

Butterflies seen today:-
Small White, Green Veined White, Small Copper, Common Blue, Brown Argus, Comma,
Red Admiral, Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown.

Dragonflies seen today:-
Southern Hawker 2, Migrant Hawker 2, Common Darter 10+, Ruddy Darter 4

Grasshoppers/Crickets:-
Meadow Grasshopper, Lesser Marsh Grasshopper, Dark Bush Cricket.

Dry Sandford pit & Parsonage moor BBOWT Reserves 22nd August

After a disappointing day at radley yesterday I decided that today I would take a look around these reserves to see what Dragonflies were around, I also wanted to see if the Grass- of -Parnassus was in flower and I'm Pleased to say that it was. As for the Dragonflies it was better than yesterday!

 Grass-of-Parnassus

 Grass-of-Parnassus

 Common Darter

 Field Grasshopper

 Small Red Damselfly

 Tortoise Bug

 Angle Shades

 Common Darters

Damselflies/Dragonflies seen today:-
Common Blue Damsel, Small Red Damsel 1, Black tailed Skimmer, Keeled Skimmer 3, Brown Hawker, Southern Hawker, Migrant Hawker, Common Darter.

Butterflies seen today:-
Small white, Common Blue, Brown Argus, Small Copper (my 1st of the year!!), Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral, Meadow Brown.

Meadow Grasshoppers and Field Grasshoppers were seen, also Long Winged Coneheads.
A Tortoise Shield Bug was seen at Dry Sandford Pit. A Hobby was also seen here.

2 Ravens flew over parsonage moor calling.
Around 6 young Common Lizards were seen on the boardwalk at Parsonage Moor.

Radley Lakes 21st August

I spent a couple of hours here today but there wasn't that much around and it was rather disappointing really. The only real highlight was a Clouded yellow. A Little Egret was seen feeding at the edge of Orchard lake.

 Field Grasshopper

 Field Grasshopper

 Field Grasshopper

 Clouded Yellow

 Clouded Yellow

 Clouded Yellow

 Old Man's Beard

Butterflies seen today:-
Small White 1, Clouded yellow 1, Brown Argus 1, Common Blue 1, Comma 1,
Red Admiral 2, Small Tortoiseshell 1, Speckled Wood 2, Gatekeeper 1, Meadow Brown 2

Damselflies/Dragonflies seen today:-
Common Blue Damsel 5, Common Darter 2, Ruddy Darter 5, No Hawkers seen!

Meadow and field grasshoppers seen also a few Long Winged Coneheads.

Little Egret on Orchard lake and a few Green Sandpipers flying around calling.

Watlington Hill 7th August

I spent a few hours at watlington hill today mainly to see the Silver spotted skipper.30+ were seen flying around the hill and feeding on marjoram.40+ Frog orchids were seen but they were well past their best. A Raven was heard calling while I was walking around.

 Stripe Winged Grasshopper

 Silver Spotted Skipper

 Meadow Grasshopper

 Brown Argus

 Mottled Grasshopper

 Stripe Winged Grasshopper

 Brown Argus

 Painted Lady

 Brown Argus

 Stripe Winged Grasshopper

 Brown Argus

 View from the Hill

Butterflies seen today:-

Silver Spotted Skipper 30+
Small White
Brown Argus
Common Blue
Small tortoiseshell
Painted Lady
Speckled Wood
Gatekeeper
Meadow Brown
Small Heath

Grasshoppers:-

Meadow Grasshopper
Common Field Grasshopper
Mottled Grasshopper
Stripe Winged Grasshopper