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Small copper butterflies and the last few photos from Richmond Park

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This is the last post on what I saw and photographed on Richmond Park. While wandering round we past a small plant with a few small copper butterflies on it

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Raptors at Grove ferry end of Stodmarsh NNR

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On Sunday I popped over too Stodmarsh near Canterbury, parking at the Grove Ferry end. As I entered the reserve I noticed a few butterflies feeding on the Ivy flowers, including this painted lady

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langdon nature reserve

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After visiting we headed to Langdon hills, with the poor weather and the time of year there wasnt much about. I did spot these mating flies

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Wat tyler country park

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Last month I took the k20d and the sigma 150-500mm on an early morning walk around Wat Tyler CP, before the dog walkers arrived. I was rewarded with some sightings of a juvenile whitethroat

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Strumpshaw fen: birds and other wildlife

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Following on from my previous two posts, there were butterflies other than swallowtails at strumpshaw. In the Doctor's garden I photogrpahed a few small tortoiseshells with my fz7 while waiting for the swallowtails to arrive

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Strumpshaw Fen: Swallowtail butterflies

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Last Saturday I was kindly picked up by Dave (see his website here) and we headed to Strumpshaw for the WAB meet, staying over night at a nearby campsite and spending the next day there too. Over these two days I saw and photographed lots of species, but to start with I'll concerntrate on the swallowtail butterflies.

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More to come later

(and I'll catch up with all your posts soon)

Bedfords park - insects

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On bank holiday Monday I headed up to Bedfords Park. That weekend there was a mass influx of painted lady butterflies, and I saw 8 on the walk in towards the lake

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Wicken fen - birds, dragonflies and butterfly

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The first thing that I noticed in Wicken Fen was the tame house sparrows at the cafe

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Wat tyler - Dragonflies

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In the last week at Wat Tyler there has been a great influx of starlings and the fledglings. The population must have reached around a thousand at one point. On Thursday I caught a starling feeding a juvenile

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