local wildlife (fur,feathers and beasties)

[David Humphries]

Little green woody t'up an Oak

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Little green woody t'up an Oak

 

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nice shot, wanted a good one of mr yaffle for years, need a long lense though.

 

want to catch him on an ant hill, more his habitat:thumbup1:

[armybloke]

Now you don't see many of these flying around here now do you :confused1:

 

Black turkey from Central America. Saw hundreds in Belize recently but never expected them to be flying around Batsford Arboretum!!!! (they were roosting there to escape being part of a falconry display nearby )

[Samuel]

just a couple of a butterfly, and one of a swan,not very good images:blushing: and image quality is not the best, but better than nothing i suppose:001_rolleyes:

[janey]

just a couple of a butterfly...

 

That's one of my faves . Orange tips are one of the first butterflies to emerge and are a sure sign that spring has arrived. We still get quite a lot of them around this aways, which is surprising considering how urbanised we are. Nice post.

[Matthew Arnold]

That's one of my faves . Orange tips are one of the first butterflies to emerge and are a sure sign that spring has arrived. We still get quite a lot of them around this aways, which is surprising considering how urbanised we are. Nice post.

 

Wasnt an Orange tip Its a Green-veined White. Although Orange-tip butterflies feed of mainly Garlic Mustard and are the only larval food plant. Other whites use them as a source of larval food as it is a member of the Brassicae family.

[janey]

Wasnt an Orange tip Its a Green-veined White. Although Orange-tip butterflies feed of mainly Garlic Mustard and are the only larval food plant. Other whites use them as a source of larval food as it is a member of the Brassicae family.

 

It's a female orange tip, trust me

[Matthew Arnold]

It's a female orange tip, trust me

 

Just looked at pic again and your right. Thought my butterfly ID was better but infact its rather rusty.

[janey]

Just looked at pic again and your right. Thought my butterfly ID was better but infact its rather rusty.

 

 

That sounds like a perfect excuse to get out into the wilds for a bit of fiels study

[Matthew Arnold]

 

That sounds like a perfect excuse to get out into the wilds for a bit of fiels study

 

That will be next weeks job. Checking the sites for new species and counting current ones.