Monday, September 14, 2015

West Penwith Wildlife

Some more photos of the wildlife of West Penwith all taken in and around the Sennen, Lands End and St Levan areas of the far west.

Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo

Bloody-nosed Beetle Timarcha tenebricosa

Dock Bug Coreus marginatus, late instar nymph

Forest Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes

Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta

Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae

Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax

Common Buzzard Buteo buteo

Common Terns Sterna hirundo

Gannet Sula bassana, 3rd calendar year

Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus

Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis

Stonechat Saxicola rubicola

Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus

Grey Heron Ardea cinerea

Unidentified geometrid moth caterpillar

Canon Powershot SX50 HS