It is getting really warm today, so I tried to get out before it got too hot. I did another walk along the River Hiz starting at the station.
This may be a banded agrion damselfly. I saw lots of these fluttering around.
This is the view from the footbridge over the railway. Some guys were out strimming to keep the paths clear. I was in shorts, so was watching out for nettles.
I only saw a couple of ducks. This one appeared from the overhanging bushes near the old bridge.
This bridge dates back to medieval times, with some modern reinforcement. It has stones with 1683 and 1711 on it, but those are from when it was previously repaired.
They allow lots of wild plants to grow here, but sometimes there have been cattle grazing. I think the big plants are cow parsley. There were lots of butterflies around.
I am consulting my wildlife book, but I think this could be a small heath butterfly. I generally struggle to get pictures as they may not settle for long.
The blackberries are forming. There are some next door to us too that I will be picking over the fence.
I just liked the pattern of these leaves, but I captured another damselfly too.
I am not sure if this is a dragonfly or damselfly. The camera captured a lot of detail.
This tree has some holes that framed the stream behind it.
There were lots of these little fungi in one spot by the path.
Is this a butterfly or a moth? It is a good thing it kept still as I struggled to get the camera to focus on it. I did see a lot of tortoiseshell butterflies and various white ones. There was a hawk of some kind around, but I could not get a good picture as it was so far off and not staying still for long.
All pictures taken with Fujifilm FinePix S8650 bridge camera that has a 36x zoom.