31st August Port Meadow

Some rare flowers on Port Meadow from yesterday's annual Creeping Marshwort survey.

Creeping Marshwort actually in flower

The tiny Mudwort

Otmoor.A.M. 29th August.

8 of the 10 Common Lizards on this log.

A Vespid Wasp.

Gypsywort.

Otmoor.A.M. 27th August.

Flowering Rush.

Pignut.

Phragmites.

Fantastic Pictures of a family of West Oxon Badgers August

Badgers in West Oxfordshire

Courtesey of Andrew Marshall

Andrew Marshall's Wildlife Pictures

Otmoor Ashgrave 20th August

The Fallow Deer that thinks its a cow is still here.

and getting older.

Otmoor.A.M.

Skullcap.

Woody Nightshade.

Rosy Underwing moth on Otmoor

I saw this moth land on a telegraph pole near Noke farm today and think it is a Rosy Underwing.

Clouded Yellow; Lollingdon Hill

Clouded Yellow, 15th Aug

Aston Rowant NNR (N) - 14th Aug

Second brood Adonis Blue are now flying on the south slope of Beacon Hill, above the M40

Adonis Blue (male)





Plenty of these about too
Brown Argus

And not to forget these
Silver-spotted Skipper

Another Otmoor Hawker

One to add to Saturday's collage, seen today along visitor trail to first screen

Female Southern Hawker

Otmoor Hawkers - 9th Aug

The following pictures were all taken along the visitor trail

Migrant Hawker (m)

Southern Hawker (imm m)

Brown Hawker (m)

Otmoor.A.M. 6th August.

Magpie Moth.

Wild Carrot.

Wild Carrot (fruiting Head).

Otmoor.A.M. 3rd August.

Brown Argus.

? Grasshopper.

Brown Hairstreak.

Shellingford Pit 3rd August

20+ Small-red eyed Damselflies
Common Blue Damsels
Blue-tailed Damsels
1 Emperor
2 Brown Hawker
Many Black-tailed Skimmer
Common Darter

Small red-eyed Damselflies (c) Stephen Burch

http://www.stephenburch.com/dragonflies/dragonflies.htm

Otmoor.

Betony.

Spiny Restharrow.

31st July Hornet Mimic Hoverfly

A relatively recent colonist to this country with only a few records prior to 1940, this huge beast is becoming increasingly common in the SE of the country. Nice to have one in the garden.

Hornet Mimic Hoverfly