July 2025

A limited number of species additions to the photo challenge total

2cy Hobby on a scenic perch but in dire light

Appears to have caught a small bat in the middle of the day

White Admiral at Chambers

past their best

a noisy juvenile

Screaming Swifts over the town

Oystercatcher 157

Black-tailed Godwit 158

light is everything

Grey Heron dispute

best local year for a while for Common Terns fledging with 8 on the wing and a couple more still to take off - new style rafts at Waters Edge key to success -

A perfectly attuned Common Darter

Lesser Marsh Grasshopper - take all my insect shots with the Canon RF 100-500 and R6II - close focus is great

male Emperor one of the easier dragons to photo in flight

Southern Hawker by the Bridge

and new generation Holly Blue

juvenile Bearded Tit 159 on the species photo list -

160 Red Knot just to emphasise that in summer they are indeed Red - amongst its friendly Icelandic Black-tails

a lovely rufous juvenile Cuckoo at Wild wrendale yesterday always great to see in autumn

Wild Wrendal struck again 23rd with this Death’s-head hawkmoth a first for me - recovering from some surgery I had to make a quick exception with the camera to see this and what a beast it was

a rather worn individual but none the less impressive

a nice bright Willow Warbler from the last flush of migrants locally on 31st

juvenile Reed Warbler looking rather grumpy in the Waters Edge trees have abandoned its native habitat

juvenile Blackcap already taking the Rowan berries