Archive images - October 2016
	Field digger wasp (Mellinus arvensis) in a sandy area at Tiddenfoot Waterside Park, 31 October 2016.
	Several bracket fungi growing on a dead tree at Tiddenfoot WP on 31 October 2016.
	A common darter dragonfly, about to dart off in pursuit of prey, photographed at Ledburn Pit on 31 October 2016.
	A large cross spider sitting in her web in our garden sage, Alwins Field, 25 October 2016.
	A pied wagtail was hunting for flies on the playing field at Alwins Field at lunchtime today - 25 October 2016.
	A grey wagtail was hunting for flies in our garden this morning - Alwins Field - 21 October 2016.
	The rain brought out this young common newt in our garden, Alwins Field, on the night of 15 October 2016.
	House sparrow on the guttering of Hockliffe Street Baptist Church, Leighton Buzzard, 14 October 2016. House sparrows were once very common in town centres but are now quite scarce.  A small group is hanging on in the Peacock Mews/Hockliffe Street/Library area.
	A grey squirrel in All Saints churchyard, Leighton Buzzard, 14 October 2016.  Cute or a pest?
	A hawthorn shieldbug on nettles in All Saints churchyard, Leighton Buzzard, 14 October 2016.
	A small hoverfly (Platycheirus albimanus) feeding on a dog rose in All Saints churchyard, Leighton Buzzard on 14 October 2016.
	Red kite, Alwins Field, 11 October 2016.
	Grey heron, Grove Church, 10 October 2016.
	Ripening blackberries, Southcott, 9 October 2016.
	A picture-wing fly (Acidia cognata), in Linslade Woods, photographed on 6 October 2016. This is a small fly, the only one in its genus native to the UK, and this was only the second time that it has been recorded in Bedfordshire. (Mind you, not many people are looking for small flies, even if they are a bit unusual.)
	The 7-spot ladybird is supposed to be the commonest of our native ladybirds, but I've seen very few this year.  This one was in Linslade Woods on 6 October 2016.
	Hairy shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum), photographed in Linslade Woods, 6 October 2016.
	An ichneumon wasp in Linslade Woods, 6 October 2016.
	Red admiral butterfly feeding on ivy flowers in our garden, Alwins Field, 2 October 2016.

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