#Wordless Wednesday
Speckled Bush Cricket.
Author: Andy Finnegan
Colourful.
#Wordless Wednesday
Relaxing on the beach.
A few hours by the sea this evening and most of the day trippers have gone home. The beach is now empty apart from the Turnstones have taken over their shingle spit and are relaxing as the day ends.
Heron fishing.
Local Heron and an eel.
The Eel has recently suffered dramatic declines and is a protected species. It is famous for its mammoth migration from its freshwater home to the Sargasso Sea where it breeds. I have regularly seen eels being taken by Herons at Titchfield Nature Reserve. I have also found some on the beach.
Statistics
Length: up to 1m
Weight: 0.5-5kg
Average Lifespan: 15-70 years
Black-Tailed Godwit
A lone Black-Tailed Godwit (male) at Titchfield Harbour.
This Godwit colour varies depending on its age and the time of year. The male in summer has a stunning colour pattern with a chestnut brown head and neck. The underside is barred with dark brown stripes.
Mr & Mrs.
Four-spotted Orbweb Spider (male)
Four-spotted Orbweb Spider (female)
July Butterflies spots.
Family.
Stonechat family – It is that time of year when many young birds have fledged this Stonechat family were all very vocal and were happy to keep together in the gorse.
A dry spell.
Back in June we found this New Forest Pool a mile or so from the road and enjoyed a few hours photographing and watching dragonflies.
Posted a couple of views back then.
We walked back there this morning. The same pond a month later. After our heat wave.
Temptation.
An apple core snatch and grab. Sometimes the temptation of getting close to a human for a tasty bit of food overcomes any fear. This Grey Squirrel was showing an interest in my apple while I was sitting on our van step. When I had finished eating it I dropped it on the grass within seconds he was on it.
And the prize.
