Fox Family

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 Evening Walk

A short evening walk once the day had cooled down, nice to see a Roe Deer close up and a retreating Fox.

Meadow Brown

Red Admiral

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Emerging Broad - bodied Chaser

First time I've witnessed this, a Broad - bodied Chaser transitioning from a Nymph.

 

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Orchids

Spent a couple of hours at BBOWT College Lake looking for Orchids found three species.

Common-spotted Orchid.

 

Pyramidal Orchid.

Bee Orchid.

Plenty of other flowers to be seen including this one... Dragon's-teeth which I particularly like, just look at those veins in the petals.

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Grey Heron

Grey Heron stood on the river bank patiently waiting for an unsuspecting meal to appear.

 

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Broad - bodied Chaser 

We've had a male Broad-bodied Chaser visiting the garden pond daily since 21st May.

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Beautiful Demoiselle

Two delightful Beautiful Demoiselle in the vegetation by the river Misbourne. 

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Misbourne Valley

I spent a couple of hours in the Misbourne Valley, visiting Shardeloes Lake and Little Missenden.

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Blackbird

This female Blackbird had a busy time gathering nesting material from our garden pond.

 

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Orange Tip

This Orange Tip brightened up a dull day, when Butterflies were resting up in the overcast conditions.

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