Otmoor and Aston Rowant 31st July

Brown Hairstreak on Wild Angelica - Otmoor

Silver spotted Skipper on Horseshoe Vetch - Aston Rowant NNR

Radley

Radley Muntjac

Watlington Hill - 24th July

Chalkhill Blue

Leafield 21st July

                                                                            Leopard Moth

National Mega & County First!

This unassuming micro moth turns out to a national mega rarity and a county first! Called Zelleria oleastrella,  it came to my Actinic light trap two nights running in my Oxford garden. Whilst they can migrate, they are  more usually imported with Olive Trees as the larvae mine the leaves.

Thame Valley around Stadhampton - 11th July

Meadow Grasshopper

Meadow Grasshopper

Lesser Marsh Grasshopper

(Confirmation of IDs is welcome)

Brown Hawker

Garsington Dragonfly

Female Southern Hawker in the garden