A few hours around Hatchet Pond in the New FOREST
Bumble Bees on Water Lillie flowers. Thought I would try some in-flight shots.
There are 24 different species of bumblebee in the UK.
Canada Geese with just 1 gosling.
Lillie pads.
New Forest
Woody!
Great Spotted Woodpecker, New Forest.
Here in the UK, we have three resident woodpecker species.
1, The Great Spotted is the most common.
2, The Green Woodpecker.
3, The Lesser Spotted Woodpecker.
Beetle.
The Two-banded Longhorn Beetle (Rhagium bifasciatum). in the New Forest.
Male Stonechat.
A little while ago, I posted pictures of a female Stonechat. https://skylid.travel.blog/2026/04/15/female-stonechat/
At the time, I could not get any pictures of a male bird, but yesterday I spotted this male Stonechat.
Mandarin Drake.
Pay to Park.
From yesterday, the Forestry Commission has introduced parking charges for cars parking in the New Forest, so no longer a free day out when we visit the forest.
Nuthatch.
Female Stonechat.
Siskins.
These small, brightly coloured birds are said to be a common sight in UK woodland, although I rarely see them! I spotted this pair in the early evening in one of the New Forest car parks, where people regularly feed birds, but everyone had gone home, and some seeds were on one of the poles. The Blue Tits and Great Tits had also gone, so these Siskins came in.
Tadpoles.
#Wordless Wednesday
Dartford Warbler.
Dartford Warbler in the New Forest this morning.
Continued Reflections from my World. 