On 1st July, we visited Middleton Lakes RSPB Reserve in the Tame Valley near Tamworth in Staffordshire. This was recently opened to the public and consists of a series of lakes with scrub and heathland surrounding them. They are beginning to be populated with a variety of birds and other fauna. The day was very warm but quite overcast at times, but there was a wide range of creatures on view. Here's a selection of images of Butterflies, Moths and Insects taken during our visit.
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| Speckled Wood Butterfly |
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| Blue Demoiselle Damselfly |
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| Blue Demoiselle Damselfly |
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| Cinnabar Moth Caterpillar |
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| Cinnabar Moth Caterpillar |
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| Flesh Fly |
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| Large Skipper Butterfly |
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| Six Spot Burnet Moth |
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| Soldier Beetle |
Macro Wildlife Photography
Over the last few weeks, I have been concentrating on using the Macro lens on the Panasonic GH". Here's a selection of images taken with the lens.
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| Hoverfly |
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| Female Nursery Spider with Egg Sack |
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| White Tailed BumbleBee |
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| BumbleBee with Feeding tube |
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| Cinnabar Hawik moth Caterpillars |
Alpacas @ Kinoulton
During a walk along the Grantham Canal, a local smallholding has a small herd of Alpacas and Donkeys.
I spent sometime photographing the Alapcas. They have very expressive faces and were extremely inquisitive of the camera.
Bradgate Park, Leicester
Here's some of the images from Bradgate Park - to see more, click on my Flickr link.
Little Grebes on the Cromford Canal
Here's some more images of the Little Grebes.
