Archive images - June 2023
	Male Roesel's Bush-cricket, Linslade Woods, 29 June 2023.
	Meadowsweet, Ouzel Valley, 29 June 2023.
	Mute Swan cygnet, Grand Union Canal, Linslade, 29 June 2023. Its wings are very small.
	Drake Mandarin, River Ouzel, 29 June 2023.
	Field Grasshopper, Alwins Field allotments, 27 June 2023.
	Harlequin Ladybird, Alwins Field allotments, 26 June 2023. Harlequin Ladybirds come with many different colour patterns.
	Large Skipper butterfly in Linslade Woods, 23 June 2023.
	Ringlet butterfly in Linslade Woods, 23 June 2023.
	A large beetle (Rutpela maculata), Linslade Woods, 23 June 2023.
	Four-spotted Chaser dragonfly in our garden, Alwins Field, 17 June 2023.
	Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus), Alwins Field, 17 June 2023, visiting a Corn Cockle, part of a wild flower patch that we planted last year.
	Common Spotted Orchid, Linslade Woods, 16 June 2023.
	Small solitary bee collecting honeydew from a leaf in All Saints churchyard, Leighton Buzzard, 15 June 2023. She had clearly been collecting pollen but she had her tongue right out licking up the honeydew.
	Broad-bodied Chaser dragonfly, Alwins Field, 13 June 2023.
	Ox-eye Daisies, St Mary's churchyard, Old Linslade, 11 June 2023.
	A male Banded Demoiselle (damselfly) by the Grand Union Canal, Linslade, 11 June 2023.
	Azure Damselfly by the Grand Union Canal, Linslade, 11 June 2023.
	Moorhen on nest in a fallen tree in the Grand Union Canal, Linslade, 11 June 2023.
	Dog Rose in Linslade Woods, 11 June 2023.
	Red-tailed Bumble Bee (worker) in Linslade Woods, 11 June 2023.
	A young Grey Wagtail in our Alwins Field garden, 11 June 2023.
	Common Zebra Spider (Salticus scenicus), Alwins Field allotments, 9 June 2023. This is a very small jumping spider.
	Southern Hawker dragonfly, having emerged in the Flag Irises in our garden pond, Alwins Field, 7 June 2023. This insect has not flown yet, but is just about to do so.
	Pond Olive Mayflies emerging from a water butt on Alwins Field allotments, 6 June 2023. They struggle to escape from the water but will eventually fly off.

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