Maximum temperature here today 17⁰C, minimum 12⁰C. 10 mm of rain measured this morning from overnight. 20km/h South-westerly winds with gusts up to 49 km/h.
I walked a couple of kms down the road to get this sunset. The sky looked promising and I decided to try and get it from a different position to where I normally stand. The walk was well worth it. Nigel said, "now if only you had a silhouette of a giraffe it could easily be Africa".
Weaver's Fritillary (Boloria dia)...
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Meadow brown (Maniola jurtina).
Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas).
Web Spinning Triangulate Combfoot (Steatoda triangulosa).
Green shield bug - Adult (Palomena prasina). See the nymph of this bug in the last blog.
Too many moths, (to me), look similar to this so I am not going to try with an ID.
Giant House Spider (Eratigena atrica).
Western conifer seed bug (Leptoglossus-occidentalis)
As above.
Autumn daffodil/crocus (Sternbergia lutea).
Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa violacea or Xylocopa valga) on a cosmos flower...
As above.
Social wasp (Vespula germanica).
Comma butterfly (Polygonia c-album).
Speckled Wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria).
Common Wall Lizard - adult (Podarcis Muralis)...
This little fellow was only about 7cm (3 inches) long.
N.B.
I am often asked what lens I use for my photos. I do not have a macro lens and all above photos are taken using a TAMRON Megazoom - 18-400 mm on my Nikon D3500 camera. I have a Nikon fitting, but they also make a Canon fitting as well.
My local list of wildflowers. (90 Species 23/08/2020).
See also my
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