A recent second hand report of a male Red-backed Shrike had me searching Stanground Wash NR this morning hoping for a butchers at a
butcher. No luck there so snapped some of the extant wildlife. The Willow Warbler is one of the first shots digiscoped using the A640 through my Leica APO77 and its 20x eyepiece; at some distance handheld using a centering sleeve.
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilus
Mesembrina meridiana
Eristalis sp.
Gatekeeper
Pyronia tithonus
Orange Hawkweed
Pilosella/Hieracium aurantiacum
Thanks to
Kevin Du Rose for help with the naturalised plant and the nice people at
the Diptera Forum for the fly ID.
Photos taken with Canon Powershot A640
