Archive images - May 2018
	A broad-bodied chaser dragonfly at the pond in Linslade Woods, photographed on 31 May 2018.
	Common spotted orchids in a recently cleared area of Linslade Woods,  31 May 2018.
	A dog rose in Linslade Woods, 31 May 2018.
	The first Southern hawker dragonfly to emerge from our garden pond at Alwins Field. It chose a dismal day to do so - 30 May 2018.
	About a dozen male longhorn moths (Nemophora degeerella) were fluttering around in a hedge at Stockgrove Country Park - occasionally one would land on a nettle - 29 May 2018. The moth's body is only 10mm but its antennae are about 50mm long.
	Six mute swan cygnets on the canal at Linslade, 21 May 2018.
	It looks like a furry bee at first glance, but it's not - it's a fly - the antennae are too short and the eyes too big for a bee. It is a hoverfly (Merodon equestris) in a garden in Rotshchild Road, Linslade, 21 May 2018.
	Banded demoiselles attempting to mate, Tiddenfoot WP, 20 May 2018.
	Cardinal beetle at Tiddenfoot WP, 20 May 2018.
	Hedgehog in our garden, Alwins Field, 18 May 2018, choosing to eat dried mealworms in preference to the special hedgehog food.
	One of the many varieties of harlequin ladybird in close-up. This one was in Linslade Woods on 18 May 2018.
	A female ichneumon wasp in Linslade Woods on 18 May 2018. The long black pointy thing at the back end is not a stinger, it is an ovipositor - it drills into wood and lays eggs into a beetle larva if it can find one. Its body was about 25mm long, and the ovipositor the same.
	Grey heron fishing in the old Stockgrove lake at Rushmere CP. It seems to be a young bird. 15 May 2018.
	Herb bennet (wood avens) in flower in Linslade woods, 13 May 2018.
	A crucifer shield bug on Jack-by-the-hedge in Linslade Woods on 13 May 2018.
	A hairy shieldbug in Linslade Woods, 13 May 2018.
	This young downy emerald dragonfly landed on my hat at Sandhouse Lane NR, 9 May 2018. It is a male and as it matures its eyes and most of the rest of it will become green.
	One of many four-spotted chaser dragonflies at Sandhouse Lane NR on 9 May 2018.
	A large red damselfly at Sandhouse Lane NR on 9 May 2018.
	One of a pair of carrion crows that terrorise all the other birds in our garden (except for the ducks), Alwins Field, 8 May 2018. (He's rather handsome with his raised crest.)
	A juvenile robin (no red breast feathers yet) waiting to be fed in our garden, Alwins Field, 8 May 2018. (Look out for the crow!)
	A common tern patrolling the canal at Grove Church, 6 May 2018.
	A grey wagtail near Grove Church, Leighton Buzzard, 6 May 2018.
	A honey bee worker on green alkanet in the churchyard at All Saints, Leighton Buzzard, 5 May 2018. Honey bees have had a hard winter and many colonies have died.
	A holly blue butterfly, All Saints LB, 5 May 2018. The upperside is quite blue, but the underside of the wings are greyish and it looks like a grey butterfly on the wing.
	A buff-tailed bumblebee queen in Linslade Woods, 4 May 2018.
	A large white butterfly in Linslade Woods, 4 May 2018.
	Plenty of bluebells in Linslade Woods now - 3 May 2018.
	A nomad bee in Linslade Woods, 3 May 2018. These bees are like cuckoos - they lay their eggs in other bees' nests.
	One of the treats of Spring - an orange-tip butterfly. Linslade Woods, 3 May 2018.
	A flower bee about to alight on ground ivy. Alwins Field, 1 May 2018.
	One of the robins nesting nearby about to take another seed from the feeder in our garden, Alwins Field, 1 May 2018. The fledglings (hidden around the garden) need feeding all the time.
	Mrs Blackbird on our garden fence, Alwins Field, 1 May 2018. She's the one with the scraggy tail and we guess that it's the same bird that we saw here last year.

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