Parkland Walk - The Autumn Tinge

There are signs of the Autumn already around the Parkland which I observed on my a recent walk.

Some leaves are already falling and in each of the scenes there are some signs of Autumn.

The cows are lying about this meadow here now, but later this can easily be completely under water.

A confusing image. The reflection on the water is from a tree on the other side of the river.

These next two shots have been featured many times before in my posts in the past, but are shown to provide an idea of what it looks like currently.

A Black-headed Gull was dropping something into the water then diving in to pick it up again.

It may have been something it was trying to eat.

A Teal duck having completed a spot of preening was taking in the sun.

High up in the trees this Great Tit was pecking away at a seed.

This is 'Joe Crow' and he was sitting on top of a small tree next to the largest lake in the parkland. 

I think he was enjoying the sunshine as well.

Hawthorn leaves on the turn.

Woodland Walk

Just when you thought it was safe to read my blog again and you had seen the last of them,

"THE BUTTERFLIES ARE BACK'

Brimstone

A walk through the local woodland nature reserve revealed that there are still some butterfly species on the wing and in good numbers. Nothing out of the ordinary was found and species such as Brimstone, Comma, Large White, Small White, Speckled Wood and Green-veined White were observed. 

Comma

Speckled Wood

Ruddy Darter (f)

Large White

Small White

Speckled Wood

I said earlier "nothing out of the ordinary", but this one below is quite late to be still around. 

A very washed out Holly Blue, one of the 'Summer Brood' that is at the end of its flight time.

Geek Info

For those that are interested about cameras, the image below was taken using the equipment listed (effectively a full frame mirrorless camera and 600mm lens) and cropped approx 85% to show the detail obtained. 

Lumix GH3. Panasonic 100-300 lens. 300mm(=600). 1/500 at f8. ISO400