Archive images - July 2022
	Clouded Yellow butterfly, Astral Lake, 27 July 2022. Clouded Yellows are immigrants from the continent.
	The Bar-headed Goose is still at Astral Lake, 29 July 2022.
	Painted Lady butterfly at Astral Lake, 29 July 2022. Painted Ladies lead a complicated migratory life but this one looks fresh and was probably born here.
	The Wasp Spider is named for its colour pattern and has been spreading northwards for several years. This is a female at Astral Lake on 27 July 2022. Males are smaller and less conspicuous.
	This Gull dropped in for a sandwich on the lawn (leftovers from Saturday's party), Alwins Field, 25 July 2022. Opinions differ as to whether it is a second-summer Lesser Black-backed Gull or a Herring Gull, or perhaps it is a hybrid.
	Emperor Dragonfly laying her eggs, Alwins Field, 24 July 2022.
	Juvenile Robin in our garden, Alwins Field, 24 July 2022. It looks like this youngster hasn't perfected the technique of getting food inside the beak and has two insects on top.
	Hedgehog in our garden at night, Alwins Field, 21 July 2022.
	A Southern Hawker dragonfly emerging from our garden pond,  Alwins Field, 21 July 2022.
	A parasitic wasp (probably Gasteruption jaculator) inspecting the bee hotel on Alwins Field allotments, 17 July 2022. The long ovipositor allows it to lay its eggs inside the bee's nest cavity.
	On the hottest (30 degrees C) night of the year this Common Frog decided to come out of its hidey-hole and try to catch some food in our garden rockery, Alwins Field, 17 July 2022.
	Broad-leaved Helleborine (a kind of orchid, and sadly the flowers had gone over), Sandhouse Lane NR, 14 July 2022.
	Common Red Soldier Beetle, Sandhouse Lane NR, 14 July 2022.
	A male Emerald Damselfly at Sandhouse Lane NR, 14 July 2022.
	Speckled Bush-cricket resting on a rhubarb leaf, Alwins Field allotments, 10 July 2022.
	Blue-tailed Damselfly, Church Road, Linslade garden, 10 July 2022.
	Gatekeeper butterfly, Alwins Field allotments, 7 July 2022. The double white dots in the forewing spot help to identify this species.
	Crab Spider (Xysticus sp.) on a bindweed flower, Alwins Field allotments, 6 July 2022. The two pairs of forelegs are big and strong to catch prey coming to feed on the flower.
	Silver-washed Fritillary butterfly in King's Wood, Heath and Reach, 5 July 2022.
	White Admiral butterfly in King's Wood,  5 July 2022. This one has been attacked by birds, with large beak-shaped gouges out of its rear wings.
	Red Admiral butterfly, King's Wood, 5 July 2022.
	Large Skipper butterfly in King's Wood, 5 July 2022. It is much smaller than the admiral butterflies.
	Ringlet butterfly in King's Wood, Heath and Reach, 5 July 2022. Here can be seen the rings on the underwing that give it its name.
	White-legged Damselfly in King's Wood, Heath and Reach, 5 July 2022. It is so-called because of the apparently thick, white legs. Below it in the photo is a very small fly with a long name - Poecilobothrus nobilitatus.
	A Common Field Grasshopper in our garden, Alwins Field,  3 July 2022.
	Large Red Damselfly, Alwins Field, 3 July 2022.
	A female Azure Damselfly in our pond, Alwins Field, 3 July 2022.

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