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.

A Collection of Nature Images From This Week

With the extreme hot weather we have experienced recently there has been a good chance to increase a variety of nature images for the Blog. Temperatures of at least 30 c have been experienced.

A good start was the Marbled White Butterfly that showed very well.

Large Skipper

Holly Blue

Meadow Brown

St John's Wort

Norfolk Hawker

Scarce Chaser

Small Heath

Hummingbird Hawk Moth

A sign that it is incredibly hot at the moment was this female Blackbird that continued to regularly open its beak which indicates the conditions.

This Wren was making quite a lot of noise amongst the undergrowth. I think there may have been some territorial dispute going on.

Bindweed Flower

Dog Rose

More Norfolk Hawker images.

Red Admiral

The Peacock Butterfly below spent most of its time taking minerals from the stone path.