Male Slowworm

 

Return of the Emperor

 

Goldfinch and Blue tit.

I placed a feeder of Sunflower hearts next to the window and after a few days, it was very busy.

These hearts are always popular with Finches.

 

Emperor in the garden

 

Elephant hawk moth caterpillar

Don’t eat me birds… I’m a snake!

This is what he will grow into… very pretty.

 

Butterfly eggs and young

 I’ve been watching flocks of Cabbage white butterflies flying around these plants for days and just thought I’d check. Sure enough eggs and hatchlings abound.

Unknown Grasshopper

 This very large and highly detailed grasshopper is proving hard to identity with all my reference books in storage.

 Speckled Bush Cricket.

Damselflies mating and laying in the pond.