Otmoor.A.M. 31st October.

Smoky Bracket Fungus

Otmoor.A.M. 25th October.

Fairies' Bonnets

Aston Rowant N.R. 24th October.

Harebell.

Yellow Wort.

Otmoor.A.M. 23rd October.

Field Forgetmenot.

Plus one Clouded Yellow seen flying. (per P.G. and T.S.)

22nd Oct Farmoor

10 Spined Stickleback

Otmoor 19th October

Clouded Yellow Butterfly Otmoor 19th October

Courtesey of Tom Coyne

Otmoor. 18th October.

Roe Deer.  Saunders Field.

There were not many birds to be seen on Otmoor this afternoon, but several dragonflies were hawking over the bridleway leading towards the Wetland hide. They were showing no signs of settling, so I took some in-flight shots, hoping to determine the species, while expecting them to be Migrant Hawkers at this time of year.  This first shot is definitely a migrant hawker:

The second shot, with its prey, looked to me like a Southern Hawker, since there appear to be yellow ante-humeral stripes, but I'm advised it is another (male) Migrant Hawker..

Mike

Common Lizards: Cholsey

Several Common Lizards basking in the sunshine near the Thames in Cholsey.

Jaws

Hornet chewing bark. Otmoor Oct 15th

Abingdon Angle Shades

Angle Shades Abingdon

Otmoor 8th october





Male and Female migrant Hawkers



Darter

Hornet flight



Ichneumon parasitic fly. Amblyteles Armatorius

Comma

 

Hornet chewing bark



Unidentified golden winged and faced fly.  (Id help please)

Otmoor. 8th October.

Common Lizard.  Morleys. (Car Park Field).

Bagley Wood 7th October

 Fly Agaric

 Fly Agarics

 Fly Agarics

Otmoor again, 6th October

Migrant Hawker, male

Migrant Hawker, female



Common Darter in cop




Comma



Otmoor.A.M. 6th October.

Common Inkcap.

Common Darter.

Dark Bush Cricket.

Otmoor. 6th October.

Hare.

Hornet.

Otmoor.A..M. 3rd October.

Time for a wash.

Don't forget behind the ears.