Another Hot Day to Walk

'England's Green and Pleasant Land'

At the moment, not quite, as you can observe from the photo below. The Maize crop growing on the hillside looks darker, but the grassland is brown and not productive at all.

This is what 30 degrees celsius plus temperatures cause over a short period of time.

The sheep have the best idea. Hide under any available tree or bush.

There are numerous immature Goldfinch flying around now, along with their parents.

This Whitethroat below looks rather bedraggled after rearing young. 

A good specimen of a Large White butterfly. 

It chose a nice setting for a photograph.

I don't get to see Small Copper butterflies very often and this one has been around a bit now.

Autumn fruits beginning to show. 

Sloe Fruit

Blackberries

Gatekeeper Butterfly

Meadow Brown

Red Admiral

Peacock

Quite a good number of Norfolk Hawker dragonflies again this year.

The unmistakable call of a Corn Bunting.

A Hare-raising Time One Morning

 

At an undisclosed location I spent a few hours one morning sat on a three legged stool behind a sheep wire fence and sparse tall grass to observe and photograph these beautiful animals. I counted six altogether at one stage.

A Country Walk

Mostly butterflies observed on this latest walk.

The Comma Butterfly performed very well and was the first I had seen this year.

A scene from the walk which at this spot is about 2 miles from home.

This Red Admiral Butterfly was very active along a hedgerow.

Rye Grass appears to be popular this year for sowing and producing.

Banded Demoiselle damselflies are active just about anywhere now and often a long way from water.

Female 

I often walk by this farm yard area. The farm is no longer occupied, but is part of an Agricultural Estate. The main buildings are used for Grain Drying and storage. This unkempt Rose bush which had obviously been there for many years and probably when the Farm was inhabited and active. 

It still produces beautiful blooms as you can observe here.

I always check Field Scabious flowers when they are in bloom. On this occasion there was an Essex Skipper Butterfly feeding on the flowers.