Kingham 30th June

Elephant Hawk Moth caught in moth trap in garden last night

Bernwood Forest 30th June

Black Hairstreaks

Lime Hawkmoth

Stonesfield. Trapped last night in our garden

Garsington Tigers

It's a special moment each year when these little beauties appear in my wildlife garden here in Garsington's shanty town

Scarlet Tiger Moth

Kingham 27th June

Hedgehog visits the garden every evening

Aston Rowant NNR 27th June

3 male Adonis Blue were the highlight of a long walk around the northern section today

Adonis Blue

Common Blue fem

Small Heath

Scorpion Fly

Buff-tip

Stonesfield, trapped in our garden

Small Elephant Hawkmoth

Trapped recently in our garden in Stonesfield

West Ginge Down

Inquisitive hare a couple of weeks ago...

Dry Sandford Pit 25th June

I managed to find the reserve speciality Southern Damselfly, with assistance from the most excellent Mr Bull. Several Large Red Damselfly were also seen

Southern Damselfy

Large Red Damselfly

Radley 25th June

Red eyed Damselflies

Ruddy Darter female 

Toadlets

Tiger Beetle

Common Blue male

Clouded Yellow

Cinnabar 

Scarlet Tiger

Otmoor Roman Road 24th June

                                                                        Brimstone male

Otmoor Beetles

A selection of Beetles from Otmoor.

Agapanthea Vollosoviridescens.

Strangalia Maculata.

Wasp Beetle. (Clytus Arietis)

Oedemera Nobilis.

Yarnton

Variable Damselfly ♂

Close up of a ♂ 

Variable Damselfly ♀

First Trap Grounds Damselflies of the Year

A visit to the Trap Grounds pond yesterday found the first Damselflies of the year with several Red-eyed Damselflies and one Common-type (I didn't see it closely enough to distinguish it from Azure).

Farmoor

Rainbow Trout

Otmoor Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis 21st June

Quite a few of these Beetles (Pyrochroa serraticornis) currently along the Roman Road on Otmoor.

Oxford Hover Flies

I'm starting to get into Hover Flies. I caught this one in my moth trap last night. It's Melanostoma scalare - a very common species.

Another common one from the garden is this "Marmalade Fly" Episyrphus balteatus. A useful place to get started with them is here

A few pics from last year in Cholsey

 

Lollingdon hill

♀ Broad-bodied Chaser

Muntjac fawn filmed on the Dry Sandford BBOWT Reserve in June.

The adult was just out of view.

BBOWT Cothill Fen Reserve June

 

Four-spotted Chaser Cothill Fen

 

Southern Marsh Orchid