woodland stroll

Went out for a quick stroll through the woods after having seen a doe and fawn several times over the last week or so. Alas they didn't appear today but did get a few other interesting shots. First off I spotted this guy staking out a field in the search for food on the way back from Monmouth.

Buzzard

Photo showing how important 'weeds' such as this ragwort are, you can see 5 insects of four different species on this one plant. 

Cinnabar Moth caterpillar 

Hover fly on Ragwort 

Toadlet 

Woorgreen Lake again!

Popped to the lake today with Katie from life in the forest, to take my mind off a few family problems. There was a lot of insect activity and 2 grey herons were back on the lake though they both alluded us yet again and the picture below is about the best I could get.

Grey Heron

Canada Goose juvenile 

Greylag goose gosling

Female Mallard

Speckled Wood Butterfly

Highnam Woods

Went out with Katie from http://lifeintheforestofdean.blogspot.com/ today. We went to RSPB Highnam Woods, where to be honest not a lot was about though did manage to take some macro shots of various insects.

Fallow Deer Doe - Melanistic variation. We saw this female grazing down a track on our way back from Highnam woods.

Male Broad bodied Chaser - Lightmoor Pool

The following were taking in Highnam Woods

Wasp Beatles mating

Fly
Spider with egg sack

Hover fly




Meadow Brown
Buttercup with bugs in

Grasshopper

Great Tit taking off
Great tit

Squirrel