Archive images - July 2020
	Common Centaury coming into flower at Sandhouse Lane Nature Reserve on 30 July 2020.
	A mated pair of Emerald Damselflies - the female is laying eggs into a reed - at Sandhouse Lane NR, 30 July 2020.
	A Great Crested Newt Eft (a very young one) at Sandhouse Lane NR, 30 July 2020.
	A mature, male Ruddy Darter dragonfly, on the look-out at Sandhouse Lane NR, 30 July 2020.
	A pair of Six-spot Burnet Moths in Linslade Woods, 28 July 2020.
	A Scorpion Fly in Linslade Woods, 28 July 2020.
	A Knopper Gall with an Oak Acorn in Linslade Woods, 28 July 2020. Knopper Galls are acorns that have become deformed owing to a tiny wasp laying its egg in the bud.
	A Common Blue butterfly feeding on White Clover in Linslade Woods, 28 July 2020.
	Mayfly larvae in our garden pond, Alwins Field, 26 July 2020.
	A juvenile Green Woodpecker that has been visiting our garden to feed. Alwins Field, 23 July 2020.
	A female Southern Hawker dragonfly. This is the first time this year that we have seen a female ovipositing on the rocks around our garden pond. Alwins Field, 23 July 2020.
	A Little Egret at Astral Lake, 21 July 2020. Click here to watch a video.
	A Gatekeeper butterfly, showing the under-wings, Stanbridge Meadows LNR, 21 July 2020.
	A Hedgehog drinking from our garden pond, Alwins Field, at night, 17 July 2020.
	A Grey Heron in the canal shallows at Linslade takes a small Perch (just an afternoon snack), 13 July 2020.
	There were dozens of these Common Blue damselflies at Tiddenfoot WP, 13 July 2020.
	A Small Copper butterfly at Tiddenfoot WP, 13 July 2020.
	A Peacock butterfly on thistles, Ouzel Meadows, 12 July 2020.
	A Bee-wolf, a kind of wasp that preys on Honey Bees, Ouzel Meadows, 12 July 2020.
	A Summer Chafer beetle in our garden, Alwins Field, 11 July 2020.
	A Nursery Web Spider (Pisaura mirabilis) guarding its nursery web in a flower bed, Alwins Field, 11 July 2020.
	A White-letter Hairstreak butterfly in Linslade Woods, 10 July 2020.
	A Frog tadpole with a full complement of legs but still having a tail, Alwins Field garden, 9 July 2020.
	On a cool and blustery day in our garden, few insects were flying, but this little Marmalade Hoverfly is clearly tougher than the rest, Alwins Field, 9 July 2020.
	A Gatekeeper butterfly in Linslade Woods, 7 July 2020.
	A Small Tortoiseshell butterfly larva feeding on a nettle in Linslade Woods, 7 July 2020.
	A Green-veined White butterfly in Linslade Woods, 7 July 2020.
	A very small, about 6mm, Plant Bug (Heterotoma planicornis) in our garden, Alwins Field, 7 July 2020. This species is easily identified by its extraordinarily enlarged second antennal segment and green legs.
	A Brown Hawker dragonfly devouring a Large white butterfly, Kings Wood National Nature Reserve, 5 July 2020.
	The Common Green Grasshopper is not actually all that common around here, but this one was in King's Wood NNR on 5 July 2020.
	Purple Hairstreak butterflies are quite widespread and common but are seldom seen because they live at the top of big Oak trees and rarely come down to human level. This is what you may spot if you scan with a telescope, King's Wood, 5 July 2020.
	Silver-washed Fritillary butterfly in King's Wood, 5 July 2020. One of our biggest and most beautiful butterflies.
	White-legged Damselfly in King's Wood, 5 July 2020.
	Small White butterfly in a Hartwell Crescent garden, 4 July 2020.
	One of two Scarlet Tiger Moths hiding in the raspberries on our allotment, Alwins Field, 3 July 2020.
	A tiny Candy Stripe spider in the raspberries, Alwins Field allotments, 3 July 2020. It seems to be partly camouflaged. It is most likely the species Enoplognatha ovatum, which is one of the comb-footed spiders.
	A Common Swift leaving its nest box on a house in Hartwell Crescent, 2 July 2020, after feeding its chicks. Swifts have declined a lot in the UK but there are several occupied nest boxes and roof spaces in Hartwell Crescent.
	A female Essex Skipper butterfly showing off its long proboscis in a Hartwell Crescent garden, 2 July 2020.

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