Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Not Having a Butchers

A recent second hand report of a male Red-backed Shrike had me searching Stanground Wash NR this morning hoping for a butchers at a butcher. No luck there so snapped some of the extant wildlife. The Willow Warbler is one of the first shots digiscoped using the A640 through my Leica APO77 and its 20x eyepiece; at some distance handheld using a centering sleeve.

Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus


Mesembrina meridiana


Eristalis sp.


Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus


Orange Hawkweed Pilosella/Hieracium aurantiacum


Thanks to Kevin Du Rose for help with the naturalised plant and the nice people at the Diptera Forum for the fly ID.

Photos taken with Canon Powershot A640

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