Roe Buck

Parsonage Moor BBOWT 29th June

Scarlet Tiger

Male Keeled Skimmer

Male Southern Damselfly

Bernwood Forest 29th June

Silver washed Fritillaries

Radley Lakes - 28th June

Banded Demoiselle fem

Maturing Ruddy Darter

Brown Hawker fem

Elephant Hawkmoths 25th June

Kingham

In moth trap this morning

Small Elephant Hawkmoth

Elephant Hawkmoth

Hummingbird Hawkmoth

One feeding on catmint in private garden in Kingston bagpuize this evening.

Otmoor RSPB Butterflies

Black Hairstreak courtesey of Paul Greenaway

Clouded Yellow along the track which leads south from the hide

Aston Rowant NNR (N) - 19th June

A selection of late afternoon butterflies from the hillside above the M40

Dark Green Fritillary
(sorry about the clutter)

Fresh Marbled White

Uncluttered female Common Blue
(with good blue flush)

Black Hairstreak 13th June

No less than thirty of these beauties this afternoon

Warbler Alley Damsels

Cloud usually rolls in when I arrive there, but Otmoor's Roman Road (aka Warbler Alley) still delivers

Azure Damselfly (fem)

Blue-tailed Damselfy



Emerald Damselfy (teneral)




SCARLET TIGER UPDATE
from King's Copse Park, Garsington (see 10 June post)

There are more flying each evening, loads of  'em



Wolvercote : Club-tailed Dragonfly

Feeding on a Banded Demoiselle high up in a willow. Also a female Clouded Yellow butterfly on Thames path.

Radley

Perch 

Egg-laying Emperor

This female Emperor Dragonfly was busying herself on the large pond at Noke end, Otmoor this afternoon.

Shanty Town Tigers

It's not yet the irruption year that I expected, but Scarlet Tiger moths are now flying in good numbers at King's Copse Park, Garsington.

Each summer my wildlife garden plays host to ...

... these little beauties

Bee Orchid
another of KCP's hidden treasures

Farmoor.

Bee Orchid.

Car Park. Farmoor Reservoir.

Whitecross Green Wood - 9th June

Up to eight Black Hairstreak seen this afternoon in two locations

Otmoor 7/6/14

brown hair 

The naming of the Shrew

Both myself and Mike Flemming observed this Shrew sp which was rolling amongst the 

grass along the bridleway. It did this for approximately five minutes before disappearing.

Not sure of its name or its actions.

???????????????? 

Both photos courtesey of Mike.

(Apologies for the dreadful pun)

Otmoor.A.M.6th June.

Essex Skipper.

Common Lizard.

Otmoor.A.M. 5th June.

Small Skipper nectaring.

Scorpion Fly.

Ever felt you were being watched?

 Red Fox - undisclosed location

Wasp Beetle - Otmoor (Loren)

Otmoor.A.M.3rd June.

Meadow-rue.

Female Demoiselle.

Otmoor.2nd June.

Wolf Spider.

Insect with very long antennae.