It started out a lovely day but then rained in the afternoon. It was a good walk though and there were lots of insects out in the morning. I've written up the walk properly on the other blog but for this one (to avoid too much repetition for those who follow both blogs) I've just chosen a smaller selection of photos...
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| unidentified hoverfly |
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| Grypocoris stysi on meadow cranesbill |
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| unidentified hoverfly |
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| there were flies, bees and soldier beetles on all the hogweed plants |
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| oystercatcher |
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| Sand martins |
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| There's a video of the sand martins here on the other blog |
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| Bog Hoverfly (Sericomyia silentis) |
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| The very distinctive fly Tachina grossa |
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| Great burnet |
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| A red admiral, a bee, another Tachina grossa and a hoverfly on field scabious |
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| River Wharfe |
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| ringlet butterfly |
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| The aqueduct above The Strid |
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| sweet chestnut |
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| Stinkhorn |
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| The Strid |
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| Common green grasshopper |
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| Posforth Gill |
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| A path through the horsetail |
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| star moss |
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| oystercatchers |
These are exquisite! Such detail and you saw so much! I love that hairy fly (who would've thought I'd say 'love' and 'fly' in the same sentence!) - the star moss is beautiful as are the Martins.x
ReplyDeleteSuper photos Louise, some dramatic names for the places you visited on this walk too.
ReplyDeleteI love the river Wharfe. There is so much wildlife there. Scabious are one of my favourite wild flowers.:)
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