Saturday, 9 July 2016

RETURN VISIT TO OTMOOR

I drove over to RSPB Otmoor today, to see what I could find in the way of butterflies. I couldn't find any black hairstreaks, and there was no one around to ask, so had to be satisfied with  a comma, red admiral, speckled wood,  meadow brown, ringlet, a few whites, and my first gatekeeper of the year. 

I was also pleased to get some photos of a turtle dove, which I had heard but not seen properly earlier in the year. 
comma

gatekeeper, first of the year

gatekeeper

turtle dove




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