Archive images - May 2022
	A young Starling watching how its parents hunt for food in the rockery crevices, Alwins Field, 30 May 2022.
	A Longhorn moth (Nemophora degeerella) by the Clipstone Brook, 28 May 2022. It is a micro-moth and its antennae are at least four times the length of its wings.
	Small White butterfly feeding on Meadowsweet by the Clipstone Brook, 28 May 2022.
	Red Admiral butterfly at Sandhouse Lane NR, 27 May 2022.
	Southern Hawker dragonfly emerging from its larval case, Alwins Field garden pond, 27 May 2022.
	Black-headed Cardinal Beetle (Pyrochroa coccinea) on Alwins Field allotments, 22 May 2022.
	A leatherbug (Coreus marginatus) on Alwins Field allotments, 13 May 2022.
	A male Blackcap at Tiddenfoot WP, 9 May 2022. It was singing very loudly in a tree by the green canal bridge. You can hear it by clicking on this link. There is the sound of a passing canal boat and there is also a Chiffchaff calling in the background.
	A Stock Dove at Tiddenfoot WP, 9 May 2022.
	It's called a Scorpion Fly because of the scorpion-like tail, which is completely harmless. It was at Tiddenfoot WP, 9 May 2022.
	A female Azure Damselfly at Tiddenfoot WP, 9 May 2022. Females are mostly black but the remaining parts will go blue as she matures.
	An Azure Damselfly emerging from its larval case, Sandhouse Lane Nature Reserve, 7 May 2022. Its wings expanded and it flew away about an hour later.
	Slender Groundhopper, Sandhouse Lane NR, 7 May 2022. Groundhoppers are smaller cousins of grasshoppers. They survive through the winter, unlike grasshoppers in the UK.
	Broad-bodied Chaser dragonfly visiting our garden pond, Alwins Field, 6 May 2022.
	Mint moth (Pyrausta aurata), a micro-moth, Alwins Field, 5 May 2022.
	Large Red Damselfly, not long emerged from our garden pond, Alwins Field, 5 May 2022.
	Umbellifer Longhorn Beetle (Phytoecia cylindrica) in our garden, Alwins Field, 5 May 2022.
	Hawthorn blossom in Linslade Woods, 2 May 2022. Hawthorn is also known as May - the month when it blossoms.
	Bluebells in Linslade Woods, 2 May 2022.

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