Archive images - June 2020
	A Scarlet Tiger Moth in a Hartwell Crescent garden - hunkered down as it was a cold and blustery day - 29 June 2020. (The scarlet colour of the wings and body is much more visible when the moth is flying.)
	A Hedgehog that has been visiting our Alwins Field garden recently, seen here during the night of 27 June 2020. The recent rain has brought out a few Garden Snails - sometimes eaten by the hedgehogs - but they usually prefer something more tasty and less slimy.
	A pair of Lesser Emperor dragonflies, with the female laying eggs on reeds below the water level, Astral Lake, 26 June 2020. These dragonflies are considered to be rare migrants from the continent but they may have started to breed in the UK.
	A male (common) Emperor dragonfly at Astral Lake, 26 June 2020.
	A male Black-tailed Skimmer dragonfly at Astral Lake, 26 June 2020.
	A Little Egret at Astral Lake, 26 June 2020.
	A young Grey Wagtail by the Clipstone Brook (Parsons Close), 20 June 2020. Although it has a short tail it cannot help bobbing it up and down like its parents.
	Ants tending Aphids in our garden, Alwins Field, 20 June 2020.
	A male Green Woodpecker in our garden, Alwins Field, wet, muddy and searching for ants, 18 June 2020.
	A Common Spotted Orchid near the pond in Linslade Woods, 15 June 2020.
	One of eight Red Kites following tractors around the field to the north of Linslade Woods, 15 June 2020.
	A Common Groundhopper, Alwins Field allotments, 10 June 2020.
	Rabbits in All Saints churchyard, Leighton Buzzard, 10 June 2020.
	Ringlet butterfly, Linslade Woods, 9 June 2020. Its name comes from the rings on the underside of the hindwing.
	Large Skipper butterfly, Linslade Woods, 9 June 2020.
	Small Tortoiseshell butterfly, Linslade Woods, 9 June 2020.
	Knapweed in flower, Linslade Woods, 9 June 2020.
	A larva of the Harlequin Ladybird, Linslade Woods, 9 June 2020.
	White Campion flowering on Alwins Field, 5 June 2020.
	Southern Hawker dragonfly in our apple tree on its first day following emergence, Alwins Field, 4 June 2020. It was eaten by a House Sparrow shortly after this photo was taken.
	Foxgloves with Bumble-bee at Tiddenfoot WP, 2 June 2020.
	A male Banded Demoiselle, Tiddenfoot WP, 2 June 2020.
	A Hoverfly (Myathropa florea) at Tiddenfoot WP on 2 June 2020.
	An Early Bumble-bee (Bombus pratorum), male, in our garden, Alwins Field, 1 June 2020.

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